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Marine Le Pen: No Free Education for Immigrant Children

The leader of France's far-right National Front party, Marine Le Pen, has proposed that immigrant children who stay in France illegally should be refused places in schools. Le Pen tries to justify the proposal by...

by Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten
National Front leader Marine Le Pen says that immigrant children who stay in France illegally should be refused places in schools. (Image: Blandine Le Cain)

The leader of France's far-right National Front party, Marine Le Pen, has proposed that immigrant children who stay in France illegally should be refused places in schools. Le Pen tries to justify the proposal by stating: "I’ve got nothing against foreigners, but I say to them: if you come to our country, don’t expect that you will be taken care of, treated (by the health system) and that your children will be educated for free."

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