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President: Macron and France

president: Critics contend that Macron's increasingly tough policy on migrants though wrapped in a cloak of goodwill contradicts his image as a humanist who defeated an anti-immigrant populist for the presidency, and has crossed a line passed by no other president in the land that prides itself as the cradle of human rights, according to Toronto Star. Read more France mobilizes 97,000 police, soldiers as security with fears of holiday terrorist attacks high Article Continued Below Macron's vulgar comments on jobless in France fuels his image as president of the rich'French President Emmanuel Macron sets sights on being leader of the free world From snowy Alpine passes to the borders with Spain or Germany, migrants keep making their way to France. That won't likely happen, and Macron's government is now tightening the screws ramping up expulsions, raising pressure on economic migrants and allowing divisive ID checks in emergency shelters. In Paris alone, police have evacuated around 30,000 people camping on sidewalks in the last two years. react-empty 163 No one doubts that France's system of dealing with migrants needs fixing, with a perennial housing shortage and long wait times in applying for asylum. Living in a tent. Living in the street. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.