An Algerian man was refused French nationality on the grounds that he held degrading views about women.

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Sexist views block man’s bid to be French

An Algerian man was refused French nationality on the grounds that he held degrading views about women.

The judgment was issued by the Interior Ministry and is believed to be the first of its kind in France.

A spokesman for the government department told radio station Europe 1 that the man, married to a French woman, did not allow his wife “to leave the house of her own free will” and that “he had a view of women that was degrading.” The woman is also reported to have claimed she was not able to work because her husband would not allow it.

The decision follows a recent article written by the Interior Minister, Claude Géant, which said that “assimilation means embracing our culture and participating thoroughly in our social and cultural life.”

The matter will now be passed to the state’s legal authority, the Conseil d’Etat, to make a formal ruling on the case.

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France ‘will not welcome migrants’ from Lampedusa: interior minister

France "will not welcome migrants" from the island, Gérald Darmanin has insisted

France 'will not welcome migrants' from Lampedusa: interior minister

France will not welcome any migrants coming from Italy’s Lampedusa, interior minister Gérald Darmanin has said after the Mediterranean island saw record numbers of arrivals.

Some 8,500 people arrived on Lampedusa on 199 boats between Monday and Wednesday last week, according to the UN’s International Organisation for
Migration, prompting European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen to travel there Sunday to announce an emergency action plan.

According to Darmanin, Paris told Italy it was “ready to help them return people to countries with which we have good diplomatic relations”, giving the
example of Ivory Coast and Senegal.

But France “will not welcome migrants” from the island, he said, speaking on French television on Tuesday evening.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has called on Italy’s EU partners to share more of the responsibility.

The recent arrivals on Lampedusa equal more than the whole population of the tiny Italian island.

The mass movement has stoked the immigration debate in France, where political parties in the country’s hung parliament are wrangling over a draft law governing new arrivals.

France is expected to face a call from Pope Francis for greater tolerance towards migrants later this week during a high-profile visit to Mediterranean city Marseille, where the pontiff will meet President Emmanuel Macron and celebrate mass before tens of thousands in a stadium.

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