# France promulgates the 2018 asylum and immigration law

Date: 2018

Law 2018-778 of 10 September 2018 shortened some asylum deadlines, expanded detention grounds, and created a humanitarian residence title. UNHCR and French NGOs criticised faster procedures. It is a completed first-term statute under interior minister [Gérard Collomb](/people/gerard-collomb).

## People

- Emmanuel Macron: https://factrail.ai/people/emmanuel-macron

## Drivers

- Migration-policy restrictiveness and border control: https://factrail.ai/drivers/mig-policy-restrictiveness

## Sources

- https://www.unhcr.org/news/briefing-notes/unhcr-concerned-about-impact-new-french-asylum-law
- https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000037307460

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/fr-collomb-asylum-law-2018