France's interior minister vows to introduce new immigration 'rules' after student murder
France's newly-appointed interior minister on Wednesday vowed consequences after a Moroccan man suspected of murdering a 19-year-old university student was arrested in Switzerland.
"This is an abominable crime," said France's interior minister Bruno Retailleau.
Retailleau, who on Monday took over from his predecessor Gerald Darmanin, has vowed to boost law and order, tighten immigration legislation and make it easier to deport foreigners convicted of crimes.
"It is up to us, as public leaders, to refuse to accept the inevitable and to develop our legal arsenal, to protect the French," the leader of the conservative group of senators added.
"If we have to change the rules, let's change them."
On Saturday, the body of Philippine, a student at the Paris-Dauphine university, was discovered in the Bois de Boulogne park in western Paris. The student had last been seen at the university on Friday.
A Moroccan national was arrested on Tuesday in the Swiss canton of Geneva and was identified as a suspect in a murder committed in Paris, a spokeswoman for the Swiss justice ministry told French news agency AFP.
"The Federal Office of Justice then ordered detention for extradition purposes on the basis of an arrest request from France," she added.
According to the prosecutors, in 2021 the man was convicted of a rape committed in 2019 when he was a minor and had been the subject of an order to leave France.
Deportation orders
The killing of the student has sparked outrage in the country, with both the far right and left-wing politicians urging tough measures.
(with AFP)
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