A vicious circle that leads to the absurd security – Liberation

« OQTF » (obligation to leave French territory), this acronym has become the symbol of migration policy. We familiarize ourselves with his « Realization rate », That is to say the percentage of return, voluntary or forced, compared to the number of OQTF issued by the prefects. In 2012 this rate was 22 %, today it oscillates between 7 %and 8 %. Contrary to what this evolution can suggest, this does not mean that there is less renewal on the border, but rather than there are more OQTF pronounced, while the countries of origin do not accept more return. Multiplying the OQTF has become the translation of the voluntarism of any executive which says he wants « Regain control of borders ».

But this administrative authoritarianism leads to a paradox: to encourage prefects to decide more OQTF without being able to expel more people mechanically reduces the production rate. And it is this production rate that is regarded by elected officials and commentators as the criterion for the effectiveness of the policy of limiting immigration. Result, more firmness lowers the rate and leads to a request for … more firmness. The media machine gets carried away, the Minister of the Interior still hardens