France reintroduces bill to extend detention of "dangerous migrants" to 210 days.

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French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez announced on Sunday his support for a new bill aimed at extending the detention period for "dangerous migrants" in administrative detention centers to 210 days, after the Constitutional Council overturned some of its provisions last August. The law, which was submitted by former Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau and approved by Parliament in July, targets migrants convicted of serious crimes or who pose a threat to public order, and stipulated extending the detention period from 90 days to 210 days. However, the Constitutional Council considered some provisions of the law to be "unconstitutional," noting that no one may be arbitrarily detained under Article 66, and that the law was not consistent with the stated goal of combating illegal immigration. Nunez said in statements to the newspaper "La Tribune Dimanche": "I support extending the maximum detention period to 210 days. My predecessor has redrafted the provisions that were repealed by the Constitutional Council to be compatible, and I am satisfied with the new wording." He added that the bill will be presented to Parliament after approval by the Prime Minister's office, by MP Charles Rodwell of the "Together for the Republic" party. Currently, the maximum detention rule of seven months in administrative detention centers only applies to migrants convicted of terrorist crimes.