The numbers of illegal immigrants arriving in France has also dropped, with Immigration Minister Eric Besson attributing the slowdown to the economic crisis and tougher immigration policies.

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Jean-Paul Vermes, author of a recent report by the Paris Chamber of Commerce on the recruitment crisis in France, notes that many politicians conflate legal and illegal immigration, producing alarmist statistics about the number of jobs going to foreigners.

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