The French Senate quietly refreshed its online legislative dossier on Thursday, confirming that the government still intends to adopt nine EU regulations and one directive from the 2024 Migration and Asylum Pact by ordinance. The project—filed under accelerated procedure in April—would modify dozens of articles in the Code de l’Entrée et du Séjour des Étrangers et du Droit d’Asile (CESEDA). Key changes include creating a 615-place border-screening capacity, digitising asylum applications, and harmonising detention-centre standards with EU minimums. The update posted on 17 September lists 617 amendments already examined by the Law Committee and notes that first-reading debates in the National Assembly are scheduled for mid-October. For employers, the most immediate consequence will be the re-engineering of the ‘filtrage à la frontière’ procedure, which could lengthen—or in some cases shorten—pre-entry assessments for staff arriving from visa-exempt third countries but intending to apply for in-country work authorisation. Another noteworthy item is the plan to merge biometric data collected under the Entry/Exit System directly into France’s AGDREF residency database, a move privacy advocates are contesting. While the dossier refresh is administrative, it signals that the Interior Ministry is on track to issue ordinances early in Q1 2027. Global-mobility specialists should therefore monitor forthcoming implementing decrees that may adjust appointment quotas, residence-permit fees and appeal deadlines. The Senate will next publish a consolidated text incorporating committee amendments—expected to be a bellwether of cross-party compromise on detention limits and solidarity mechanisms.
