Amnesty International on Wednesday denounced France’s short-term residency system as a systemic violation of human rights as it traps migrant workers in a cycle of discrimination, leaving them particularly vulnerable to labour exploitation, homelessness, and poverty.

The research was conducted between April 2024 and September 2025. It utilized firsthand experiences from 27 workers of 16 different nationalities, as well as the views of 39 experts from various fields, including sociologists, lawyers, economists, heads of charities, trade union representatives, and journalists. Amnesty International recommended, “Simplifying administrative procedures, strengthening safeguards against failures, and, crucially, ensuring far greater security of residence status through a single and stable

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