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In a statement, Ms Schiappa said: Foreign workers gave their time and swung into action for all of us during the Covid crisis. It is now up to the Republic to take a step toward them. Health professionals, cleaning ladies, childcare workers, checkout staff: They all proved their commitment to the nation, and it is now the turn of the republic to take a step towards them.
Immigration authorities have also been ordered to reduce the residency period needed for citizenship to two years from the usual five in the case of great services rendered .
The move is a notable deviation from France s toughening of immigration rules in recent years.