Emal Kochai, 28, was thrown out the country in 2019 after serving half of his nine-year prison sentence for the rape of a girl in Reading, Berkshire, five years earlier.
Macron made the comments the day after 27 migrants drowned when their boat capsized crossing the Channel, according to respected investigative weekly Le Canard Enchaine.
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