France

The Covid-19 pandemic exacerbated poverty and inequality, disproportionately impacting female employment, despite government measures to mitigate this economic impact. Police target minoritized youth for discriminatory police identity checks. Authorities often fail to provide unaccompanied migrant children with appropriate care and services. Migrants and asylum seekers face inhumane living conditions and police abuse. Ukrainians are an exception. Racist violence remains a concern. Persons with disabilities face discrimination. France refuses to repatriate its nationals, adults and children, arbitrarily detained in northeast Syria. The forced dissolution of a leading anti-discrimination group and the increased use of accelerated procedures in the legislative process raise rule of law concerns.