Abstract
This article examines the immigration policy changes undertaken by Socialist President François Mitterrand between May 1981 and September 1982. It provides, first, background information for the study of immigration policy reform in France. In particular it discusses the institutional and historical contexts within which recent policy changes have taken place. It then examines the initial measures taken, the new immigration legislation adopted in October 1981, the “Exceptional Regularization” carried out in 1981–82, and various other immigration measures announced during the period under study. In addition, it discusses some of the problems which arose and are likely to arise as a result of the new policies.
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