Macron denounces 'misuse' of right to asylum in Europe

"In all of our countries we are witnessing a misuse of the right to asylum" by traffickers, criminal gangs, or people from countries "which are not at war", Macron said after a meeting with fellow European leaders to discuss the terror threat to the EU.

Last month, a Chechen militant with asylum status beheaded a history teacher outside Paris and two weeks later, a Tunisian who came to France on a migrant boat via Italy killed three people at a church in Nice.

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