France's Parliament signs into law a controversial asylum and immigration bill

France's Parliament has signed into law a controversial asylum and immigration bill. 

The bill is designed to accelerate asylum procedures by cutting the maximum processing time from the current 120 days to 90 days after entering France. The text was adopted on a final reading by 100 votes in favour



to 25 against with 11 abstentions. 

The Senate had rejected the bill on Tuesday, but the Lower House passed the text as President Emmanuel Macron's La Republique En Marche party holds a large majority, even if the law has exposed divisions within his own camp