11.   The government says up to two-thirds of those remaining in France may receive at least temporary residence papers, but that others were still considered illegal.

12.   The ministry said those who were found to have active tuberculosis or HIV infection would not be granted employment passes and permanent residence papers.

13.   Three hundred illegal African immigrants braced for expulsion from France on Saturday after police stormed the church they had occupied for nearly two months demanding residence papers.

14.   French authorities also said Thursday that after being briefly detained after the church eviction, he and his wife Dalla Kante and their children had been granted residence papers.

15.   He was being deported for lack of Dutch residence papers, he said.

16.   They had been occupying the church for nearly two months in the hope of obtaining residence papers.

17.   They were expelled from the French territory several years ago for their suspected links with ETA and were re-arrested for returning illegally with the intention of seeking residence papers.

18.   They were re-arrested for returning illegally to France with the intention of seeking residence papers, and expelled on Saturday.

19.   On Sunday, Integration Minister Eric Raoult insisted that authorities must apply the law and deport immigrants who do not have valid residence papers.

20.   Some had French residence papers, he said.