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This article examines the seemingly contradictory articulation of compassion and repression in French immigration policies. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted among state officials, humanitarian workers, and immigrants, it analyzes the moral economies underlying these policies. It argues that discourses of compassion and repression are not mutually exclusive but rather mutually constitutive. Compassion serves to justify and reinforce the repressive functions of the state by distinguishing between "deserving" and "undeserving" immigrants, while repression becomes necessary to protect the "deserving" and maintain social order. The article explores how this moral economy shapes the experiences of immigrants and the practices of those who work with them, highlighting the complex interplay of morality, politics, and power in the context of immigration control.

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