French people support sending troops to Syria to fight Daesh

A poll conducted by Odoxa for Le Parisien-Aujourd'hui en France daily showed that 61 per cent said they would back France's participation in ground troops to Syria to fight Daesh.

France was the first country to join the US-led coalition carrying out air strikes on Daesh in Iraq, but had ruled out doing so in Syria, fearing that would benefit President Bashar al Assad, French reports said.

The poll showed 55 percent of the 1,000 people surveyed were opposed to an easing of rules for migrants asking for refugee status, including Syrians fleeing civil war.

The majority of French people are against softening rules to access refugee status, a poll showed on Sunday even as thousands poured to the streets to show their solidarity with migrants seeking asylum in Europe.