Immigration
More migrants arrive in Kent as numbers hit new 2021 record (LINK ONLY)
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France
Government & Politics
French far-right pundit edges closer to presidential bid
(AFP) French far-right pundit Eric Zemmour is inching closer to announcing a run for the presidency, a move that would create fresh uncertainty around next year’s election race. Zemmour and the channel he works for, CNews — derided by critics as a […]
Immigration
How Paris attacks prompted tougher Greek migrant checks
(AFP) In a tented courtyard in the migrant camp on Greece’s Leros island, a dozen new arrivals await registration after two weeks in Covid-19 quarantine. “You can submit a claim for asylum, but only in Greece,” a young Greek official tells them […]
Legal
Sobs and silence as names of November 2015 victims are read
(Radio France) After two and a half days of legal technicalities, the real business of the Paris November 2015 terror trial got under way on Friday with the reading of the court president’s report — a detailed and lengthy chronology of the […]
Government & Politics
Channel migrant boats will be intercepted by armoured jet skis and turned back to France (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Home secretary sanctions tactics to turn back migrant boats in Channel — reports (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Main Paris attacks accused disrupts trial with new diatribe
(AFP) The main defendant in the trial over the November 2015 attacks in Paris disrupted proceedings Thursday with a new outburst in court, claiming three of his co-accused knew nothing about the jihadist plot. Salah Abdeslam, the sole survivor of the group […]
Government & Politics
French broadcast regulator clips far-right commentator’s wings before likely presidential run
(Reuters) France’s broadcast regulator said on Wednesday a far-right commentator known for incendiary remarks on Islam, immigration and French identity had signalled electoral ambitions and should be subject to limits on air time for political figures. Eric Zemmour, a regular feature on […]
Government & Politics
Priti Patel meets French minister over migrant crossings (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Channel crossings: Priti Patel to meet French minister over migrants
(BBC) The home secretary is expected to hold talks with her French counterpart about the number of migrants crossing the English Channel to the UK. Priti Patel and Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin are both due to attend a meeting of G7 ministers […]
Legal
Chief suspect defiant on first day of landmark 2015 Paris attacks trial
(France 24) Salah Abdeslam, the 31-year-old French-Moroccan believed to be the only surviving member of the group that carried out the November 2015 jihadist attacks in Paris, told a courtroom on Wednesday that he was a “soldier of the Islamic State group.” […]
Government & Politics
Belgian MP condemns intelligence failure that led to death of Paris attack ‘mastermind’ Authorities have failed to learn the lessons of the radicalisation of a key planner of the deadly terrorist strikes in 2015
(National-UAE) A Belgian politician who investigated the suspected mastermind of the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks said mistakes have been repeated that have left youngsters at risk from dangerous radicalisers in their communities. Belgian-Moroccan citizen Oussama Atar is believed to have been killed […]
Government & Politics
France warns UK targets on migrant crossings would be ‘serious loss of trust’ The French interior minister and his British counterpart, Priti Patel, will hold ‘clarification’ talks on Wednesday.
(Politico) The French interior ministry said a mooted decision in the U.K. to pay France only if more migrants are stopped from crossing the Channel would represent “a grave loss of trust” between the two countries. “The conditions of the funding were […]
Government & Politics
Stop more migrants crossing Channel or pay the price, France warned (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Migrant crossings continue as hundreds reach UK shores (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Who are the men who face trial for the November 2015 Paris massacres?
(Radio France) The trial opens in Paris on Wednesday of the twenty men accused of involvement in the November 2015 terrorist attacks which left 130 people dead in the French capital. Who are the accused? What are they suspected of having done? […]
Children & Teens
Migrant crossings resume as 158 people cross English Channel to UK (LINK ONLY)
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News Media
Belgian journalist unknowingly interviewed Salah Abdeslam right after Paris attacks
(Brussels Times) The Belgian Francophone broadcaster RTBF found recordings of an interview with terrorist Salah Abdeslam and two of his accomplices, immediately after the terror attacks in Paris, in its archives. On 14 November 2015, the morning after the terror attacks in […]
Legal
France’s biggest trial to open over November 2015 attacks
(AFP) The biggest trial in France’s modern legal history begins on Wednesday over the November 2015 attacks on Paris that saw 130 people slaughtered at bars, restaurants and the Bataclan concert hall. The suicide bombing and gun assault by three teams of […]
Children & Teens
Children arrive in Dover as English Channel crossings resume (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Paris attack survivors await start of France’s biggest ever criminal trial (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Afghans in Calais prepare to risk lives again to reach UK
(BBC) Even among the Afghan migrants already living at the camp in Calais, Mohammad Wali stands out. Tall and broad, with a huge gap-toothed smile and a blue scarf wound around his head, he seems full of energy, full of hope. He […]
Government & Politics
Privacy laws prevent France using UK-funded drones to stop Channel migrants (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
France convicts Afghan days after Kabul evacuation
(AFP) A French court handed a 10-month suspended jail sentence to an Afghan man for violating a surveillance order days after France evacuated him from Taliban-controlled Kabul, intensifying a controversy over suspected links between at least one evacuee and the Taliban. The […]
Government & Politics
Take a share of our asylum seekers, French Europe minister tells UK (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Priti Patel appoints former counter-terror police chief to help lead borders crackdown (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
France detains Afghan evacuee in Taliban probe: government
(AFP) France has detained an Afghan it helped evacuate from the country as part of an investigation into links with the Taliban, the government spokesman said on Tuesday. The man is believed to be close to another Afghan evacuee who is suspected […]
Government & Politics
Suspect Afghan evacuees put focus on European security screening
(AFP) The discovery of Afghan evacuees representing potential security risks in France and Britain has put the spotlight on screening efforts during the evacuation operation with Western diplomats working under extreme pressure in Kabul. Five Afghans who arrived in France in recent […]
Immigration
Record number of migrants cross Channel in a day
(BBC) More than 800 migrants crossed the English Channel to the UK on Saturday — setting a new record for crossings in a single day. The Home Office said nearly 200 people making the trip were also stopped by the French authorities. […]
Government & Politics
France says watching Afghan evacuee thought linked to Taliban
(AFP) France has placed under surveillance an Afghan evacuated from Kabul who is suspected of links to the Taliban, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Monday. About 1,300 Afghans have in recent days been evacuated by France via a military base in […]
Immigration
102 migrants rescued in Channel trying to reach Britain
(AFP) Over 100 migrants were rescued in the Channel on Saturday as they tried to reach Britain on makeshift boats, the French maritime prefecture said. A first boat carrying 38 migrants was reported in difficulty off Boulogne, the authorities said. The migrants […]
Crime
People smugglers making up to £700k per Channel crossing by cramming boats with up to 40 people (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Criticism as mayor of Nice says city will not accept Afghan refugees Mayor said decision was due to Nice having been a victim of ‘considerable terrorism’ in recent years but many have criticised his linking of refugees and terrorism
(Connexion) Nice will not allow Afghan refugees to settle, mayor Christian Estrosi has said, because the city has suffered due to Islamic terrorism in recent years. When asked on RTL if Nice would welcome refugees, Mr Estrosi said: “No, no, it’s very […]
Government & Politics
Macron calls for European plan to manage Afghan migration French president says ‘we must anticipate and protect ourselves against major irregular migratory flows.’
(Politico) France and Germany will push for a European plan to tackle migration flows from Afghanistan as people flee the Taliban’s control, Emmanuel Macron said Monday evening. “We must anticipate and protect ourselves against major irregular migratory flows that would endanger those […]
Government & Politics
France’s anti-separatism bill deemed constitutional with only minor changes
(Radio France) French constitutional watchdogs have cleared the path for a new law aimed at countering Islamist extremism. Officially known as the law comforting the principles of the republic, the draft law was approved in parliament in July. But around 100 MPs […]
Immigration
Nearly 600 people cross English Channel to UK in new daily record (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Free speech vs Islamophobia: A teenager fuels debate in France Mila’s anti-Islam rant on Instagram drew thousands of hate messages and resulted in a landmark cyberbullying case.
(Al-Jazeera) It all started with an Instagram broadcast on January 18 last year. Mila, then 16, with a head of newly dyed purple hair, went on a rant against Islam, addressing some of her 10,000 followers who tuned in. “The Quran is […]
Immigration
Migrants who cross Channel in small boats should be sent straight back to France, say most Brits (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
France under pressure to set up joint maritime brigade to turn back Channel migrants (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Channel crossings: Hundreds more migrants reach UK after record day
(BBC) A further 475 migrants crossed the English Channel in 15 small boats on Thursday, following a record 482 arrivals on Wednesday. The Ministry of Defence earlier said an exercise on its firing range at Hythe had to be stopped on Wednesday […]
Immigration
English Channel crossings pass 10,000 as new daily record reached (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Migrant Channel crossings: 281 people reach the UK
(BBC) Small boats carrying 281 people were intercepted trying to cross the Channel on Tuesday. Border Force officials stopped seven boats, while French authorities intercepted one crossing carrying a further 20 migrants. So far this year more than 9,700 people have reached […]
Crime
Plainclothes policeman beaten by migrants bothering couple
(Breitbart) Three North African men beat a plainclothes French police officer attempting to intervene while the migrants harassed a young couple at a train station. The incident took place at the Massy-Palaiseau RER train station in the Paris suburb of Massy on Monday […]
Crime
Afghans arrested for stabbing man defending woman from sex assault
(Breitbart) Two Afghan migrants were arrested in Rennes, France, after allegedly stabbing a man near a metro station and sexually assaulting the victim’s ex-girlfriend. The attack took place on the night of Friday the 10th to Saturday the 11th of July. Two […]
Government & Politics
I will try until I die — Migrants in France determined to seek better life in UK (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Church and state collide in public school cafeterias
Halal school lunches have been in the news lately. Last spring, school districts in Buffalo, New York, and Atlantic City, New Jersey, announced they would begin pilot programs to serve halal lunches at some of their schools. New York City announced it […]
Crime
People smugglers ‘using small boats as decoys for vessels carrying more than 80 migrants’ (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
France, UK sign accord on fighting Channel terror threat
(AFP) Britain and France on Monday signed a new security deal aimed at protecting the public in the event of a terror attack in the Channel against a large vessel such as a passenger ferry, the British government said. The UK-France Maritime […]
Animals
Muslims slaughter sheep in middle of French street for Islamic festival
(Breitbart) Police arrested four men in Nantes after they allegedly slaughtered a pair of sheep in the middle of a street during the Islamic Eid al-Adha festival. The four men were taken into custody on Tuesday at around 11:25 a.m. in the Bellevue district […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Muslims in France worried over controversial anti-separatism bill Paris administration trying to criminalize Muslims, says French human rights activist
(Anadolu) The controversial anti-separatism bill in France limits the existence and rights of Muslims, a French Muslim human rights activist said on Sunday. “The anti-separatism bill completely limits the right to organization and the existence of Muslims as people who have Islamic […]