(BBC) Four men have been arrested during a people smuggling investigation after five migrants were found on board a fishing boat in France. The five, thought to be Albanian, were found on the boat as it was about to leave Cherbourg on […]
(BBC) Five boats carrying 62 suspected migrants have been intercepted off the Kent coast. Border Force officials … were alerted to the first craft in the Channel at about 05:30 BST, the Home Office said. Those on board have been handed over […]
(BBC) More than 20 migrants have been detained after landing in two boats on Kent beaches, the Home Office says. Another boat was also intercepted on Thursday in the Channel, with 13 men and one woman on board saying they were Syrian […]
(Radio France) French jihadist Tyler Vilus appeared before the Paris criminal court on [Thursday] for the start of a week-long trial into his role within the Islamic State armed group where he is accused of serving as an “emir.” He faces life […]
(BBC) Six boats carrying 82 migrants have been intercepted by Border Force vessels off the Kent coast. The first boats were spotted at about 06:30 BST on Wednesday, the Home Office said. Three women were among those onboard the small boats crossing […]
(National-UAE) France did not break the law when it stripped five dual nationals of their French nationality over their ties to an Al Qaeda-affiliated group linked to attacks that have killed hundreds, a top European court has ruled. The European Court of […]
(AP) France’s counter-terrorism prosecutors made a formal request Tuesday for nine suspects to face trial in connection with the 2016 Bastille Day truck attack in Nice that left 86 people dead. In a statement following the end of a judicial investigation, the […]
(BBC) Twenty-eight migrants in dinghies and a kayak have been intercepted in the Channel. The Border Force found the people in three vessels between 07:40 and 11:30 BST on Sunday. There were 24 males and four females, but the Home Office no […]
(AFP) The government said Monday it had brought home 10 French children of jihadist fighters overnight from a refugee camp in Syria, the latest in a piecemeal repatriation process since the Islamic State group was ousted from its Syrian base in March […]
(BBC) A boat carrying three migrants has been intercepted off the Kent coast. The Home Office said Border Force sent a vessel into the Channel at Dover at about 11:00 BST. Three men who presented themselves as Iraqi, Kuwaiti and Libyan nationals […]
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(AFP) France’s highest constitutional authority on Thursday ruled that it objected to a key part of new legislation that aims to fight hatred online but has also sparked controversy among critics as harming civil liberties. The Constitutional Council ruled that certain new […]
(BBC) More than 40 migrants were intercepted while attempting to [cross] the English Channel earlier. The Home Office said three boats were found in separate incidents, with 36 men and 5 women brought to Dover. A spokeswoman said: “These attempted crossings are […]
(BBC) More than 30 migrants have been brought ashore at Dover after Border Force vessels intercepted three small boats in the Channel. The Home Office said the alerts came in the early hours between 04:50 BST and about 06:15 BST. Thirty-four men […]
(AFP) Three teenagers have been charged in France after a high-school girl received death threats for an expletive-laden social media rant against Islam, a prosecutor said Wednesday. The case of 16-year-old Mila — who called Islam “a shitty religion” on an Instagram […]
(AFP) The French government on Tuesday vowed to bring an end to violence in the usually placid eastern city of Dijon after it was hit by a fourth night of unrest linked to score-settling by members of the Chechen community. According to […]
(BBC) Migrants have tried to cross the Channel to the UK amid thick fog over the Kent coast. Border Force teams were seen earlier with a group of people thought to have attempted the crossing, and officials were spotted towing a rowing […]
(BBC) Five boats carrying migrants have been intercepted by Border Force vessels in the English Channel. The Home Office said 49 men and women were brought to Dover and transferred to immigration officials. The attempted crossings started at about 06:25 BST and […]
(BBC) Four migrants have tried to cross the English Channel on a makeshift raft made from two windsurfing boards tied together, and using shovels as paddles. They were spotted in difficulty by a DFDS ferry off Calais at about 06:25 local time, […]
(AFP) Italian police said Wednesday they had retrieved a work by famed street artist Banksy commemorating the victims of the November 2015 Paris terror attacks stolen from the Bataclan concert hall. The work was an image of a girl in mourning painted […]
(BBC) UK Border Force officers will face violent attacks after the government told them to take the fingerprints of migrants who try to board Eurotunnel trains, a trade union has said. The Home Office order was made to staff at the terminal […]
(BBC) More than 160 migrants travelled across the Channel in small boats in 24 hours — a record for a single day. The Border Force intercepted seven boats on Wednesday, while 11 men were detained on a beach at Samphire Hoe in […]
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(Forbes) Iranian and Iraqi nationals accounted for almost all the migrants intercepted while trying to cross the English Channel to enter the UK in the first three months of this year, according to statistics from the UK government. In a written answer […]
(National-UAE) Two lawyers representing an Oxford professor accused of rape are under investigation after it emerged that they had spoken with his alleged victims. French legal authorities are examining the actions of the two men who each contacted one of Tariq Ramadan’s […]
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(Breitbart) A French judge has dropped terrorism charges against two men who were arrested in connection to a 2017 attack on Paris’s Orly airport, stating there were doubts about a terrorist motive. The attacker, 39-year-old Ziyed Ben Belgacem, was shot and killed during […]
(BBC) Four boats carrying 60 migrants have been intercepted off the Kent coast. The Home Office said 57 men and three women had crossed the English Channel on Wednesday in small boats. A spokesman said they were alerted to the first incident […]
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(BBC) Six boats and a kayak carrying 80 migrants have been intercepted off the Kent coast. The Home Office said 65 men and 15 women had crossed the English Channel on Tuesday in small boats. A spokesman said the migrants travelled from […]
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(BBC) A people smuggler who helped to bring people into the UK on dinghies has been jailed for nine years. Albanian national Vladimir Bardoshi, 36, led a gang that ferried illegal migrants across the Channel from France in dangerous conditions, police said. […]
(BBC) The rising number of child migrants crossing the Channel by boat risks overwhelming social services, the leader of Kent County Council has said. Roger Gough appealed to Priti Patel to “prevent a crisis escalating into something unmanageable and unsafe.” More than […]
(BBC) Small boat migrant crossings are becoming “a major threat” to the UK, MPs have been told. The Home Affairs Select Committee was hearing evidence after Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage claimed French ships were “escorting” migrant boats. The Home Office said […]
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(BBC) More than 60 migrants have been handed to immigration officials after they tried to cross the Channel in boats. Border Force cutters intercepted four boats in the early hours and a fifth on Wednesday afternoon. In total, 64 people were on […]
(BBC) The number of unaccompanied child migrants arriving in Kent has risen significantly in the past 12 months, the county council leader has said. Roger Gough claimed the number of young asylum seekers in the county had “doubled in a little more […]
(BBC) Six boats carrying 90 migrants have been intercepted off the Kent coast. The Home Office said 79 men and 11 women had crossed the Channel on Saturday, 16 May, on small boats. A spokesman said the migrants travelled from France and […]
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(National-UAE) Efforts to bring Tariq Ramadan to justice over alleged rapes of women have taken another sinister twist after it emerged that his supporters engaged a rogue French intelligence expert to expose the identity of an accuser. Lawyers for the woman known […]
(Politico) France adopted a law against online hate speech Wednesday that will target Silicon Valley giants amid controversy surrounding the lawmaker in charge of the bill. After months of debate, the lower house of Parliament adopted the controversial legislation, which will require […]
(AFP) French police are holding a man of Afghan nationality after a prominent activist in the north of France who helped migrants was bludgeoned to death at his home, prosecutors said Wednesday. The attacker entered the home of Jean Dussine in Bretteville, […]
(AFP) A French court on Wednesday scrapped all charges against a man who helped migrants enter the country illegally, the final chapter in a groundbreaking case that defined so-called “crimes of solidarity.” Cedric Herrou, an olive farmer in southern France who helped […]
(BBC) Another boat carrying migrants has been intercepted by the Border Force off the Kent coast following a spike in the number of incidents in recent days. The Home Office said there were 11 men and six women on board who presented […]
(BBC) At least 227 migrants have been intercepted in two days as they tried to cross the English Channel to reach the UK. Eight boats carrying 145 people were stopped on Friday, the Home Office confirmed — a record for a single […]
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(BBC) More than 130 suspected migrants have attempted to reach the UK from France in the past 24 hours. The Home Office said the Border Force intercepted a small boat containing 16 suspected migrants off the Kent coast on Monday morning. Hours […]
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