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France

Government & Politics

French Senate report describes ‘alarming’ spread of Islamism

July 12, 2020 Chris Tomlinson  

(Breitbart) A report compiled by members of the French Senate has detailed the spread of political Islam across France and listed 44 proposals to combat radical Islamist ideology. The report, which was written by the Commission of Inquiry on Islamist Radicalisation and […]

Government & Politics

UK and France agree to create intelligence cell amid surge in migrant crossings (LINK ONLY)

July 12, 2020 EoI News  

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Immigration

Migrants with severe hypothermia rescued from capsized boat in Channel (LINK ONLY)

July 11, 2020 EoI News  

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Legal

French jihadist to be retried as prosecutors seek life term

July 9, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) A French jihadist given a 30-year jail term last week for crimes committed in Syria will be retried after prosecutors appealed Thursday seeking life imprisonment. On Friday, a court jailed Tyler Vilus, 30, for crimes committed between 2013 and 2015 when […]

Government & Politics

Patel: No new target date for migrant crossings to be ‘infrequent phenomenon’ (LINK ONLY)

July 7, 2020 EoI News  

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Crime

Channel migrants: Man arrested after boat intercepted

July 7, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) A man has been arrested after a small boat carrying migrants was intercepted in the Channel. The Home Office said a Border Force cutter intercepted a vessel carrying 10 men who said they were Somali, Sudanese and Yemeni on Tuesday. A […]

Legal

French court sentences homegrown militant to 30 years in prison for crimes in Syria

July 3, 2020 Tangi Salaun  

(Reuters) A Frenchman who converted to Islam and went abroad to fight for Islamic State was sentenced by a Paris court on Friday to 30 years in prison in France’s first successful prosecution of an Islamist militant for crimes committed in Syria. […]

Legal

Prosecutors demand life sentence for French jihadist Tyler Vilus

July 3, 2020 Christina Okello  

(Radio France) Prosecutors on Friday called for the maximum life sentence for French jihadist Tyler Vilus, who is on trial for crimes that were allegedly committed in Syria. The son of a radicalised woman known as “Jihadi Gran,” he is believed to […]

Immigration

Migrant crossings surge during coronavirus lockdown (LINK ONLY)

July 1, 2020 EoI News  

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Crime

Arrests after five migrants found on fishing boat

June 30, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(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 […]

Immigration

Kent: Five migrant boats intercepted in Channel

June 26, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(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 […]

Immigration

Migrants detained after landing on Kent beaches

June 26, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(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 […]

Legal

Suspected ISIS ‘emir’ goes on trial in France for crimes in Syria

June 25, 2020 Christina Okello  

(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 […]

Immigration

Six migrant boats intercepted off Kent coast

June 25, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(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 […]

Citizenship

France did not break the law by stripping terrorists of nationalities, top court rules The five dual nationals had been convicted on terror charges for links to an Al Qaeda affiliate

June 25, 2020 Jamie Prentis  

(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 […]

Legal

Trial requested for 9 suspects in France’s 2016 truck attack

June 23, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(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 […]

Immigration

Channel migrants: Border Force intercepts 28 people

June 22, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(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 […]

Children & Teens

France brings home 10 jihadists’ children from Syria

June 22, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(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 […]

Immigration

Migrant boat intercepted off Kent coast

June 20, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(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 […]

Crime

France’s mustard town, Dijon, shattered by gang violence (LINK ONLY)

June 20, 2020 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

French constitutional authority blocks online hate law

June 18, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(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 […]

Immigration

Channel migrants: 41 intercepted by Border Force

June 18, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(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 […]

Immigration

Channel migrants: Border Force and RNLI intercept boats

June 17, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(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 […]

Children & Teens

French teens charged over threats to girl who posted anti-Islam rant on Instagram

June 17, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(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 […]

Crime

France vows to halt Dijon unrest over Chechen score-settling

June 16, 2020 Loïc Vennin  

(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 […]

Immigration

Channel migrants try to cross English Channel in fog

June 16, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(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 […]

Immigration

Channel migrants: Border Force intercept five boats

June 15, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(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 […]

Immigration

Channel migrants: Windsurfing boards used as makeshift raft

June 10, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(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, […]

Arts & Entertainment

Stolen Banksy work from door of Paris Bataclan found in Italy

June 10, 2020 Ella Ide  

(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 […]

Government & Politics

Border Force staff ‘will face violence’ when fingerprinting migrants

June 9, 2020 Ben Robinson and Paul Kenyon  

(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 […]

Immigration

Migrant crossings hit single day record

June 3, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(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 […]

Government & Politics

French spies alarmed by Islamic exorcists (LINK ONLY)

June 3, 2020 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

Iranians and Iraqis dominate attempts to enter UK via perilous cross-Channel route

May 29, 2020 Dominic Dudley  

(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 […]

Crime

Tariq Ramadan lawyers face inquiry over links to alleged victims Both men deny any conflict of interest and say they followed the rules

May 28, 2020 Paul Peachey  

(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 […]

Immigration

People smugglers exploit legal loophole as French Navy escorts them into British waters (LINK ONLY)

May 27, 2020 EoI News  

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Legal

Judge drops terror charges in Paris airport attack case

May 27, 2020 Chris Tomlinson  

(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 […]

Immigration

Channel migrants: Boats carrying 60 people intercepted

May 27, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(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 […]

Government & Politics

Priti Patel wants new powers to curb illegal migrants sneaking into UK (LINK ONLY)

May 26, 2020 EoI News  

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Immigration

Channel migrants: Boats and kayak carrying 80 people intercepted

May 26, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(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 […]

Government & Politics

Home Office approaches Australian Border Force chief who helped mastermind return of sea migrants (LINK ONLY)

May 25, 2020 EoI News  

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Crime

Man jailed for smuggling migrants in dinghies

May 22, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(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. […]

Children & Teens

Channel migrants: Lone children ‘could overwhelm council services’

May 22, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(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 […]

Government & Politics

Channel migrants: Small boats ‘major threat to UK’

May 22, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(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 […]

Government & Politics

Australian-style sea patrols needed to return migrants to France, says former Border Force chief (LINK ONLY)

May 21, 2020 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

Home Office deporting migrants who cross Channel in small boats (LINK ONLY)

May 21, 2020 EoI News  

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Immigration

Channel migrants: More than 60 people attempt crossing

May 20, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(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 […]

Children & Teens

Channel migrants: Rise in unaccompanied children arriving in Kent

May 18, 2020 Colin Campbell  

(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 […]

Government & Politics

Channel migrants: Boats carrying 90 migrants intercepted off Kent coast

May 17, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(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 […]

News: Europe

New hunt for jihad widow Hayat Boumeddiene in refugee camp (LINK ONLY)

May 16, 2020 EoI News  

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Crime

Murder of Holocaust survivor in Paris should be treated as anti-Semitic, say prosecutors (LINK ONLY)

May 15, 2020 EoI News  

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