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French legislators divided over a lawmaker caught buying drugs

French politicians appear deeply divided over the fate of leftist lawmaker Andy Kerbrat, and whether he should resign

The Independent UK

French government to table new immigration law in early 2025

The French government wants to adopt a new immigration law in 2025, just one year after the previous bill split the majority in the National Assembly. It would be the 33rd immigration law in 44 years.

Radio France Internationale

EU weighs creating migrant 'return hubs' to speed up deportations

EU ministers met this week to discuss "innovative" ways to deport more undocumented migrants and rejected asylum seekers, including controversial plans to set up dedicated return centres outside the bloc.

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EU Discusses Deportation Hubs To Stem Migration

Far-right gains in several European countries have helped put migration issues atop the agenda as home affairs ministers from the bloc's 27 states meet in Luxembourg ahead of a gathering of EU leaders later this month.

Latin Times

Asylum-seeker to film star: Guinean's unusual journey highlights France's arguments over immigration

Landing in the midst of heated arguments in France about immigration comes an award-winning film about the issue with an eye-popping twist: Its lead actor Abou Sangare is himself an immigrant lacking permanent legal status

The Independent UK

Osama Bin Laden's Son Omar Banned From Returning To France

Omar bin Laden, a son of slain Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, has been banned from returning to France where he made his home for several years before he was ordered to leave in 2023, France's Interior Minister announced Tuesday.

International Business Times

Osama bin Laden's son Omar ordered to leave France

French authorities have ordered Omar bin Laden, a son of slain Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, to leave the country over posts on social media, France's interior minister announced on Tuesday.

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France bars Osama bin Laden’s son from returning ‘for any reason’

France is barring Osama bin Laden’s son, Omar, from returning to the country “for any reason whatsoever”, the French interior minister said on Tuesday. Omar lived in France with his British wife for several years, working as an artist in Normandy. He was ordered to leave the country last year…

France 24

Toddler ‘trampled to death’ as migrants try to cross English Channel

At least four people, including a two-year-old, die in two attempts to cross the channel on crowded boats.

Al Jazeera

Attempts to cross the English Channel on small boats leave 4 migrants, including a child, dead

French authorities say four migrants, including a 2-year-old child, have died in two separate incidents as they were attempting to cross the English Channel toward Britain

The Independent UK

Child 'Trampled To Death' In Asylum Seekers' Channel Crossing: Minister

Several people died, including a young child, when an overcrowded boat attempted to cross the Channel to Britain, French authorities said on Saturday.

International Business Times

Four migrants including child die while trying to cross English Channel

French minister Bruno Retailleau said the child was ‘trampled to death in a boat’

Evening Standard

French interior minister vows more deportation flights to DRC from Mayotte

France's interior minister has ordered authorities in the French overseas department of Mayotte to arrange deportation flights for migrants from the Democratic Republic of Congo, as Paris seeks to clamp down on illegal immigration to the island off the east coast of Africa.

Radio France Internationale

Budget, immigration set to dominate French PM Barnier’s much-awaited policy speech

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier outlines the policy priorities of his new government in a much-awaited speech on Tuesday as it seeks to shore up its fragile position following a record two-month transition period that politically paralysed France.

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France's new hardline interior minister stirs controversy just days into job

France's new "top cop" – the incoming Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau – has been quick to set out his three priorities: "Order, order ... and order".

The Guardian - UK

Anti-immigration mood sweeping EU threatens its new asylum strategy

The bloc’s migration pact, finally agreed after a decade of talks, is already in peril as states outdo each other in efforts to get tough

Radio France Internationale

France's interior minister vows to introduce new immigration 'rules' after student murder

France's newly-appointed interior minister on Wednesday vowed consequences after a Moroccan man suspected of murdering a 19-year-old university student was arrested in Switzerland.

Al Jazeera

French immigration rules to be reviewed as far right weaponises murder

‘If we have to change the rules, let’s change them,’ says Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau.

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‘Restore order’: France's new Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau signals rightward shift

Staunch conservative Bruno Retailleau has quickly shown his hardliner credentials as France’s new interior minister by taking a tough stance on immigration, crime and defending secularism.

The Guardian - UK

French interior minister vows to ‘restore order’ as critics warn of shift to right

Appointment of Bruno Retailleau is most striking example of reactionary right taking power, says Socialist leader

France 24

France's new govt convenes for first time and sets budget, migrant issues as top priorities

France's right-leaning new government convened Monday for its first formal meeting during which Prime Minister Michel Barnier vowed to address budget and migrant issues as the priority. Barnier is expected to submit a new budget bill to the European Union next month, and he has pledged to "control and limit"…

The Independent UK

France’s new PM Michel Barnier tells his cabinet: ‘No theatrics – focus on action’

Before the first full meeting of the country’s news cabinet, the former EU Brexit negotiator opened the door to raising the taxes of the wealthiest

France 24

France's incoming interior minister vows to 'restore order' as new government takes over

France's new right-leaning government held its first meeting early on Monday, with Prime Minister Michel Barnier presiding over a working breakfast before a first official cabinet meeting at the Élysée Palace later in the day. Incoming Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said that his priority would be to "restore order" as…

The Guardian - UK

France’s new government meets with focus on the budget and immigration – as it happened

New PM Michel Barnier says he will not increase the tax burden and says the number of migrants ‘has become unbearable’

Radio France Internationale

Meet the key ministers shaping France's new government

After months of political deadlock following July’s snap elections, France has a new government. Prime Minister Michel Barnier unveiled the cabinet late Saturday, with conservatives and centrists taking the lead – signalling a shift to the right. Here's a breakdown of the key ministers.

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