A fisherman accused of helping migrants cross the English Channel from France is the latest in a growing number of French people turning to human trafficking. The government said this year alone nearly 200 networks operated by 3,000 people have been dismantled in
Fifteen migrants suffering from hypothermia were found alive in the back of a refrigerated lorry in northern France after a blind search by emergency services triggered by a call from one of the trapped men. The authorities said they received
Police in France have banned ‘dangerous’ Halloween costumes featuring fake guns and knives. The development comes after a teenage boy dressed as the fictional character Mr T caused a major terror scare. At a time when France is still
PARIS (Reuters) – Far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s approval rating has risen among those voters who describe themselves as right wing, one month ahead of regional elections, a BVA institute survey showed. Le Pen, who is set to win control
Upholding the convictions of twelve anti-Israel activists, France’s Supreme Court – the Court of Cassation – has confirmed that promoting a boycott of Israel is tantamount to “inciting hate or discrimination”. Back in 2009 and 2010, a dozen ‘Boycott,Divestment, Sanctions’ (BDS) campaigners attempted
They already have shops, restaurants, a library and a nightclub, but now the 6,000 residents of The Jungle migrant camp in Calais, France have something else to keep them occupied. A renowned maître d’ with decades of experience has set
Luxury hotels in Paris have taken a beating this year, with the Charlie Hebdo attacks scaring off visitors and websites like Airbnb stealing away clients, but analysts say the lure of the “palaces” has not yet faded. “The shock of
Ten years on from the riots that shook France’s suburbs, many residents say almost nothing in their lives has changed, and they feel excluded from the country’s narrative and abandoned by politicians. President Francois Hollande paid a rare visit to
BORDEAUX, France, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Forty-two mostly elderly people died when a bus and a truck collided head-on and caught fire near Bordeaux early on Friday, officials said, in France’s worst road crash in decades. Another five people were
As many as 96 per cent of asylum seekers refused asylum in France are not deported, a new report has found. The report, by France’s top auditing body the Accounting Court (Cour des Comptes) slammed the country’s asylum system, which
The French state railway company SNCF has told conductors to waive the fares of migrants, effectively subsidising the cross-continental travel of newcomers, hastening arrivals at Channel port Calais and instituting a policy of no fares for foreigners. The move has been
French officials joined the United States Thursday in condemning illegal ballistic missile tests that the Islamic Republic of Iran carried out over the weekend.
A 64-year-old French citizen registered male at birth has become the first officially gender neutral person in France following high court recognition. Born in the city of Tours (pictured above) in central France in 1951, the court applicant was registered male
France’s top weatherman has been suspended from his job for questioning the cult of global warming. Philippe Verdier, a household name for his nightly weather reports on the France 2 channel, has just published a book in which he argues that the climate
DENAIN, France – The northern French town of Denain has been a left-wing bastion for generations. Not any more. The feeling that mainstream politicians have failed runs high amid the 20,000 inhabitants of a place where the poverty rate, as
New evidence uncovered by French authorities investigating the Charlie Hebdo attacks in January has shown communication between killer Amedy Coulibaly and a possible handler in the Islamic State. Coulibaly received an email communication on 8 January. It arrived just hours after he shot and
In the immediate wake of the Vatican sacking of a gay priest who attempted to upstage the Vatican Synod on the Family by “coming out” with his boyfriend the day before it began, Socialist French President François Hollande has withdrawn his proposal of Laurent Stefanini, an openly gay official, for the post of ambassador to the Holy See.
French authorities want new European Union (EU) rules mandating all travelling EU nationals to scan their fingerprints and maybe even their faces. The introduction of Smart Borders, a digital dragnet system using biometric scans to identify visiting non-EU nationals, was discussed at an EU interior ministers
A radicalised Muslim prisoner on the run since failing to return from day release in May has shot and critically injured a French policeman. Police union anger towards the French Minister of Justice, Christiane Taubira, mounted when it transpired that
A young, female ‘No Borders’ activist working in a migrant camp on the France-Italy border remained silent about her gang rape by Sudanese migrants for over a month because “the others asked me to keep quiet.” Colleagues are alleged to have said
NICE, France – Flash floods caused by torrential rain along part of the French Riviera killed at least 13 people and left several others missing, officials said Sunday. The downpour hit the Alpes-Maritimes region on Saturday evening, with the resort
Investigating the migrant camps in Calais, Northern France, researchers from the University of Birmingham found inhabitants to be inadvertently defecating in their own water supply, and consequently stricken with disease. Describing the camps as “diabolical”, the researchers blamed the people
LONDON, Oct 3 (Reuters) – Around 200 migrants tried to get into the Channel Tunnel in France overnight, clashing with staff and police and forcing the suspension of rail services, a spokesman for Eurotunnel said. The disruption in the Channel Tunnel
The French military’s first airstrike against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Syria killed 30 jihadists, including 12 child fighters known as “Caliphate cubs,” reveals a U.K.-based monitor group.
PARIS, Sept 30 (Reuters) – France is investigating Bashar al-Assad over alleged crimes against humanity, the Paris prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday, launching a case that highlights divisions among major powers over relations with the Syrian leader. The investigation, which is
