A crowd of around 200 illegal migrants from Africa stormed Alfortville town hall on Tuesday morning, demanding that the government relax criteria for regularisation and give them residence papers.
Former special advisor to France’s interior ministry Hugues Moutouh has accused the left wing political establishment of complicity in the violence raging through the country’s migrant-dominated suburbs.
(Reuters) French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday he would not seek a second term in office in the presidential election in 2017, an unprecedented move that leaves the way open for other left-wing candidates. It is the first time
The number of people given French citizenship this year is likely to soar 45 per cent from 2015’s figure, with the vast majority of “new French” from North Africa. The spike follows a concerted push by the ruling Socialist Party to naturalise 100,000 people a year.
Jean-Jacques Lacoste is suing residents of the town he once served as mayor for “incitement to racial hatred” after spotting posters complaining that the resettlement of migrants squatting in Calais to the commune will bring crime and antisocial behaviour. The
Two men who attacked a young couple for eating a pizza topped with ham have been sentenced to 18 months in prison.
France’s National Front pulled off a historic win on Sunday, topping the vote in the first round of regional elections, in a breakthrough that shakes up the country’s political landscape before 2017 presidential elections. Boosted by fears over the Islamic
