It is over for the Aquarius

It is now official. After being detained for several months at the port of Marseille, waiting for a flag, the Aquarius will not...
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Conditions worsen in Calais as police perform 20 clearances every week

French authorities have ramped up their efforts to clear the makeshift refugee camps in Calais, carrying out around 20 eviction...
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France will follow tough but humane immigration policy

Newly-appointed French interior minister Christophe Castaner said France will not act as an appeal court for asylum seekers. In...
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French police clear Iraqi Kurdish migrants from a makeshift camp

French police have cleared 500 migrants, about 95 per cent of whom were Iraqi Kurds, from a makeshift camp near the French port...
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Migrant minors forced to sell sex at Ventimiglia crossing

Migrant children in Italy are being driven into prostitution to obtain safe passage to France, a new report from the...
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French parliament passes law to speed up asylum procedures

On 1 August, France’s parliament signed an asylum and immigration bill, cutting the current maximum processing time from...
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French security forces clear migrants from Nantes camp

On 23 July, French police cleared a makeshift camp from a park in the western city of Nantes where more than 450 migrants had...
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Migrants cleared from a university in Paris

As part of the drive to clear migrants from the French capital, , French police raided a university in Paris on 26 June,...
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Police to evict migrants camped along Paris canals

Following orders from French interior ministry, police are preparing to evict 2,300 migrants camped along canals in Paris....
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