Moves towards the banning of the full Muslim veil will today come a step closer with the release of a new report that recommends the prohibition of the facial dress in universities, hospitals and state-owned premises including public transport and post offices.
Last night French President Nicolas Sarkozy was endorsing the ...
The French government is investigating just how some 124 illegal immigrants on the island of Corsica last Friday and have launched a massive hunt for the trafficking gang that appears to have abandoned them there. Though a common sight on the Italian islands close to North Africa, immigrants travelling via ...
In a landmark ruling yesterday, a French court decided that migrants can no longer be given forced deportation back to their country of origin. The decision is expected to have widespread ramifications, with many Britons fearing that areas such as Calais will once again become a beacon for UK-bound illegal ...
Just three months after the high profile closure of the Calais ‘Jungle’ migrant camp French officials have decided to reopen the UK-bound migrant reception centre.
In an effort to discourage the thousand of hopeful immigrants who were gathering the French government destroyed the makeshift camp in September amid growing hostility from ...
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has called the national identity debate an exercise in soul-searching but immigration fears are threatening to derail the supposed noble initiative.
The identity debate was launched with much fanfare last month by Sarkozy’s right-wing government in order for ordinary citizens to explain what it means to them ...
The French Immigration Minister has launched a new on 'national identity' in the wake of ongoing controversy over the government’s immigration policy.
Eric Besson, who has recently been a media headliner for actions around Calais’ migrant camps, has announced the new debate which the opposition has called nothing more than pre-election ...
In spite of British pleas to clamp down on illegal immigration camps along the French coastline an expansive new tent city complete with kitchen, bedding, lounge and washing areas has opened this week in Steenvoorde.
British newspapers have labelled recent French efforts at the Calais Jungle camp a sham following the ...
France last night demanded that Britain open its doors to illegal migrants, admitting that it was losing the ongoing battle against immigration. The mayor of Calais, Natacha Bouchard, claimed that until the UK opened its borders the city would continue to be a dumping ground for failed asylum seekers. Bouchard ...