59 m. ago First small boat migrant returned to France under 'one in, one out' deal

The first small boat migrant has been sent back to France under the new 'one in. one out' returns deal.

Economics

3 h. ago British woman 'raped by French police officer' while drunk and handcuffed in van near Marseille

The 37-year-old victim is said to have been arrested by three policemen before being subjected to a horrific ordeal in the back of a patrol van

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3 h. ago French cop 'raped drunk Brit woman while she was handcuffed'

The 37-year-old British woman is said to have been arrested by three French police officers for public drunkenness before one allegedly assaulted her while she was handcuffed in Aubagne, France

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18 h. ago Starmer's UK's 'one in, one out' small boats migrant deal with France is struggling, but is far from sunk

Keir Starmer’s government fell at the first hurdle with its France ‘one in, one out’ migrant deal. A rocky legal battle awaits

Economics

25 h. ago French police 'have been using ramming tactics to stop small migrant boats entering overseas territory off Africa'

An investigation has uncovered that at least 24 people have died or disappeared at sea after lethal confrontations between migrant boats and French border police in the Indian Ocean.

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27 h. ago British woman is 'raped by police officer in front of his colleague after they found her drunk in the street' in France

A British woman has claimed she was raped by a French police officer in front of his colleague after they found her wandering the streets drunk.

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30 h. ago Voices: It is deluded to slash foreign aid in refugee hotspots without expecting more boats to arrive

Prevention is always better than cure, writes Sarah Champion, so investing in ways for people to feel secure and earn a living in their home country through aid is important

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50 h. ago Moment tourists push boat packed with migrants away from shore after it attempted to land on beach on Greek paradise island

Furious tourists were seen in dramatic footage trying to push a migrant-packed boat away from shore as they descended on a Greek beach. 

Society

3 d. ago The forgotten town on the frontline of Britain's migrant crisis: How locals in Dover have been left behind by the small boats war

The Dover coastline is a key arrival point for Channel crossings and with more than 182,000 people reaching England since the migrant crisis began.

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3 d. ago Thought it was STOP the boats! Protesters sit in inflatable vessel near migrant hotel holding banner to 'deport all foreign criminals' as over a hundred demonstrate outside

The Tickled Trout Hotel, near Samlesbury, in Lancashire, is currently housing people who supported British troops during operations in Afghanistan .

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7 d. ago ‘Block Everything’ protesters clash with French police as more than 100 arrested in one morning

Protesters in France have clashed with police in a bid to “block everything” over discontent with the government, with more than 100 people arrested in one morning.

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7 d. ago The Fence review – Claire Denis stumbles with a grim and grating misfire

Toronto film festival: French director has made of one her least effective movies with this dull and clunkily adapted version of 1979 play with a miscast Matt Dillon at its centreAfter trips to space (2018’s High Life) and Nicaragua (2022’s Stars at Noon), the French director Claire Denis has returned to more familiar territory: post-colonial west Africa. Denis, who grew up in several Francophone African countries, has made several movies that inquire into the troubled heart of such places, and now reaches into that well again for her new film, The Fence. In some ways, the film is hallmark Denis, flinty and strange and sometimes inscrutable. But it is also a disappointment, a leaden film whose points Denis has made more convincingly elsewhere.The Fence is based on a 1979 play by the late Bernard Marie-Koltès called Black Battles with Dogs. It tells the story of three white people living in a protected construction zone in a rural part of an unnamed west African nation. A fatal accid...

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7 d. ago Hong Kong rejects bill that would have given limited rights to same

Only 14 of 86 lawmakers supported the bill, which would have granted limited rights to same-sex couples who married or entered civil unions overseas

Politics

8 d. ago French police arrest dozens as ‘Block Everything’ campaign causes widespread disruption

Members of the ‘Block Everything’ movement said they considered the political system was no longer fit for purpose

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8 d. ago France braces for ‘block everything’ protests after PM Bayrou resigns

Blockades, disruption and strikes planned for Wednesday with about 80,000 police and gendarmes to be deployedThe French prime minister, François Bayrou, has resigned after losing a confidence vote as authorities prepare for a day of disruption and protests ranging from road and school blockades to transport strikes.About 80,000 police and gendarmes will be deployed across France on Wednesday to monitor a day of anti-government demonstrations organised under the slogan “block everything”. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Investigation launched as migrant boat ‘reaches Kent coast’ without being intercepted

Five people were detained in a village north of Dover, it was reported

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8 d. ago Investigation after migrant boat ‘reaches Kent coast’ without being intercepted

Five people were detained in a village north of Dover on Saturday, it was reported.

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9 d. ago French police patrolling beaches for migrants are 'dysfunctional and officers lack the right training'

Marc Alegre of the Unité police union, which represents officers in Calais and Dunkirk, said cash had been spent on the wrong type of vehicles.

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9 d. ago UK could suspend visas in drive to secure migrant returns deals, says Shabana Mahmood

The new Home Secretary reveals visas could be cut as part of measures to do ‘whatever it takes’ to stop small boat crossings

Economics

1 week ago ‘They just want a better life’: the UK households who host asylum seekers

The charity Refugees at Home helps volunteers with a spare room to lend take in people who have sought refugeUK politics live – latest updates“It’s heartbreaking for me, I don’t understand people putting up the flag,” said Mohammad, who crossed the Channel almost four years ago, desperate to escape persecution. Back then it was rare to see St George’s cross flags as frequently as he does driving around now. The flags are seen as divisive and dangerous in a climate of anti-migrant protests where political discourse is fixated on deportations, small boats and threats to withdraw the UK from human rights frameworks. It has left individuals who have sought refuge in the UK feeling anxious, upset and fearing repercussions.“Immigrants, they just want to have a better life. If our country was safe, was all right, we would never leave,” said Mohammad, who asked to use only his first name fearing reprisals. After facing persecution as a practising Christian in Shia-majority Iran, Mohammad le...

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