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France urges UK to open legal migration route amid Channel crisis

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin urged Britain on Monday to open a legal route for asylum seekers to be able to forestall individuals risking their lives by taking small boats throughout the Channel to England.

Swiss express support for maintaining Covid measures, despite protests

Swiss voters firmly backed the regulation behind the country's Covid move in a referendum Sunday, following a tense campaign marked by unprecedented ranges of hostility.

Snow delights children, but blocks migrants at Belarus border

At a migrant camp close to the Belarusian border with Poland, migrants say they have been promised a better life in the EU solely to seek out themselves dwelling in subhuman circumstances. FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg studies from the Belarusian border village of Bruzgi.

France says it will not be 'held hostage' by Britain over migrant crisis

France is ready for a critical dialogue with Britain on issues referring to unlawful migration, but won't be held hostage to London's domestic politics, the country's Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin stated.

Migrants at Belarus border camp say they refuse to return home

Throughout a visit to the Belarus-Poland border on Friday, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko advised migrants that his government might assist them return to their house nations. But FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg, reporting from a border camp in Belarus, stated few have been enticed by the sup...

Netherlands tightens Covid health measures to stem record surge in cases

The Dutch authorities on Friday ordered further restrictions including a nighttime closure of bars, restaurants and most stores to stem a record-breaking wave of COVID-19 instances that is threatening to overwhelm the nation's healthcare system.

France postpones vaccine mandate after violent unrest in Martinique and Guadeloupe

France has postponed implementing a COVID-19 vaccination mandate for well being staff in Martinique and Guadeloupe after the measure spurred widespread protests on the French territories through which cops have been injured and journalists attacked.

Want to be a ‘bouquiniste’? Tough time for Paris booksellers prompts search for new recruits

The booksellers that line the Seine river in Paris – often known as “bouquinistes” – are an iconic part of the town’s landscape. However current years have proved troublesome, with the expansion of online purchasing, a collection of strikes and protests and now Covid-19 all taking their toll on gro...

Mandatory Covid boosters for EU travel: 'A logical move,' says Greek Tourism Minister Kikilias

As Covid-19 infections rise around the EU and a few member states impose new restrictions, FRANCE 24 speaks to Greece’s Tourism Minister concerning the continent’s next steps. We also talk about irregular migration on the European Union's external borders - including those of France and of Greece.

Belarus border crisis: EU seeks solutions to 'weaponisation of human beings'

They’re calling it the "weaponisation of human beings". Hundreds of individuals – primarily from the Center East – have been bought journey packages to Belarus, a non-EU state, and informed that from there, they'll be capable of get into the European Union.

Turkish court extends activist's detention despite pressure

A Turkish courtroom on Friday stored civil society leader Osman Kavala in jail despite Western strain and the danger the case might further hurt Ankara's relations with Europe. The listening to in Istanbul was the primary since President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to expel 10 Western ambassador...

Corruption prosecutors raid Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s office

Prosecutors this morning raided the workplaces of Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, his close advisers and the conservative celebration headquarters in Vienna, native media reported. In accordance with the APA press agency, the raids have been carried out in the context of allegations Kurz a...

Pope ashamed of sexual abuse in France, says church should be ‘safe home for everyone’

Pope Francis on Wednesday morning expressed his “shame” on the extent of clerical sexual abuse in France, which was revealed in a report on Tuesday. “I want to categorical my unhappiness, my ache for the trauma that they have endured; and in addition, my disgrace for that for therefore long th...

Poland’s transfer of judge without his consent undermines judicial independence, EU court rules

The transfer of a decide to a different courtroom, or one other division in the same courtroom towards their will, is “probably capable of undermining the rules of the irremovability of judges and judicial independence,” the Courtroom of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled on Wed...

Boris Johnson rallies Tories with vow to ‘unleash’ British spirit

MANCHESTER, England — Boris Johnson promised to “unleash” the British spirit with a “reforming, can-do government” in a bombastic Conservative Get together conference speech which tilted toward the subsequent election. The U.Okay. prime minister vowed a “change of course” for the U...