On May 05, 2024, The Guardian reported on the existence of UK-funded centres in northern France where more than 350 unaccompanied children have been isolated for more than 21 months. The newspaper reports that these centres are set up for stays that do not exceed 24 hours.
On May 04, 2024, Ghassan Abu-Sitta, a plastic surgeon who intervened in Gaza to treat Palestinians injured by the Israeli army, was prevented from giving his testimony to the French Senate. Arriving at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, he was unable to honour the invitation by the French Parliament because the German authorities reportedly issued a ban on his entry into the Schengen area.
On April 30, 2024, a group of French NGOs, including Cimade, published an annual report warning of the increase in the number of migrants locked up for increasingly long periods in administrative detention centers. In 2023, the number raised to about 50,000 individuals.
On April 25, 2024, the newspaper Le Monde reported on the ordeal experienced by people from Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, and Pakistan who try to cross the border between Italy and France to apply for international protection. In Menton, after obtaining their fingerprints, they were sent back to Italy.
On April 23, 2024, the Ligue des droits de l’homme and Utopia 56 filed a complaint against Fabrice Leggeri, former director of Frontex, for “complicity in crimes against humanity” and “complicity in torture”. The candidate for the European elections with the far-right National Rally party, is accused of having ordered the return of migrants to Libya during his term at the head of the EU agency.
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