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Four metre wall to be built at Calais port to stop migrants entering vehicles

A four-metre high wall is to be built in Calais to prevent migrants from entering vehicles approaching the port. The wall - stretching one kilometre...

Woman who received world’s first face transplant dies aged 49

A Frenchwoman who received the world's first partial face transplant has died, 11 years after the surgery that set the stage for dozens of...

Jungle camp protest causes Calais travel chaos

A blockade of lorries is causing chaos on the roads around Calais in a campaign for the Jungle migrant camp to be demolished. Cross-Channel travellers...

UN calls France’s burkini ban ‘a stupid reaction’ that ‘fuels religious intolerance

The UN human rights office has condemned local bans in France on burkini swimwear as "a grave and illegal breach of fundamental freedoms" and...

French politician calls for reform of asylum claims and border checks

France should tear up the deal which imposes British border checks on migrants in Calais unless radical changes are made, a senior politician has...

Burkini ban overturned by France’s top administrative court

France's top administrative court has overturned a town burkini ban amid shock and anger worldwide after some Muslim women were ordered to remove body-concealing...

Women stage burkini ban protest outside French embassy in London

The French embassy in London resembled a seaside resort as women gathered at a makeshift beach to protest following an online image apparently showing...

Students to undergo terror attack drills in France

French schools are to hold three security drills a year, including one in which an alleged assailant enters their premises. France's education minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem...

Armed police force woman to take off burkini on beach in Nice

Pictures have emerged of armed French police making a woman remove some of her clothing on a beach as part of the controversial burkini...

France prosecutors investigate threats against Charlie Hebdo newspaper

The Paris prosecutor's office has opened an investigation into death threats against French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, which was the target of an extremist...

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