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		</div><p>Dozens of people have rallied in Paris to support the anti-migrant group Generation Identity, which is fighting for survival following a government order to dissolve it.</p>
<p>Around 200 protesters took part in the demonstration, which was largely peaceful.</p>
<p>Participants bore the flags of the movement, as well as signs reading “Stop dissolution”.</p>
<p>A counter-demonstration against the controversial group also took place in southern Paris.</p>
<p>Generation Identity has influence throughout France and beyond.</p>
<p>It contends its members are whistle-blowers on a mission to preserve French and European civilisation, seen as undermined by newcomers, notably Muslims.</p>
<p>Critics contend it is a militia espousing a racist cause.</p>
<p>The Lyon-based group was the backbone of a 2017 “Defend Europe” mission on the Mediterranean Sea that used a chartered anti-migrant ship crewed by European citizens.</p>
<p>Generation Identity has scraped through several legal battles, but at the moment it is up against French interior minister Gerald Darmanin, who wants to disband the group.</p>
<p>Earlier this month, Mr Darmanin announced the start of proceedings to dissolve Generation Identity.</p>
<p>The ministry cited France’s security code forbidding “combat or private militia groups”, and groups that “provoke discrimination, hate or (racial) violence”, according to French daily newspaper Liberation, which saw a copy of the government’s seven-page justification.</p>
<p>The group was given 10 days to respond, and the deadline is Monday.</p>
<p>Its leader Clement Gandelin said Generation Identity has the evidence it needs to refute the allegations.</p>
<p>He said the group will fight to the end in court to retain the right to operate and, if dissolved, “the militants will still be there”.</p>
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