February 21, 2025

East West for Rights and Freedoms

Tag: France

To demand an end to their depletion and to improve the work environment
France… A strike and sit-in among civil servants responsible for processing asylum applications

5 mins

About 200 agents of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA) went on strike and staged a sit-in, in protest against the policy of intensifying exploitation pursued by French ministries and forcing them to quickly decide on asylum applications in a short time. On Thursday, October 26, the employees staged…

More

France, Germany and Belgium are the worst
Study shows motherhood deprives migrant women of work in OECD countries

6 mins

Two studies published by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) revealed that motherhood keeps migrant women away from the labor market in a worrying way in many countries, noting that France, Germany and Belgium are considered the worst in this regard. The two studies, which were published on Monday, October 23, shed light…

More

Because of his support for Gaza
Demands to withdraw French citizenship from international player Karim Benzema

5 mins

French parliamentarian Valérie Pouilly called for the withdrawal of French citizenship from the international football player of Algerian origin, Karim Benzema, after he sympathized with the residents of the Palestinian city of Gaza. It is noteworthy that Benzema published on social networks a message in which he expressed his sympathy for the residents of Gaza…

More

Amidst welcome from human rights groups
Paris: The Administrative Court suspends a decree prohibiting the distribution of food to migrants

4 mins

The French Administrative Court suspended the order banning the distribution of food in specific areas of the 10th and 19th arrondissements of the capital, Paris, about three weeks after the decree was issued. The “Utopia 56” association, the Human Rights League, and the “Union of Solidarity Activists”, which filed an appeal before the Administrative Court,…

More

The right and left criticize the French Interior Minister’s attack on international football player Benzema

6 mins

The French radical left as well as the French extreme right criticized the controversial statements of French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin concerning international football player of Algerian origins, Karim Benzema, after the latter made statements sympathetic to the victims of the Israeli bombing of Gaza. In a post on “X”, formerly Twitter, prominent leftist French…

More

After rising in Hesse and Bavaria
Scholz is “concerned” about the popularity of the far-right in Germany

5 mins

The rise of the extreme right in the elections in the states of Bavaria and Hesse raised concerns among German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, as well as non-governmental organizations, about the repercussions of this result on the democratic development in the country and human rights, especially the rights of immigrants. “We should be concerned about this,…

More

For allegedly threatening “public order”
A Palestinian activist is under house arrest in preparation for expulsion from France

5 mins

Member of the Political Bureau of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Maryam Abu Daqqa, confirmed that she was placed under house arrest in southeastern France, after an order to expel her was issued that could not be implemented immediately. The European Union classifies the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a…

More

Including minors and pregnant women
A new eviction of two thousand migrants from a camp in northern France

5 mins

French police evicted a camp that was housing about two thousand people, including many families and unaccompanied minors, in the north of the country, where immigration trips to the United Kingdom depart, while human rights activists fear that the health conditions of asylum seekers will deteriorate, with the arrival of winter and falling temperatures. On…

More

Controversy over banning the abaya in France reaches the corridors of the United Nations after the Queen of Britain wore it

6 mins

A Muslim student in France filed a complaint with the United Nations regarding being subjected to “discrimination” after she was expelled from school for wearing a “kimono,” while the Queen of Britain caught the attention wearing an abaya-like dress during her meeting with the French President in Paris on Thursday, September 21. The kimono is…

More

Amidst hopes of their use to rescue refugees
France: Cameras on drones to reduce illegal immigration

6 mins

Three French provinces have begun using surveillance cameras on drones to limit migrant boats crossing the English Channel towards Britain, amid human rights concerns that the surveillance measures will violate the rights of migrants, while others hope that it will contribute to reducing the number of victims escaping across the Channel. Three provinces North, Pas-de-Calais…

More

French activist receives the title “Friend of Migrants” after opening an emergency accommodation center

5 mins

Contrary to the prevailing trend that is hostile towards asylum seekers, French activist Cédric Herrou will open an emergency accommodation center for migrants in his home, near the Italian-French border, soon, to compensate for the absence of the French state from doing its role, according to him. Activist Cédric Herrou, who lives in a house…

More