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Appeasing Right-wing Parties or Defending Secularism?
Wearing Abayas Banned in France

October 1, 202321 mins

By: Ali Taha France kicks off the new academic year with a major political controversy triggered by the decision of Gabriel Attal, French Education Minister, on Sunday, August 28, to ban the wearing of the “abaya” in schools for being a religious symbol, infuriating large segments of Muslims, Arabs and Africans in France, as…

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They are receiving a “degrading” treatment
France: Trial of apartment landlords who exploited Moroccan immigrants

October 1, 20234 mins

Immigrants in France suffer from difficulties in obtaining housing, as they are exposed to the worst types of exploitation by landlords, who force them to live in “inhumane” homes. The trial of real estate dealers who rented apartments in unsanitary and “degrading” conditions and at high prices to immigrants who recently arrived in France, most…

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They say they are being treated like slaves… Migrant workers in France demonstrate to demand an improvement in working conditions

September 27, 20234 mins

“The company treats us like slaves, does not adhere to occupational safety and health standards, and does not provide us with masks or belts.” This was said by one of the company’s migrant workers on the occasion as dozens of them demonstrated in front of a waste sorting center in Paris, to demand improved working…

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The left considered it an attack on liberty
France bans wearing the Islamic abaya in public schools in defense of secularism

September 26, 20237 mins

The French government considered the controversial decision of National Education Minister Gabriel Attal to ban the wearing of the abaya in public schools as a response to the need to confront a “political attack” targeting secularism, as well as to the demand of school principals, who called for issuing clear directives on this issue. French…

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After 22 smuggling operations using “taxi boats”… France decides to establish a new floating dam in the Canche River

September 13, 20233 mins

Local authorities in northern France decided to erect a new floating dam in the Canche River, which flows into the English Channel, in an attempt to limit the waves of smuggler boats to Britain through the use of “taxi boats”, one week after at least 6 irregular migrants died In the English Channel. The French…

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Despite the militarization of borders
France: The number of migrants to Britain across the English Channel is rising

August 30, 20234 mins

The police reinforcements by Paris did not succeed in reducing the number of migrants crossing the English Channel towards Britain. Rather, the past two months witnessed an increase in the number of departures, as a result of the smugglers’ use of new methods. The French departments of “Nord-de-Calais” and “Pas-de-Calais” recorded more boat departures in…

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Despite strong winds and the danger of the road… 3,300 migrants crossed the English Channel towards Britain last July

August 16, 20234 mins

Despite the continuous efforts of the British authorities to prevent the arrival of immigrants to their lands, the number of arrivals to the coasts of the Kingdom amounted to more than 3 thousand immigrants during the month of July alone. The bad weather, the wind and the dangerous road did not hinder those wishing to…

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Rights groups attack a British plan to place asylum seekers in camps

August 13, 20233 mins

British media outlets have accused Home Secretary Soella Braverman of adopting “horrific” and “cruel” plans over a proposal to house asylum seekers in camps, just weeks after the British House of Commons passed the Stop the Boats Act. The Independent reported on Saturday 29 July that the Home Office is working on contingency plans for…

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