The Local France

Le Pen: France needs to take control of borders

Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:43:00 +0200

National Front leader Marine Le Pen visited the northern port city of Calais on Friday where tensions are high as authorities under increasing pressure to control the influx of illegal migrants trying to get to Britain.

Rescuers save Afghan crossing Channel on raft

Tue, 06 May 2014 10:52:28 +0200

French coast rescuers said they had saved a 23-year-old Afghan trying to cross the Channel on a makeshift raft Monday using a bedsheet as a sail.

Pensioner risks jail for helping sick immigrant

Tue, 27 Aug 2013 17:54:00 +0200

A Red Cross volunteer appeared in a French court on Tuesday, charged with fraud after helping a sick and homeless Congolese woman's bid for a visa in France. The pensioner could face up to a year in prison for what his supporters called “acting out of human concern.”

Police Taser 'didn't cause immigrant's death'

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:56:00 +0200

A French judge has absolved police of blame for the death of a Malian immigrant who was shot twice with a Taser gun, saying he died of a genetic blood disorder.

Frenchman: I've got 18 kids by 16 mums

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 12:20:00 +0200

A man was charged with fraud in Paris on Monday after telling the authorities he was the father of 18 children to 16 mothers, despite not being biologically related to any of them.