https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Britain and France will step up efforts to halt crossings of the English Channel by migrants in small boats, after figures showed more than 1,000 people had made the crossing in January https://www.thelocal.fr/20240131/france-uk-stepping-up-efforts-to-halt-migrant-crossings-cleverly Wed, 31 Jan 2024 10:18:11 +0100 france-uk-stepping-up-efforts-to-halt-migrant-crossings-cleverly The EU's new migration deal "will cost more lives at sea", the Sea-Watch rescue charity said Wednesday, in a statement it said was backed by more than a dozen NGOs. https://www.thelocal.fr/20231221/eus-new-migrant-deal-is-an-historic-failure-charities-warn Thu, 21 Dec 2023 11:40:26 +0100 eus-new-migrant-deal-is-an-historic-failure-charities-warn One person was drowned and another seriously hurt when a boat carrying dozens of migrants trying to reach the English coast capsized in the Channel, French maritime authorities have said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20231215/one-drowned-in-new-channel-migrant-tragedy-french-officials Fri, 15 Dec 2023 12:49:48 +0100 one-drowned-in-new-channel-migrant-tragedy-french-officials The European Union has committed to resettling nearly 61,000 refugees in some of its member countries over the next two years. Around 20 percent of world's refugees have been welcomed by the bloc over the last three years. https://www.thelocal.fr/20231214/eu-to-resettle-61000-refugees-across-europe-over-next-two-years Thu, 14 Dec 2023 14:19:26 +0100 eu-to-resettle-61000-refugees-across-europe-over-next-two-years France "will not welcome migrants" from the island, Gérald Darmanin has insisted https://www.thelocal.fr/20230920/france-will-not-welcome-migrants-from-lampedusa-interior-minister Wed, 20 Sep 2023 11:06:07 +0200 france-will-not-welcome-migrants-from-lampedusa-interior-minister