Description
Added on the 21/04/2023 11:28:14 - Copyright : France 24 EN
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne arrives in Mayotte for a lightning visit to France's poorest department, which is facing severe drought, migratory pressure from the neighbouring Comoros and growing insecurity. The archipelago, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Southeastern Africa, chose to remain with France in the 1974 Comorian independence referendum. IMAGES
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to press Tunisian leaders to step up efforts to help curb an influx of illegal migrants to her country during a visit on Friday. IMAGES of her being greeted by Tunisia President Essebsi upon arrival
French demolition workers set about razing makeshift shelters in the "Jungle" migrant camp for a third day Wednesday under close watch of dozens of police officers equipped with water cannon. IMAGES
Voters in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia head to the polls for France's most consequential legislative election of recent times. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal convenes an "interministerial crisis unit" meeting at the Interior Ministry following deadly riots in the Pacific territory of New Caledonia. Four people have died, including a gendarme, and hundreds have been wounded. IMAGES
Protesters in London try to block the removal of migrants from their temporary accommodation, as the UK government began detaining people before controversial deportation flights to Rwanda start. The protesters occupy the road in front of a bus believed to be waiting to take asylum seekers from a hotel in the Peckham area of the British capital to an accommodation barge moored off the south coast of England. A London Metropolitan Police statement said a number of people had been arrested. IMAGES
|
Support : Technical 
- Content 
- Editors 
