refugees in france

• France
• Sudan
• Ukraine

Ukrainians fleeing the war in their country are getting to enjoy special treatment in Calais, France. Their experience appears to differ from what other refugees and migrants have witnessed there in recent years. Some NGOs are now calling French authorities out on double standards, which France is still at loggerheads with Britain across the English Channel over its migration policy for Ukrainian refugees.

• France
• United Kingdom

Ten weeks after the shipwreck that killed 27 migrants in the Channel, charities and rescue organizations fear that a similar tragedy could happen anytime. Despite bad weather conditions, people living in the Grande-Synthe camp near Dunkirk keep on trying to cross the Channel on small boats. InfoMigrants reports.

• France
• Italy

Teresa Maffeis has died at age 73. She was the founder of the Association for Democracy in Nice (ADN). She regularly provided aid to migrants in the southwestern border area between Italy and France.

• France

In its offices in northern Paris, the French Office of Immigration and Integration (Ofii) is offering COVID-19 vaccinations to everyone who comes to file their asylum applications. For this population on the move, it is also an opportunity to take stock of their health in general.

• France

Since 2015, migration routes through Italy towards France have gradually changed. Today, many migrants climb high up in the Alps to arrive in France, heading west from the Balkan route and north from Italy's south.

• France
• United Kingdom

Wintery weather conditions in the north of France make it difficult for migrants and refugees to stay warm, especially at night. A woman has now donated the 20 tons of firewood to help desperate people survive the cold months.

• Afghanistan
• France
• United Arab Emirates

An Afghan girl evacuated from Kabul over the summer managed to hold on to her treasured pet, a Mynah bird. But for health reasons the bird was not allowed to fly all the way to France with the girl. That’s when the French ambassador to the UAE promised to take care of the bird for her.

• France

In northern France, migrants seeking to cross the Channel to England face a 'daily harassment and humiliation', according to a report published by Human Rights Watch.

• France

French police are inflicting misery on migrants in the northern port of Calais, routinely tearing down their tents and forcing them to wander the streets as part of a deterrence policy, Human Rights Watch said in a report Thursday.

• Afghanistan
• France

Since the Taliban took full control of Afghanistan on August 15, Afghan refugees in France have been anxious to bring their families to safety. Family reunification procedures, which had been severely delayed due to the pandemic, have become even more complicated and are now a race against time.

• Afghanistan
• France

An Afghan recently repatriated to France after the Taliban took power on August 15 has been taken into custody because of his alleged links with the Islamist fighters. Four of his relatives are under surveillance by France's General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI).

• France

Three Nigerian migrants have died over the weekend in a fire in the southern French city of Marseille. Panicking, they jumped out of windows of the public housing building where they were squatting, officials said. A young child was taken to a hospital in serious condition.