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French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has announced the dissolution of the anti-migrant group Generation Identity during a Cabinet meeting, saying it was inciting violence and discrimination in the country.

The government decree mentions several anti-migrants operations carried out by the group and its “intention to act as a private militia.” Government spokesman Gabriel Attal said “with that decision we are putting an end to sometimes violent actions from the group.” The Lyon-based group was the backbone of a 2017 “Defend Europe” mission on the Mediterranean Seat that used a chartered anti-migrant ship crewed by European citizens. In recent years Generation Identity members have stag...

France on Wednesday banned far-right group Generation Identity (Génération Identitaire), which is known to be hostile to migrants, for incitement to discrimination, hatred and violence, Interior Mini…

France bans far-right group that blocked migrants By Generation Identity has tried to bar migrants from entering the country. The group "incites discrimination, hatred and violence", says French minister. In 2019, groups leader and two other activists were handed six-month prison sentences. The French government on Wednesday agreed to ban far-right group Generation Identity, which gained notoriety through several attempts to block migrants from entering the country. Interior Minister Gerald Da...

France has shut down Generation Identity (GI) some eight years after the far-right, anti-migrant group rose to prominence in the country by occupying a mosque in Poitiers – the first of many stunts. In a tweet on Wednesday containing images of the government decree, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said the group has incited “discrimination, hatred and violence”. The push to close the group followed an undercover operation by Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit in 2018, which expos...

The French government has dissolved the far-right group Generation Identity, interior minister Gérald Darmanin announced.

The Interior Ministry has described the organization as something akin to "a private militia." Generation Identity has gained prominence in recent years for its attempts to prevent migrants from entering France.

The decree added that Generation Identity had received donations from the Australian terrorist who shot dead 51 people in Christchurch in March 2019.

A manhunt is ongoing for the 30-year-old south Dublin man who threw a firework at gardaí during Saturday’s violent demonstrations in the capital.

A manhunt is ongoing for the 30-year-old south Dublin man who threw a firework at gardaí during Saturday’s violent demonstrations in the capital. Two properties were raided in the Dun Laoghaire area this morning when members of the Armed Support Unit backed up investigating gardaí to carry out early morning searches of the homes. However the suspect, who is previously known to gardaí, was not present. The development comes as specialist gardaí are investigating whether leaders of far-righ...