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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 staged several operations in a bid to stop migrants from entering the country by crossing the border wit...
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, group's 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 Darmanin posted the decree dissolving the group on Twitter, saying that the group "incites discrimina...
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 exposed the group’s racism, violence, and connections with Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party. Gén...