Continue i rejections of migrants from France to the border with Italy, after Paris decided to strengthen border controls after the clash with the Meloni government on the case of the ship Ocean Viking. The toll of the gendarmerie at the border on the first day of the squeeze is of a dozen migrants rejected in Italy, after they had tried to cross the border on foot. Among the rejected was also a 14-year-old from Guinea, found on a train that had just passed Ventimiglia and had arrived in Menton Garavan the first French station from Italy. The Chief Commissioner of the French Police, Emmanuelle Joubert he reiterated that checks are carried out on every convoy, every day 24 hours a day: “The more policemen there are, the more the borders will be sealed”, he explained, then recalling the balance of French rejections to Italy from the beginning of 2022 : “More than 28,000 non-admissions (or rejections) to foreigners in a situation of irregularity in the Alpes-Maritimes ». Border controls, in fact, extend to various departments and concern “stations, secondary axes in particular near Menton, the Maritime Alps and motorways (especially the A8)”.
Controls tightened at the Franco-Italian border
The strengthening of the border between France and Italy has been in effect since 8 pm yesterday, Thursday 10 November, following the Italy-Paris clash over the landing of migrants who, after arriving in Toulon this morning with the NGO ship Mediterranean Soswere placed in a “international waiting area closed and made safe as they are not allowed on French territory ». Since yesterday evening, on the decision of the Ministry of the Interior in Paris, about 500 men of the National police and of Géndarmerie – coordinated by the border police – are committed to controlling about fifteen crossing points, including those in the mountains. «It is a question of controlling the stations, the secondary axes especially of Menton, but also Sospel or Breil-sur-Royamotorway axes, in particular the A8, exits and tolls on motorways “, said the French police quoted by Afp.
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