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“Ocean Viking”: the Council of State rejects the request to close the temporary waiting area in the Var

The 234 people rescued by the humanitarian boat in the Mediterranean had been transferred to this area, created in a holiday center on the Giens peninsula, in Hyeres. Migrants leave the humanitarian ship “Ocean Viking” in Toulon, November 11, 2022. (AFP) The Council of State rejected, Saturday, November 19, the request of the National Association […]

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Coverage of the war in Ukraine

Franck Mathevon, director of international information for Radio France, answers questions from listeners on coverage of the war in Ukraine with the mediator of the antennas of Radio France, Emmanuelle Daviet. Continued coverage of the war in Ukraine. Subject of many letters from listeners for the mediator of the antennas of Radio France. (CHRISTOPHE ABRAMOWITZ) […]

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Portugal: a short-lived upturn

“European Micro” examines a social phenomenon in Portugal today, the theft of food in hypermarkets. Families with young children and elderly people cannot feed their children or live on their retirement: this is what statistics from Portuguese supermarkets reveal. A hypermarket in Portugal in Lisbon. (Illustration) (CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAGES) European Micro is now devoted […]

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Ocean Viking: legal chaos for migrants

Friday, November 18, due to lack of time and resources, justice was unable to process all the files of migrants from the Ocean Viking. This means that 123 of them have been released. Most of the Ocean Viking migrants who were held in a center on the Gien peninsula (Var) were released on Friday, November […]

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Ocean Viking: “180 files to be decided in 24 hours, it is radically impossible” for justice, estimates the president of the bar of Toulon

Sophie Cais, however, believes that “human means” have been put in place to be able to examine the situation of all migrants. She denounces a “serious lack of translators” in certain languages. A woman and a child, passengers of the Ocean Viking, upon their arrival at the “Giens Cap Levant” holiday center in Hyeres, November […]

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