France sets quotas for immigrant arrests
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France set tough new quotas for the number of illegal immigrants authorities should arrest and expel each month, the new immigration minister said Monday.
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Nine French citizens were arrested in Chad after a group tried to fly more than 100 African children to France, saying it wanted to save them from the crisis in neighboring Darfur, the French Foreign Ministry said.
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New rules will allow the collection of DNA from most people arrested or detained by federal authorities.
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French police arrest more than 30 people in raids near Paris, targeting the instigators of November's riots.
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An immigration bill, expected to pass, requires knowledge of French and proof of support.
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BAGHDAD, Aug 29  - For the first time since the kidnappings of foreigners started in Iraq in April, hostage takers have set conditions external to the country by demanding that France lift a ban on Islamic headscarves in state schools.
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France's counterterrorism agency detained another four people Wednesday, expanding an investigation of a network suspected of funneling French Islamic militants to Iraq, authorities said.
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French police arrested at least 25 people in a major pre-dawn operation Monday north of Paris, targeting the suspected ringleaders of riots last year.
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Three French nationals are detained in India after they are allegedly caught collecting insects in Sikkim.
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French security forces have arrested 20 people suspected of being members of the outlawed Basque separatist group, Eta. Most were Spaniards living in the Basque region of south-western France.
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France says it will ask the Chadian authorities to allow six French aid workers home to serve a jail sentence.
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French police arrested 17 people and discovered a cache of heavy weapons during raids in southwestern France on Sunday that targeted suspected members of Spain's armed Basque separatist group ETA, officials ...
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A French court on Friday ordered the detention of rogue trader Jerome Kerviel as the investigation into multi-billion dollar trading losses at Societe Generale bank widened with a second suspect held for questioning.
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Federal authorities expect to identify and deport more than 200,000 immigrants this year who are convicted criminals serving time in prisons across the country.
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PARIS, Jun 20 (IPS) - In his successful bid to lead the country this past  spring, French President Nicolas Sarkozy made reform of the  country's immigration system a centrepiece of his campaign,  at one point telling a news conference that France was  "exasperated by the dispute about national identity and by  uncontrolled immigration."
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French police round up 9 terror suspects as part of efforts to dismantle alleged al Qaeda recruiting network
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French police probe how two illegal immigrants ended up working at a residence used by President Sarkozy.