"France has banned 10 British anti-migrant activists for attempting to stop migrants and asylum seekers from crossing into the United Kingdom on small boats, the French Ministry of Interior has announced. In a statement on Wednesday, the ministry said it had been alerted to the actions of activists with the so-called Raise the Colours group, searching for and destroying small boats and engaging in propaganda activity on the northern French coast."
"Our rule of law is non-negotiable, French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez wrote on social media. Violent or hate-inciting actions have no place on our territory. The French authorities did not immediately name the 10 people targeted by the ban. But French authorities have opened an investigation over an alleged aggravated assault on migrants in September in a coastal area near the northern city of Dunkirk."
"Four men carrying British and English flags verbally and physically assaulted a group of migrants in Grand-Fort-Philippe on the night of September 9 to 10, telling them they were not welcome in England, a charity working with migrants told the AFP news agency. In a statement shared on X, Raise the Colours said it had not received any formal notification from the French authorities regarding a ban. Raise the Colours has always maintained that its activities must remain peaceful and within the law."
France banned 10 British Raise the Colours activists from entering and residing in the country after actions attributed to the group included searching for and destroying small boats and engaging in propaganda along the northern French coast. The rule of law was described as non-negotiable, with violent or hate-inciting actions deemed unacceptable on French territory. An investigation was opened into an alleged aggravated assault on migrants in September near Dunkirk after a charity reported four men with British and English flags verbally and physically assaulting migrants. Raise the Colours said it had not received formal notification of a ban and asserted that its activities remain peaceful and within the law. Far-right groups in the UK have mobilised over Channel crossings and staged rallies pushing harder immigration policies.
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