French far-right leader Marine Le Pen will this weekend unveil a new name for the 45-year-old National Front and a refocus on immigration as it searches for more voters and relevance in a political landscape transformed by President Emmanuel Macron. Source: Reuters
The police faced dozens of hostile individuals in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday in Montereau-Fault-Yonne (Seine-et-Marne), in the district of Surville. Two people were arrested. Source Actu17
The deputy mayor of Marseille said the southern French city would welcome the Alan Kurdi after the NGO-run rescue boat announced on Wednesday that it was sailing to France with 125 migrants on board. Source France24
A “closed camp” for displaced people is being set up on Samos as part of the EU’s strategy for fortifying its external borders. Neither residents of the island nor the people who will be held there want the camp. Source Deutsche Welle
