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France Launches Process to Dissolve Generation Identitaire Anti-Migrant Group

© AFP 2023 / ROMAIN LAFABREGUEActivists from the French political movement Generation Identitaire (GI) and European anti-migrant group Defend Europe conduct an operation titled "Mission Alpes" to control access of migrants using the Col de l'Echelle mountain pass on 21 April 2018, in Nevache, near Briancon, on the French-Italian border. Photo by ROMAIN LAFABREGUE / AFP
Activists from the French political movement Generation Identitaire (GI) and European anti-migrant group Defend Europe conduct an operation titled Mission Alpes to control access of migrants using the Col de l'Echelle mountain pass on 21 April 2018, in Nevache, near Briancon, on the French-Italian border. Photo by ROMAIN LAFABREGUE / AFP - Sputnik International, 1920, 14.02.2021
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - France has begun a process to dissolve the organisation Generation Identitaire, which is known for its hostile stance toward migrants, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said.

"The process of dissolving Generation Identitaire is launched. This organisation has now 10 days to respond," Darmanin wrote on Twitter late on Saturday.

Earlier this week, the France Info broadcaster reported, citing the interior ministry, that the group's dissolution was announced late on Friday. According to the outlet, Generation Identitaire can be banned in 15 days.

In January, the minister announced the possibility of banning the organisation in light of actions the group took against migrants in the Pyrenees. The police launched an investigation into the group after, according to media reports, members of the movement arrived at the border with Spain to prevent migrants from entering France.

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