The French Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, has defended the need to expel “systematically” to any foreign citizen who may be considered dangerous. “The line of firmness is extremely clear. The identification throughout the national territory of all those who are dangerous, the systematic withdrawal of the residence permit for these foreigners and the systematic expulsion of any foreigner (…) considered dangerous by the intelligence services,” Darmanin stated in a conference of press.

On Fridaya high school teacher was stabbed to death, Dominique Bernard, by a former student of Chechen origin in Arras, Pas-de-Calais. Darmanin has also announced that he has received authorization from the president, Emmanuel Macron, to resume talks with the Russian authorities – very limited since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine – to “expel to their country of origin Russian citizens who are in the files”.

There is “about 60 cases with Russian nationality in the S files“Darmanin explained. “About 40 are in prison or with restricted freedom, so 20 can be expelled if we reach an agreement with the Russian authorities,” he said. “I will send the names to the authorities in a few hours so that we can resume the expulsions”, he explained. The minister recalled that since 2017 “more than 800 radicalized foreigners” have been expelled from France.

Darmanin has also referred to the numerous acts of “anti-Semitism” recently detected in France and has revealed that there are 189 according to the count of the Ministry of the Interior. “189 anti-Semitic acts have been recorded since last Saturday and there are 2,449 complaints on the Pharos digital platform for advocacy of terrorism or anti-Semitic speeches on the Internet,” explained Darmanin.