France denies entry to nearly 1,000 refugees since Paris attacks
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve says the European country has denied entry to some 1,000 refugees since a series of deadly attacks hit the capital, Paris, earlier this month.
Cazeneuve said during a visit to the northeastern city of Strasbourg on Saturday that France had denied the entries as part of measures imposed to step up border controls “for public order and security in our country."
The French minister added that some 15,000 police, gendarmes, and customs agents had also been deployed to the borders of the country.
The measures come ahead of the opening of global United Nations climate talks, known as COP21, in Paris on Monday, where tens of heads of state are expected to take part in the event.
On November 13, hours after tougher border controls took effect to provide security for the upcoming climate talks, extremists from Daesh Takfiri terrorist group carried out a series of attacks at several sites in Paris.
Following the attacks, there has been a stepped-up crackdown on refugees who are fleeing violence fueled by Daesh terrorists and their supporters in Middle Eastern and African countries.
France has also witnessed an escalation of acts of violence against Muslims since the Paris attacks.
The head of France's National Observatory of Islamophobia, Abdallah Zekri, said last week that 32 such incidents had taken place in a single week across France since November 13, up from an average of five attacks a week.
France has declared a state of emergency, following the attacks on Paris which left some 130 people dead and 350 others wounded.
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