French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday vowed to crack down on border control measures and illegal immigration as part of the country’s overall strategy to combat the growing “terrorist threat”.
“We have seen very clearly that terrorist acts can actually be carried out by some people who use migrant flows to threaten our territory,” he said during a visit to the border with Spain. “Therefore, we must strengthen our control for national security reasons.”
The number of border police will be increased from 2,400 to 4,800.
On Thursday, November, French President Emmanuel Macron arrives at the Center de Cooperation Policycier de Du ડier (Franco-Spanish Police and Customs Cooperation Center) during a visit to strengthen border controls at crossings between Le Perths, Spain and France. 5, 2020. (Guillaume Horcajelo, AP by Pool)
The scathing remarks came just days after an Islamic jihadist killed three church members in a deadly knife attack at the Notre Dame Basilica in Nice last weekend. The alleged perpetrator, identified as Ibrahim Isououi, a 21-year-old Tunisian, is believed to have traveled illegally from Italy and France in September.
He remains in the French hospital after being injured by French authorities during his arrest.
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Subsequently, France raised its security alert to a maximum of 29 October. However, Macron also predicted worries for Europe’s fragility.
On October 29, 2020, French soldiers became guards on the streets of Nice, and forensic officers deployed stretchers at the scene of the knife attack. (Photo by Getty Images and Photo by Larry Hatch / AFP)
MacCrone’s pledge to tighten immigration and combat terrorism comes at a time when some in the Muslim world have condemned him for approving satirical cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The Turkish leader, who joined this week, called for a boycott of French products in response to Macron’s statement that Islam is a “crisis religion” globally, saying the French president needed to be “psychologically treated” for his views on Islam.
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“The attacks in France a few days ago in Vienna on Austria show us that the terrorist threat is everywhere, the (terrorist) network is global, forcing Europe to intensify its response,” he added, adding that Paris would present its security at the European summit next month. Proposal.
On Thursday, October 29, 2020, in Nice, France, French police and firemen stand next to a Notre Dame church after a knife attack. French anti-terrorism lawyers investigating a knife attack on a church in the Mediterranean city of Nice have killed two people. People and some others injured. (AP Photo / Alexis Gilly)
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The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for Monday’s deadly shooting in the Rian Strian capital, which killed at least five people and wounded 17 others.
The Associated Press contributes to this report.
Holly McK has been a Fox News digital staff reporter since 2007. He has given most of the reports from war zones, including Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Burma and Latin America, investigating global conflicts, war crimes and terrorism around the world. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @HolisMake
