Overview

• The Dunkirk prosecutor has launched a preliminary investigation for aggravated violence to verify the date and place of the incident and identify possible victims and suspects.
• Aid group Utopia 56 reported that four men carrying UK and England flags verbally and physically assaulted migrants in Grand-Fort-Philippe during the night of September 9–10.
• Utopia 56 cites a late-September video posted on UKIP’s X account that shows men with UK flags waking sleeping migrants with flashlights as voices say, “You shall not pass.”
• UKIP confirms some activists traveled to France in September, states their aim is to scrutinize French border enforcement, and has raised about £18,000 to maintain a presence.
• The prosecutor notes there is no formal identification of perpetrators or victims and that migrants have declined to file complaints, while the local mayor warns of rising violence.