Overview
- The Interior Ministry issued administrative territory bans on ten identified members of the Raise the Colours group, blocking their entry and stay in France without disclosing their names.
- Authorities say the activists destroyed small boats used for Channel crossings and ran propaganda aimed at a UK audience, actions deemed likely to cause serious disorder.
- The move followed multiple reports since December of the group operating on northern beaches, with AFP journalists observing members near Gravelines.
- Humanitarian organizations welcomed the decision as a necessary first step to protect vulnerable people, while warning the network could quickly re-form.
- Raise the Colours denied responsibility and called the bans scandalous, as a preliminary probe into a Sept. 9–10 assault near Dunkirk continues against the backdrop of record 2025 crossings and a UK–France one-for-one returns deal.