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Retailleau Mobilizes 4,000 Officers for Nationwide Migrant Sweep

Critics warn the transport sweep reflects a hardline immigration shift under Retailleau’s political agenda

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Le ministre de l’Intérieur, Bruno Retailleau, à la gare du Nord à Paris, le 19 juin 2025, pour l'opération nationale de contrôles contre l’immigration illégale.
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Overview

  • The two-day operation on June 18–19 deployed roughly 4,000 gendarmes, police, customs agents and Sentinelle troops across train stations, metros and buses.
  • Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said the action aimed to send a firm message that undocumented migrants are not welcome in France.
  • Retailleau reported about 47,000 interpellations of undocumented migrants since the start of the year.
  • Unions such as CGT, Solidaires and FSU as well as the MRAP denounced the raids as xenophobic targeting of the most vulnerable.
  • Opponents argue the sweep bolsters Retailleau’s political standing and moves France’s policy further toward far-right immigration priorities.