In the spotlight: the embarrassed reception of migrants from the “Ocean Viking”

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It was yesterday morning that after three weeks of rounds in the water in the Mediterranean, this boat docked out of sight at the military port of Toulon. ” For the first time in its history, France allowed a humanitarian ship of 230 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean to dock in the port of Toulon », point The Parisian. Migrants? Of the ” survivors “, rather, states this newspaper. Which emphasizes that they were welcomed ” in catimini “. Because the French executive ” knows the flammable subject and walks on eggshells “, explains this daily.

A discretion which, in fact, produced the opposite effect to that sought. But an adviser to the executive ensures all the same in The Parisian that it was ” show that what is happening is exceptional and that the people who have landed are not yet on French soil “, while a faithful of the Head of State wishes to tell this same newspaper that this “crisis” will only be an “exception”. For The Parisianno doubt, it is a thinly veiled response to repeated criticism from the far right “.

It is so, sigh Release about the French executive, “ the fantasies of a prosperous and padlocked France, breeding ground for the extreme right since the end of the 19th century, often seem to influence this government more than the reality of the figures, the demographic curve or the moral sense “. Certainly, admits this newspaper, one could have hoped for a welcome “ more worthy “. However, complete Freedthe docking of this ship in France will remain synonymous with a decision ” moral ” that Freed valued “ fully justified » and who does « honor to France and its government “.

A sniper in Koulouba?

In Mali, ten days ago, the aid of the camp of the president of the transition was wounded by a sniper. According Release on November 2, around 6 p.m., as he was leaving the Koulouba presidential palace (…) Captain Souleymane Traoré, aide-de-camp to Colonel-President Assimi Goïta, was shot at. A bullet hit him in the chest. Wounded, the man survived thanks to his bulletproof vest, slowing the impact of the projectile “, States Freed. This newspaper describes this act as a ” attack which could, according to two witnesses “, be the work of a ” sniper “. And Release evokes the track of a “ trained shooter “.

Two new French prisoners in Iran, the mystery

In Iran, it is not five, but seven French or Franco-Iranian dual nationals who are currently detained. Log information Le Figaro. An Iranian source familiar with the matter told this daily that, in addition to the five officially announced by Paris in October, ” two other French are in Iranian prisons “, information confirmed at Figaro by a French diplomat.

According to this newspaper, these last two captives would have been imprisoned for several months, that is to say before the start of the unprecedented demonstrations which have shaken Iran since September 16. It is unclear why the silence is maintained on their detention “, he completes.

Kherson, revenge or revenge

In Ukraine, the fall of Kherson, a real turning point in the war, a real setback for Russia, a real curtain raiser for the settling of scores to come. Report from Figaro on the road to Kherson where “ the inhabitants welcome their liberators with flowers. In the great city of the South, whose reconquest marks a strategic turning point in the war, the national flag has been hoisted. (…) At an accelerated pace, Russian forces withdrew to the eastern bank of the Dnieper, which borders the city “, notes this newspaper on the spot.

In a passing village, the adversaries who were called compatriots look at each other with contempt from one side of the road to the other “. And denounce each other. ” Victory has a bitter taste “, Formulates this daily.

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