More than 30,000 people have again crossed the Channel this year, risking their lives, to seek asylum in England. At least 58 people died there. The dangerousness of this sea overcrowded with merchant ships, the various surveillance programs for the French coasts, new British investments to fight against smugglers… Nothing seems to want to undermine the attractiveness of the United Kingdom. Report from London by Marie Billon.
And for this International Refugee Day, European accents is turning to another of the most dangerous migratory routes with the Mediterranean, the one which, from the African coasts across the Atlantic Ocean, leads to the Canaries. 41,000 people attempted the crossing this year, 5,000 died during the first months, the associations estimate.
Among the candidates for refugee status, many young men. They find in Canarian sport and wrestling, very close to Senegalese wrestling, a way to hold on and integrate. Report in the town of Galdar, on the island of Gran Canaria, signed Nicholas Kirilowits.
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What defense Europe ?
Meeting with ten heads of government from northern Europe yesterday, Tuesday December 17, in Talinn, informal summit of theNATO in Brussels today, the Ukrainian president is increasing his summit meetings around the defense at the end of the year. Between the advance of Russian troops and the imminent arrival of Donald Trump at the head of UNITED STATESthe noose tightens. Europe is only too aware that we must move. A white paper is expected at the start of the year on the defense industry, but how can defense Europe be financed? Elements of response with Simon Carraudjournalist in Brussels in the media Context.
Vincent Théval’s music column
Italian singer Vinicio Capossela and its title Campanelle .