France wants to expel eleven Russians included in the file of radicalized people

Four days after a Russian national killed a teacher in Arras, France is seeking to expel eleven Russians registered in the radicalized persons file (FSPRT), the Interior Ministry announced to AFP on Tuesday October 17. “Today, there are sixty Russians who are registered in the file of radicalized people, who are active, listed as S, dangerous” and whose residence permits have been withdrawn, according to Place Beauvau.

Among them, forty are “in prison”, nine are the subject of litigation and “eleven could be deported”, according to the Interior, which did not specify whether members of the family of the Arras attacker were among them. In this regard, France has “resumed contact since the beginning of October” with Russia to try to obtain consular passes, necessary for the expulsion procedure.

Currently, underlined the Ministry of the Interior, 489 illegal foreigners registered with the FSPRT are still in France, including 214 under deprivation of liberty, 82 under house arrest and 193 “being deported”.