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France to simplify squatter eviction for second home owners

Evicting illegal squatters from your property is set to become easier in France as the government works to simplify and speed up the process for both main and second homes.

Published: 17 September 2020

Author: Hannah Thompson

Frenchman who helps refugees given suspended jail time

A French farmer-activist who regularly helps migrants arriving at the French-Italian border in France has been given a four-month suspended jail sentence.

Published: 8 August 2017

Author: Connexion journalist

‘Pool squatters’ in private pools on increase

Private homes are increasingly falling victim to ‘pool squatting’, in which strangers come to use an outdoor pool when the owners or residents are not at home.

Published: 19 July 2017

Author: Connexion journalist

Mayor refuses to bury attacker

No one has proved that Bataclan gunman lived in Chartres, says head of local authority

Published: 18 January 2016