AMSTERDAM, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Ahmed Marcouch, the leader of an immigrant district in Amsterdam, said on Friday the key to quelling the kind of riots seen in Paris this week was to isolate troublemakers, involve parents and build community relations. Marcouch, who moved to Amsterdam from Morocco aged 10, was credited with quickly cooling…
The deaths of two teenage boys after their motorbikes collided with a police car sparked riots in the northern Paris suburb of Villiers-le-Bel on Sunday night. After the two youths were killed, angry young people set fire to cars, shops, and a police station; a total of 25 police and one firefighter were injured in…
To mark the two year anniversary of the deaths of two-youths Clichy-sous-Bois, Claude Dilain, the Socialist mayor, held a memorial calm memorial service to mark the events. While improvements such as increased voter turnout, funding for housing and infrastructure, and increased educational partnerships, many of the banlieues troubles remain. Unemployment is around 20% – more…
Hundreds of French riot police were deployed on Wednesday night to help quell the violence in tense Paris suburb of Villiers Le Bel, after the death of two boys in a motorcycle accident triggered violent clashes last week. Despite isolated incidents of a few burning cars, the suburb returned to a general calm as security…
PARIS (AFP) – President Nicolas Sarkozy’s government turns its sights on the troubled suburbs this week, launching a nationwide drive for a new plan that would give immigrant youth a stake in changing France. Nearly two years after the “banlieues” exploded into rioting, Sarkozy has tasked his urban affairs minister and outspoken rights activist Fadela…
