— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) May 15, 2020 While previously many of the Afghans coming to France were political refugees from urban areas, the latest migrants arriving are mostly Pashtuns from rural villages along the border with Pakistan, a Taliban stronghold area. These measures do not figure throughout the country report, but a brief overview can be found at the start of the section ‘Overview of the main changes since the previous report update’. News European human rights court condemns France for treatment of asylum-seekers. Another, an Afghan national who was ultimately granted humanitarian protection in France due to violence in his home region, slept under canal bridges for 262 days. /Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP To find out if asylum-seekers had already registered in other EU countries, British officials could tap into the bloc's fingerprint database of asylum applicants, EURODAC, and set the ball rolling. Many also lack geopolitical knowledge or cultural training, which can be important in asylum cases. The numbers applying for protection have increased every year since 2015, but successive French governments have failed to match this rising demand with sufficient funding. Home France News France welcomes 750 asylum seekers from Greece. One case was so complex that the CNDA warned Wang beforehand. Thieuleux recently defended a client at the CNDA who speaks Pidgin English – a Creole version of the language common in Nigeria. It is an abusive system.’, Freelance journalist based in Paris focused on human rights, and asylum and migration law. nm/rs (dpa, AFP) First publication: July 2, 2020 On a rainy March morning, days before the coronavirus pandemic closed it to the public, seven people filed into a courtroom in the Parisian suburb of Montreuil.