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French investigators have launched an investigation into possible foreign interference.

President the local council of the Seine-Saint-Denis department Stephane Troussel (R), flanked by Montreuil mayor Patrice Bessac (2nd R), speaks to faithfuls at the Mosque Islah following the discovery of pigs head, left at the entrance of the building earlier in the morning, in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, on the outskirts of Paris, on September 9, 2025. Pig heads, an animal considered impure in Islam, were found on September 9, 2025 in the morning in Paris in front of the entrance of the Islah mosque in Montreuil (Seine-Saint-Denis), as well as in Montrouge, Malakoff (Hauts-de-Seine) and Gentilly (Val-de-Marne), according to various sources. The Paris police prefect Laurent Nunez announced the immediate opening of an investigation. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP)

Hichem Miraoui was gunned down by a suspect who was known for his anti-Arab views.

condolence messages posted on the door of a hair salon where slain Tunisian barber Hichem Miraoui worked, in Puget-sur-Argens, southern France on June 8, 2025, prior to a White March (Marche Blanche) held to pay tribute to him after he was killed on May 31. Relatives of Hichem Miraoui, a Tunisian man in his forties who was killed on May 31, 2025 by a neighbour in a crime that the courts described as terrorist and racist, called on for a white march "with dignity" and "respect". Christophe B. was charged on June 5, 2025, with the terrorist murder of Hichem Miraoui, a crime that the suspect acknowledges but denies was racist. (Photo by Miguel MEDINA / AFP)

Having helped to build a flagship arena, 14 workers were promised their papers. To date, they remain undocumented.

Between 2023 and 2024, according to official figures, the number of undocumented workers who were regularised dipped by 10 percent [Phineas Rueckert/Global News Insight]