The French authorities have barred over 3,500 applicants from working at the Olympics due to terror links and security threats. The Telegraph has the details.
Gérald Darmanin, the Interior Minister, announced that the Government conducted hundreds of thousands of investigations to screen applicants who posed a risk to the games and to national security.
He said: “770,000 administrative investigations have been carried out to date, resulting in the exclusion of 3,570 people.”
The rejected applicants include 130 people designated “Fiche S”, the Government’s watch list for terrorism suspects and threats to national security, along with dozens of people with ties to radical Islamists, or the ultra-Left and ultra-Right, he added. …
A security force of 30,000 to 45,000, including police and gendarmes, will be mobilised across the capital throughout the games, with vigilance at the maximum during the opening ceremony on July 26th, which will be held on the River Seine, a first in modern Olympic history. …
The Paris games is unique as many of the competitions will be held near historic landmarks in the city centre rather than stadiums on the outskirts of the city, presenting major security risks.
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