Ominous portent, indeed.
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.
France rejects 3,570 Olympics jobseekers over terrorism links and other risks to the games
French authorities have rejected more than 3,500 applicants to work at the Olympics over terror links and security threats.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.
