20-05-2016 - Police spraying tear gas as GCT block access to a fuel depot on the outskirts of Rennes, Unions strike against proposed labor reforms, France © Jean Claude Moschetti

09-01-2015 - Arrival of armed CRS RAID police units, Paris © Hamilton

09-01-2015 - Armed CRS policeman with an M1 Carbine, armed police units on the streets of Paris © Denis Allard

09-01-2015 - Armed CRS police units on the streets of Paris © Denis Allard

02-07-2013 - Customs officers searching passenger luggage, Bastia, Corsica, France © Paul Box

02-07-2013 - Customs officers searching passenger luggage, Bastia, Corsica, France © Paul Box

02-07-2013 - Customs officers searching passenger luggage, Bastia, Corsica, France © Paul Box

02-07-2013 - Customs officers checking lorries, Bastia, Corsica, France © Paul Box

02-07-2013 - Customs officers checking lorries, Bastia, Corsica, France © Paul Box

02-07-2013 - Customs officers checking lorries, Bastia, Corsica, France © Paul Box

29-06-2013 - Police dealing with a Coach accident, Tour de France finish, Bastia, Corsica © Paul Box

29-06-2013 - Police dealing with a Coach accident, Tour de France finish, Bastia, Corsica © Paul Box

29-06-2013 - Police dealing with a Coach accident, Tour de France finish, Bastia, Corsica © Paul Box

20-10-2010 - CRS riot police confront workers and students on the streets of Lyon. Demonstration against pension reform © Laurent CERINO

13-04-2010 - Following an early morning police raid, migrants are evicted from a squat in a disused warehouse in Calais known as the Africa House, used as a shelter by up to 100 people seeking to cross the Channel... © Philip Wolmuth

13-04-2010 - Following an early morning police raid, migrants are evicted from a squat in a disused warehouse in Calais known as the Africa House, used as a shelter by up to 100 people seeking to cross the Channel... © Philip Wolmuth

13-04-2010 - French CRS riot police raid a squat in a disused warehouse in Calais known as the Africa House, used as a shelter by up to 100 African migrants seeking to cross the Channel to the UK. © Philip Wolmuth

13-04-2010 - French CRS riot police raid a squat in a disused warehouse in Calais known as the Africa House, used as a shelter by up to 100 African migrants seeking to cross the Channel to the UK. © Philip Wolmuth

13-04-2010 - Border police check for stowaways in lorries waiting to board a cross-Channel ferry in Calais © Philip Wolmuth

22-09-2009 - Afghan refugees surrounded by police The Jungle Calais, France. As they are removed from their makeshift shelters by French police. © Justin Tallis

22-09-2009 - Afghan refugees surrounded by police The Jungle Calais, France. As they are removed from their makeshift shelters by French police. © Justin Tallis

27-06-2009 - French Police. No Borders March. Calais. France. © Justin Tallis

27-06-2009 - CRS riot police. No Borders March. Calais. France. © Justin Tallis

26-11-2007 - Looted shops. Riots after the death of two young people killed in a collision with police car and their motorbike, Villiers le Bel, France © Sebastien ORTOLA

26-11-2007 - Arrest of a youth by the police. Riots after the death of two young people killed in a collision with police car and their motorbike, Villiers le Bel, France © Sebastien ORTOLA

26-11-2007 - Second night of riots after the death of two young people killed in a collision with police car and their motorbike, Villiers le Bel, France © Sebastien ORTOLA

25-11-2007 - Riots after the death of two young people killed in a collision with police car and their motorbike, Villiers le Bel, France © Sebastien ORTOLA

06-12-2006 - CCTV cameras on the Toulouse subway, France © Alexandre GELEBART

06-12-2006 - CCTV cameras on the Toulouse subway, France © Alexandre GELEBART

06-12-2006 - CCTV cameras on the Toulouse subway, France © Alexandre GELEBART

06-12-2006 - CCTV cameras on the Toulouse subway, France © Alexandre GELEBART

05-12-2006 - Immigration detention center, Marseille. France. © Ian HANNING

05-12-2006 - Video surveillance, Immigration detention center, Marseille. France. © Ian HANNING

05-12-2006 - Family of detainee with their lawyer in the waiting room of the court. Immigration detention center, Marseille © Ian HANNING

05-12-2006 - Immigrant without legal papers consulting his lawyer. Immigration detention center, Marseille. France. © Ian HANNING

05-12-2006 - Immigration detention center, Marseille. France. © Ian HANNING

05-12-2006 - Immigration detention center, Marseille. France. © Ian HANNING

05-12-2006 - Immigration detention center, Marseille. France. © Ian HANNING

05-12-2006 - Immigration detention center, Marseille. France. © Ian HANNING

05-12-2006 - Immigration detention center, Marseille. France. © Ian HANNING

05-12-2006 - Video surveillance, Immigration detention center, Marseille. France. © Ian HANNING

05-12-2006 - Man in detention waiting to stand trial. Immigration detention center, Marseille. France. © Ian HANNING

02-10-2006 - France, Sidi and Nadja, New Steps Association, help an applicant get file ready to get residence card. © Fanny TONDRE

02-10-2006 - France, Sidi and Nadja, New Steps Association, help an applicant get file ready to get residence card. © Fanny TONDRE

07-11-2005 - Urban riots in Toulouse (Southwestern France). A bus is set ablaze, at the beginning of the 12th night of urban violence in the district of la Reynerie, Toulouse © Jean Philippe Arles

07-11-2005 - Urban riots in Toulouse (Southwestern France). Thick plume of smoke coming from the a bus, set ablaze, at the beginning of the 12th night of urban violence in the district of la Reynerie, Toulouse . C... © Jean Philippe Arles

07-11-2005 - Another violent night in the Paris suburbs. A garage, Renault car dealer is set ablaze. 120 CRS (riot police officers) and 200 firefighters intervene. Safety zone secured by policemen, police officers... © Sebastien ORTOLA

06-11-2005 - Urban violence in Grigny, Essonne (outskirst of Paris). CRS (riot police) members patrolling in the project of La Grande Borne, in Grigny after clashes between youths and the police. © Sebastien ORTOLA

04-11-2005 - 8th night of riots and urban violence in the Eastern outskirts of Paris. Inspection of a housing project in Le Blanc-Mesnil. Team of police officers, prevention © Sebastien ORTOLA

04-11-2005 - 8th night of riots and urban violence in the Eastern outskirts of Paris. Following stones and breeze-blocks throwing, anti-riot police squad are about to search roofs of the buildings located Charles... © Sebastien ORTOLA

04-11-2005 - 8th night of riots and urban violence in the Eastern outskirts of Paris. Timber warehouse (from the Panofrance Barjonet wholesaler) set on fire at Le Bourget. Intervention of firefighters equiped with... © Sebastien ORTOLA

04-11-2005 - 8th night of violence in Seine Saint Denis, Northern outskirts of Paris. CRS (riot police) watch the front of a building in the Paris suburbs, outstkirst, problem of social unrest in deprived project... © DENIS

04-11-2005 - Two fabric warehouses set ablaze in the poor suburbs, outside of Paris. Two fabric warehouses set on fire street Danielle Casanova. Police officers protecting firefighters © Sebastien ORTOLA

02-11-2005 - Urban tensions in Bondy, after two underaged youths were killed in Clichy sous Bois . Clash during the night (tuesday to wednesday),spread to four Eastern Parisian departments . Police in the Cite du... © Sebastien ORTOLA

02-11-2005 - Urban tensions in Sevran, after two underaged youths were killed in Clichy sous Bois. Clash during the night (tuesday to wednesday),spread to four Eastern Parisian departments . Several garbage bags a... © Sebastien ORTOLA

02-11-2005 - Urban tensions in Sevran, after two underaged youths were killed in Clichy sous Bois . Clash during the night (tuesday to wednesday),spread to four Eastern Parisian departments . Police officers inter... © Sebastien ORTOLA

02-11-2005 - Urban tensions in Sevran, after two underaged youths were killed in Clichy sous Bois. Clash during the night (tuesday to wednesday),spread to four Eastern Parisian departments . Police officers interv... © Sebastien ORTOLA

02-11-2005 - Urban tensions in Sevran, after two underaged youths were killed in Clichy sous Bois. Clash during the night (tuesday to wednesday),spread to four Eastern Parisian departments . Police officers interv... © Sebastien ORTOLA

19-02-2005 - A police boat and fire boat joins usual traffic on the River Seine running through the heart of Paris © Stefano Cagnoni

24-09-1998 - A Bus driver with the broken windscreen of a bus after an attack inwhich paving stones were thrown breaking the glass. Burden, France. © Marta NASCIMENTO

05-04-1952 - SHAPE NATO Allied Command Europe, Marlais France 1952. Civilian staff having their identity papers checked by military personnel as they arrive to work © Denise Colomb

13-04-1949 - French National Lottery, buying tickets for a special draw, Paris, Easter, 1949, France © Ina Bandy