France Arrests 6,100 in School Riots as Trump Blames Mass Migration

1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 6

France’s Interior Ministry said 6,100 people—mostly minors—have been arrested as student protests turned violent in Paris, Lyon, Strasbourg and Rennes, with police firing tear gas and protesters setting fires and throwing projectiles.
More than half of France’s roughly 3,700 high schools were blockaded or expected to close Tuesday, in what Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu called the school system’s heaviest toll in decades.
At least 215 teenagers, 85 school staff and more than 700 police officers have been injured, underscoring how demonstrations that began over school conditions have escalated into nationwide unrest.
Trump and U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz said unchecked migration and broader European policy failures were driving the violence, while Reuters and AP said the movement started over teacher shortages, overcrowding and deteriorating buildings.
The unrest, which began in late September around Paris, is now feeding a wider political fight ahead of France’s April-May 2027 presidential election.