France Rejects 3,570 Olympics Jobseekers Over Terrorism Links Ahead of July 26 Opening

Jul 15, 2024, 08:00 AM

French authorities have rejected 3,570 applicants out of over 770,000 jobseekers for the upcoming Paris Olympics due to concerns over terrorism links and national security threats. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced that the government conducted hundreds of thousands of investigations to screen applicants. The nation is on maximum alert as Paris deploys a security force of 45,000 for the River Seine opening ceremony on July 26.