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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Matthew Weaver

Met police to pay ‘five-figure sum’ to French publisher arrested under anti-terror laws

Protesters outside the British Embassy in Paris
Protesters rally outside the British embassy in Paris to demand the release of Ernest Moret in April 2023. Photograph: NurPhoto/Getty Images

A French publisher who was arrested in London by counter-terror officers has been awarded “substantial” damages by the Metropolitan police, as new figures reveal thousands of foreign nationals have been stopped at UK ports under anti-terror laws.

Ernest Moret, 29, a foreign rights manager for Éditions la Fabrique, was detained at St Pancras station in April last year on his way to the London book fair.

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