Former Foreign Legion commander arrested at anti-foreigner protest

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One of the protesters arrested in Calais yesterday when far-right anti-Muslims clashed with police who prevented them entering the port’s makeshift refugee camp is the former commander-in-chief of the Foreign Legion, General Christian Piquemal. Protesting under the Pegida banner, most of the 150 demonstrators were known far-right activists, some from as far away as Berlin.