‘Let’s open our eyes’ to rising xenophobia, Macron warns

French President Emmanuel Macron pays his respects during a ceremony at the Camp des Milles memorial site in Aix-en-Provence, southern France (Christophe Simon/Pool/AP)

French President Emmanuel Macron has visited a camp in France where authorities rounded up Jews before and during the Second World War – and said it is time to “open our eyes” to resurgent antisemitism and xenophobia.

Some 10,000 people of 38 nationalities were interned at the Camp des Milles on the outskirts of Aix-en-Provence, and more than 2,000 were deported to Auschwitz, according to camp historians.