The French Ministry of Justice said that from mid-September to the evening of October 13, 7,950 people were arrested in high schools following student protests, 85 percent of whom were under the legal age.
According to this report, among those arrested, 6,773 were juveniles and 1,177 were adults; 26 remain in temporary detention pending trial.
The French Ministry of Justice added that in connection with these protests, legal cases have been filed against 2,735 people, and alternative measures to legal prosecution have been considered for another 2,225 people, including conditional warnings, the obligation to pay compensation, and a ban on being in certain places.
According to this report, 1,263 cases have also been closed without being referred to court.
