France bans anti-migrant group: minister

France has banned the Generation Identitaire organisation known to be hostile to migrants for incitement to discrimination, hatred and violence, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin says.

"The association Generation Identitaire was dissolved this morning at a cabinet meeting, in line with instructions from the President," Darmanin said on Twitter.

"As detailed in the decree I submitted, it incites to discrimination, hatred and violence."

Generation Identitaire has repeatedly tried to bar migrants from entering the country, conducting high-profile raids in the Alps and the Pyrenees.