Two British right-wing activists were attacked by a group of Congolese immigrants beside the Eiffel Tower on Sunday, 1 November, while filming a documentary about mass immigration in Paris. The attack, widely captured in footage shared on social media, reportedly began when Montgomery Toms and Will Coleshill rushed to defend their female companion, who was being harassed by the immigrants.
Toms, founder of Freedom Watch GB, said roughly a dozen men confronted them, while Coleshill, who runs Resistance GB, said he was repeatedly struck on the head with metal objects. Filming equipment, including microphones, was allegedly thrown into the Seine, while cameraman Luke William Schmidt was also targeted. Significantly outnumbered, the crew eventually retreated.
Myself & @WillColeshill have just been attacked by third world savage Congolese migrants in Paris. It started because we were documenting the demographic replacement in France. They went to attack our female friend and we stepped in to defend her. This is why we need Remigration đ˝ď¸: @LukeWSchmidt
— Montgomery Toms (@MontgomeryToms) November 1, 2026
âIt was about a 12:2 ratio of violent Congolese migrants vs two Englishmen, and more and more were coming,â Toms wrote on X. âAll we could do was de-escalate and get out.â He also praised Coleshill for protecting Schmidt, who said two attackers had approached him after noticing his camera.
Coleshill described being ârepeatedly beaten over the head with metal weaponsâ after intervening to protect the woman. âRemigration has never been more necessary,â he declared, promising to release further footage through Resistance GB.
The activists were in Paris for a weekend of events promoting remigration, organized by former right-wing MEP Jean-Yves Le Gallouâs PolĂŠmia and the Objectif Remigration movement. Their international conference, scheduled for 31 October in Le Plessis-Robinson, and a march planned for 1 November in Paris were both prohibited by French authorities.
Interior Minister Laurent NuĂąez requested the bans, citing âpublic-order concernsâ. Le Gallou condemned the decision as an infringement of freedom of expression and launched an emergency legal challenge. Organizers subsequently held a smaller meeting at a Paris brasserie, where participants said police ordered them to leave.
Austrian remigration activist Martin Sellner, who was due to attend and promote his book, was detained at Beauvais airport on 29 October, served with an entry ban and deported to Austria the following day.
The assault sparked outrage among right-wing activists, with British campaigner Tommy Robinson sharing the footage and condemning the treatment of the conference participants. He contrasted Sellnerâs deportation and the prohibition of the gathering with the violence against activists who reached Paris, arguing that the events demonstrated the necessity of remigration.