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France Speeds Up Expulsion Procedures For Rroma Minority

France has sped up collective expulsion procedures for Rroma people living in improvised barracks on the outskirts of Paris, in a move to finish the operations before the cold season, when the law forbids expulsions.
France Speeds Up Expulsion Procedures For Rroma Minority
12 nov. 2007, 10:46, English
Swiss paper Le Courier reported operations have started in September. In the morning, Rromas are surrounded by French security, who put them on buses and send them to the border of Romania or Bulgaria. Authorities then destroy the empty barracks to avoid the settling of other immigrants.
 
"In 2006, nearly 6,000 people of the 24,000 expelled were Rroma," said MP Alima Bumediene-Thiery, adding she is concerned about the “Rroma hunt."
 
The paper added that following the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the European Union at the beginning of the year, French authorities had to tighten measures to prevent a massive wave of illegal Rroma immigrants, which usually gather in large communities and set camp on the outskirts of cities, under bridges and abandoned industrial halls.