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[San Francisco Sentinel] San Francisco Sentinel » Blog Archives » FRANCE BEGINS ROMA EXPULSION: About 10,000 Roma from Romania and Bulgaria were returned to their countries last year, but this is the first expulsion since Sarkozy in July announced a clampdown on foreigners.

[Updated News] Flights set to begin taking expelled Roma to Romania | Updated News: “The measures taken by the French authorities with regard to dismantling illegal camps fully conform with European rules and do not in any way affect the freedom of movement for EU citizens, as defined by treaties,” foreign ministry spokesman Bernard Valero told AFP.

[World Affairs Board] France begins controversial Roma expulsion: Some Roma already flew out of France in the morning on a commercial flight to Bucharest, according to a spokesman for ROMEUROPE, a support group for Roma in Europe. The Romanian Foreign Ministry said there were 14 people on the earlier flight, for a total of 93 being expelled Thursday.

[Bullfax.com - Market News & Analysis] France begins Roma expulsions | www.bullfax.com: France expelled scores of Roma, packing them on planes and flying them back to Romania Thursday at the start of a crackdown ordered by President Nicolas Sarkozy which has drawn strong criticism.A planeload of around 60 Roma landed at Bucharest's Aurel Vlaicu airport in the early afternoon, the first expulsion since Sarkozy last month vowed action against Roma, Gypsy and traveller communities.The group flew from the French city of Lyon, where they were bused to the airport under police escort and boarded without incident.

[Romania Business Insider] France starts voluntary repatriation of Romanian Roma, first ...: The Foreign Affairs Ministry has underlined these are voluntary repatriations, which is something to be found in the French legal system. The deportation is part of what the French government says is a crackdown on illegal immigration, and it follows the government’s dismantling in the past three weeks of 51 Roma camps that it called illegal, according to CNN.

[MMC-NEWS] France begins Roma expulsion | MMC-NEWS: The first 79 Roma who agreed to a so-called “voluntary return procedure” will be put on an afternoon flight to Bucharest, the first such expulsion since Sarkozy last month vowed action against Roma, Gipsy and traveller communities.

[The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment] France sends scores of Gypsies back to Romania | The Daily Caller ...: Sarkozy’s crackdown on Gypsies came on the heels of much-publicized unrest by French Roma, who attacked a police station in the center of the country after the death of Gypsy youth there. The measures are also part of a raft of new hard-line security measures by Sarkozy, who won election in 2007 on a tough-on-crime platform.

[Get Some News -- Europe] France Begins Roma Expulsions | Get Some News -- Europe: A charter plane with some 60 Roma departed an airport in Lyon Thursday afternoon, bound for the Romanian cities of Timisoara and Bucharest. More flights are scheduled for Friday, and French authorities say the expulsions will be complete by the end of the month.

[News] France begins Roma expulsions (AFP): AFP - France begins its controversial expulsion of around 700 Roma to Romania and Bulgaria on Thursday, amid rising.

[Global News Blog Headlines] Eastern Europe - Kosovo hurdles for Roma kids expelled from ...: France was deporting nearly 100 Gypsies, or Roma, to their native Romania on Thursday as part of a very public effort by conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy to dismantle Roma camps and sweep them out of the country. Romanian minister requests staff dismissals after fire.

[This Just In] World update: France begins controversial Roma expulsion - This ...: France Roma - France’s controversial expulsion of Roma was due to begin on Thursday, with 79 being put on a flight out of the country.  The Roma travelling today are returning voluntarily after being paid 300 euros by the French government, but the interior minister has warned that gypsy camps will be forcibly dismantled and illegal residents deported within three months. The Romanian Foreign Minister has called the move “xenophobic.”

[New Media Blog] France begins controversial Roma expulsion « New Media Blog: The government did not confirm the destination of the flight, but the head of a Roma support group, French media, and the Romanian Foreign Ministry said the plane was heading for Bucharest, Romania. (snip) The deportation is part of .

[Barking Moonbat Early Warning System] Illegals to be expelled from France ”¦ The left - Barking Moonbat ...: President Sarkozy’s government has in recent weeks launched a major and controversial crackdown on France’s Roma, gipsy and traveller minorities, closing unauthorised camps and expelling foreign-born Roma from the country.

[StockPromoters.com - Penny Stock Trader Blog] [Europe] Romania voices fears over Roma expulsions ...: Teodor Basconschi, Romania’s foreign minister, voiced fears over mounting xenophobia in France as Paris prepares to expel the first Roma families in its crackdown on 300 illegal gypsy camps

[XJwebs News Blog] France begins Roma expulsions - Aljazeera.net | XJwebs News Blog: Sydney Morning Herald France begins Roma expulsions Aljazeera.net France is to begin deporting hundreds of Roma travellers to Romania and Bulgaria, in a move that critics fear could spark racism and further discrimination against a vulnerable community. Around 79 Romanian Roma who have agreed to “voluntarily return”

[Wall Street and Main] Romania voices fears over Roma expulsions | Wall Street and Main: Romania voices fears over Roma expulsions. August 18th, 2010 | 7:10 AM | by Financial Times - UK Homepage |. Teodor Basconschi, Romania's foreign minister, voiced fears over mounting xenophobia in France as Paris prepares to expel the ...

[The European Union Times - Breaking News, Latest News] France presses Romania on Roma question: He softened his tone from a week before by underscoring that all European states had a responsibility in which he laid the blame for France’s troubles with the community on Bucharest alone. However, he still stressed that this common responsibility “starts with the countries of origin”

[San Francisco Sentinel] San Francisco Sentinel » Blog Archives » EUROPEAN UNION TURNING ...: Amnesty said the EU should penalise countries that have persistently failed to uphold the human rights of Roma. Among the harshest measures applicable under the charter of fundamental rights that came into force with the Lisbon treaty last year is the withdrawal of voting rights, or even expulsion from the union.

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