France: Collective expulsions of Roma people undermines EU’s founding principles

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Series Details Volume 12, Number 24
Publication Date November 2010
ISSN 1756-851X
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Assurances made by French government ministers to the European Commission that the expulsion of Roma people is being conducted on a case-by-case basis have been contradicted by leaked interior ministry circulars which establish a set time frame for the eviction of 300 "illegal" camps "among which Roma ones are a priority." EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding branded France's actions a "disgrace" and called on the European Commission to initiate an infringement action.

Source Link http://www.statewatch.org/analyses/no-109-france-collective-expulsions-of-roma-people.pdf
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