NEW YORK TIMES: Despite criticism from Roma support groups and leftist politicians, President François Hollande’s Socialist government, following a policy adopted by his predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy, is dismantling illegal travelers’ camps and rounding up Roma from Eastern Europe for repatriation…
“We’re dismayed,” Yann Lafolie, president of L’Atelier Solidaire, a Roma support organization, told Le Monde, adding: “There are many children who will be sleeping on the street tonight. Sarkozy never expelled us. In the end, it was the Socialists who did.” …
The government offers payments of $370 and free plane tickets as an incentive to those willing to go home, though some of those repatriated may take advantage of open borders to return to France.… (more)
