Gypsies

France hits back at criticism on Gypsy roundups (AP)

September 15th, 2010

Romanian Roma women look at journalists after they and more than 200 others arrived on two special flights from France, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. France's deportations of Gypsies are 'a disgrace' and probably break EU law, the European Union's executive body declared Tuesday in a stinging rebuke that set up a showdown with French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative government. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)AP - President Nicolas Sarkozy’s government fired back Wednesday at European Commission criticism of France’s crackdown on Gypsies, or Roma, saying some of the complaints are unacceptable.


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Thousands protest French crackdown on Gypsies (AP)

September 4th, 2010

AP - A whistle-blowing, drum-beating crowd of thousands demonstrated in Paris on Saturday against expulsions of Gypsies as well as other new security measures adopted by President Nicolas Sarkozy’s government.

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France to send 93 Gypsies back to Romania (AP)

August 19th, 2010

AP - 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…