France vows to continue Roma evictions
France vows to continue Roma evictions
France is to continue its controversial policy of evicting Roma people from illegal makeshift camps, the country’s Interior Minister Manuel Valls revealed on Thursday.
The policy of breaking up the camps began under conservative president Nicolas Sarkozy in 2010 and since coming to power last May, France’s Socialist government has continued the clearances.
The action has provoked heavy criticism from certain human rights groups, but the government claims the camps are dangerous because they are unsanitary and pose a danger to the local community.
In an interview with French daily Le Parisien on Thursday, Interior Minister Manuel Valls said that keeping the 400 or so makeshift installments that have been set up in France was “not acceptable”.
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