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First group of Bulgarian Roma departed from France arrive in a week
Bulgarian Roma
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The first plane of Bulgarian Roma to be repatriated from France will arrive in the country on August 25 2010, Bulgarian media reported.
The first group of Roma, 13 in all, will be followed by two more, ferried by Bulgaria Air planes, arriving on September 10 and 17, respectively. In total, 41 Bulgarian Roma are to be expelled from France, the report said.
A total of 51 illegal Roma campsites have been closed around France, while the first Romanian Roma are to be expatriated on August 19 2010.
In all, about 700 Roma are expected to be expelled from France by the end of August, Dnevnik daily reported.
This week, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry said that Bulgarian nationals who are illegally employed in France, are residing in the country illegally, have been involved in criminal activity or have been otherwise in breach of the law, will be repatriated.
This will mainly affect Bulgarian nationals residing in ghettos in Paris, such as Saint Denis and others, but according to the statement, their number is not believed to be large. The first aircraft carrying people being repatriated from France is scheduled for August 19, but would be flying to a destination other than Bulgaria.
The Foreign Ministry issued a reminder that Bulgarian nationals residing in other EU states were obliged to obey those states' respective laws.
On August 15, French authorities said that Bulgarian and Romanian Roma would face deportation back to their respective countries.
After the announcement and after their settlements were razed by the authorities, the Roma blocked a major road bridge near Bordeaux after hundreds of them were evicted from an illegal campsite.
About 250 vehicles blocked the bridge for five hours, causing queues of up to five km on a public holiday weekend. French authorities said that more than 40 illegal camps had been closed in the past week.
Ten days ago, on August 6, France started dismantling illegal Roma camps following a presidential order for hundreds of such camps to be removed, and on August 14, about 100 people were moved on after police emptied a camp in the central city of Saint-Etienne.
Reportedly, the Roma had been living there in makeshift shelters and tents since May 2010.
The first group of Roma, 13 in all, will be followed by two more, ferried by Bulgaria Air planes, arriving on September 10 and 17, respectively. In total, 41 Bulgarian Roma are to be expelled from France, the report said.
A total of 51 illegal Roma campsites have been closed around France, while the first Romanian Roma are to be expatriated on August 19 2010.
In all, about 700 Roma are expected to be expelled from France by the end of August, Dnevnik daily reported.
This week, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry said that Bulgarian nationals who are illegally employed in France, are residing in the country illegally, have been involved in criminal activity or have been otherwise in breach of the law, will be repatriated.
This will mainly affect Bulgarian nationals residing in ghettos in Paris, such as Saint Denis and others, but according to the statement, their number is not believed to be large. The first aircraft carrying people being repatriated from France is scheduled for August 19, but would be flying to a destination other than Bulgaria.
The Foreign Ministry issued a reminder that Bulgarian nationals residing in other EU states were obliged to obey those states' respective laws.
On August 15, French authorities said that Bulgarian and Romanian Roma would face deportation back to their respective countries.
After the announcement and after their settlements were razed by the authorities, the Roma blocked a major road bridge near Bordeaux after hundreds of them were evicted from an illegal campsite.
About 250 vehicles blocked the bridge for five hours, causing queues of up to five km on a public holiday weekend. French authorities said that more than 40 illegal camps had been closed in the past week.
Ten days ago, on August 6, France started dismantling illegal Roma camps following a presidential order for hundreds of such camps to be removed, and on August 14, about 100 people were moved on after police emptied a camp in the central city of Saint-Etienne.
Reportedly, the Roma had been living there in makeshift shelters and tents since May 2010.
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Since when is or was is okay to come to a country , any country or nation, and demand the same rights as the citizens? If you are so proud to be a Romanian, Mexican, Middle Eastern, whatever, stay at home and work on improving your own nation. Muchers!
yes you are an anti slavite! anti slavite is just anti semitism, but against slavic people
i am not anti slavite (what ever that means) you git.
hey too hoosier, why don't you let them live with you anti slavite!!
spoken like a true frigging nazi thug.
i have heard of lots of "proper" bulgarians in western europe who are involved in smuggling, prostitution, drugs, trafficking, extortion, crime, the works. (mind you, westerners do it too)
send them all to auschwitz, eh?
Even when these filthy pigs get an opportunity to improve themselves, they abuse it. They revert to their old habits of crime and corruption. This proves that they need to separated from all human societies.