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Kansas City StarFrance: Roma Policy ChallengedNew York TimesA United Nations-backed committee of experts sharply criticized France on Friday for deporting large groups of Roma and said the government in Paris should do more to combat what it called a grow...

Kansas City StarFrance denies UN criticism over Roma's rights abuseXinhuaPARIS, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- France rejected on Friday UN's racism and discrimination watchdog's criticism over its Roma policy, saying human rights are guaranteed in the c...

msnbc.comRoma reveal a rootless EuropeFinancial TimesLast week in Lille a Catholic priest announced that he was praying that French president Nicolas Sarkozy would have a heart attack. The priest, Arthur Hervet, who has since retracted his words, is passi...

Kansas City StarUN Urges France to Stop Collective Deportation of RomaVoice of AmericaPhoto: AP A UN Watchdog Group is urging France to stop the collective deportation of Roma, also known as Gypsies. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimin...

Telegraph.co.ukUN warns France over Roma deportationsTelegraph.co.ukFrance has received a stern UN warning to avoid collective deportations of Roma and to refrain from "discriminatory" political speeches against minorities. In the latest interna...

swissinfo.chU.N. rights body rebukes France for mistreating RomaReutersGENEVA, Aug 27 (Reuters) - A United Nations human rights body rebuked France on Friday for its crackdown on Roma and urged the government to try to integrate members of the EU's bi...

swissinfo.chFrance Defends Deportation of Roma Migrants After UN CriticismBusinessWeekAug. 27 (Bloomberg) -- France's government said it respects human rights “scrupulously” in connection with its deportation of Roma immigrants after a United Nations ...

Reuters IndiaFrance: Talks on the RomaNew York TimesWith anger mounting over French deportations of Roma to Romania and Bulgaria, top officials in the Sarkozy government met Wednesday with officials from Romania to coordinate strategies to aid the Roma th...

UK Trend Today. The GuardianDeportation fast-track system for asylum seekers is illegal, court rulesThe GuardianA fast-track process for deporting failed asylum-seekers, which gives them little or no notice of their immediate removal, is unlawful, the hi...

News about law, law firms and legal issues. Washington PostStudents disclose illegal status as part of push for immigration lawWashington PostUndocumented students from around the country demand the passage of the Dream Act outside the White House, despi...