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France clears Roma camp in fresh wave of expulsions

Published in Friday August 10th, 2012 In In the media

August 9, 2012 French police raided a makeshift Roma camp on Thursday, evicting 200 people as the Socialist government quietly follows the former conservative administration’s policy of repatriating illegal immigrants. Dozens of police officers in riot gear descended on the camp near the city of Lille, in northern France, shortly after dawn to oversee the […]

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Communications Report (2011)

Published in Tuesday February 1st, 2011 In Reports

This report has the summary of communications sent and replies received from following Governments and other actors: Bangladesh,  Brazil,  China (People’s Republic of),  Colombia,  Egypt,   France,  Honduras, India,  Italy, Kenya, México, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Serbia, Syrian Arab Republic, Tchad, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland In the context of his […]

Eviction Free Zone in Bobigny

Published in Friday July 23rd, 2010

Due to a process of real estate valorization and as a consequence of the international financial crisis, a number of evictions took place in France caused by tenants’ lack of economic capacity to pay rental fees.