2010-08-06: Sarkozy under fire over sharp anti-Roma rhetoric

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Full story: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/0806/1224276308471.html?via=rel

FRENCH PRESIDENT Nicolas Sarkozy’s controversial vow to crack down on Gypsy criminals has brought the subject of Roma rights back into sharp focus across Europe.

Mr Sarkozy says he wants to revoke the French citizenship of immigrants who endanger the lives of police officers, and to make it easier to expel Roma who are in France illegally. He also pledged to tear down hundreds of Gypsy camps around the country, calling them a source of trafficking, prostitution and child exploitation.

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