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Thu 08 Aug 2010France begins Roma deportations
The first flights took off today carrying Roma home from France after President Nicolas Sarkozy announced a crackdown on crime and immigration condemned by rights groups and the opposition.
The French government said 79 Roma would be repatriated on flights to Bucharest today under a plan that foresees sending 700 people to Romania and Bulgaria by the end of the month. Flights were leaving from airports in Paris and Lyon.
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