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Thu 02 Feb 2010Man forcing veil on wife to be denied citizenship
PRIME MINISTER François Fillon has said he will sign a decree refusing French citizenship to a man who forced his wife to wear the full Islamic veil.
The decree was issued by minister for immigration Éric Besson, who said an investigation into the foreigner’s application for naturalisation had shown he was making his French wife wear the veil.
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