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Wed 09 Sep 2010Sarkozy stands by tough position on crime and security
FRENCH PRESIDENT Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday reiterated his “unbending will” to clamp down on foreign-born criminals, but internal divisions over the government’s tough immigration rhetoric were further exposed.
As Mr Sarkozy told a police gathering that he was determined to strip French nationality from foreign-born citizens for a range of crimes, several of his ministers were expressing misgivings over the high-profile dismantling of Roma camps in recent weeks.
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