France is planning to deport 700 foreign Roma (Gypsies) as part of a crackdown on illegal camps in the country by the end of August. It comes after clashes last month between travellers and police in the town of Saint Aignan. The government says it will dismantle 300 illegal camps and squats What prompted the latest government action? In July, dozens of French Roma armed with hatchets and iron bars attacked a police station, hacked down trees and burned cars in the small Loire Valley town of Saint Aignan. The riot erupted after a gendarme shot and killed a French Roma, 22-year-old Luigi Duquenet, who officials said had driven through a police checkpoint, knocking over a policeman. Media...
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