2012 Evictions and Repatriations
In August 2012 the Socialist government of François Hollande began evicting and dismantling Roma camps and deporting Roma. Reuters reported that a charter plane flew 240 Roma, including children, back to Bucharest, Romania, from Lyon. According to Manuel Valls, Minister of the Interior the evictions were based on sanitary concerns and tensions with working class neighbors.
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