France Removed Gypsy Village
France has begun displacing Gypsy settlements illegal residents after the president ordered that about 300 villages were destroyed. On Friday police emptied a village in the town of Saint-Etienne which is inhabited by at least 100 citizens of Gypsy.The area around the village of Saint-Etienne in the cap by the police, who began operating it in the morning, it was reported on various media. This is the first step since President Nicolas Sarkozy has ordered that 300 illegal residents Gypsy Village closed, according to AFP news agency reported.
The order was a response to acts of violence recently where some residents Gypsies attacked police in the Loire Valley in the town of Saint-Aignon.
Unrest in Saint-Aignon occurred after a police officer was shot and killed a man who drove through the Gypsy checkpoint.
Critics, including many human rights groups, accused the government of cornering Gypsy ethnic minority to get support right-wing voters. (BBC)
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