Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "In July 2010, the Government of France initiated a programme to repatriate thousands of Romanian and Bulgarian Romani, as part of a crackdown on allegedly illegal camps in the country. Although Bulgarian and Romanian citizens have the right to enter France without a visa because their countries of origin are in the European Union, under French immigration rules, they must have work or residency permits if they wish to stay longer than three months.In 2009, France expelled 10,000 Romani back to Romania and Bulgaria. The next year, at least another 8,300 Romani were expelled up until August.Since July 2010, at least 51 Romani camps have been demolished, and France has repatriated at least 1,230 Romani to their countries of origin.The policy has proved controversial in the European Union, with EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding stating in a September briefing that the European Commission may take legal action against the French government over the forced expulsions, calling them \"a disgrace\". The subsequent row over the comments was widely reported to have overshadowed an EU summit in September 2010."@en }
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- Expulsion_of_Romani_people_from_France abstract "In July 2010, the Government of France initiated a programme to repatriate thousands of Romanian and Bulgarian Romani, as part of a crackdown on allegedly illegal camps in the country. Although Bulgarian and Romanian citizens have the right to enter France without a visa because their countries of origin are in the European Union, under French immigration rules, they must have work or residency permits if they wish to stay longer than three months.In 2009, France expelled 10,000 Romani back to Romania and Bulgaria. The next year, at least another 8,300 Romani were expelled up until August.Since July 2010, at least 51 Romani camps have been demolished, and France has repatriated at least 1,230 Romani to their countries of origin.The policy has proved controversial in the European Union, with EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding stating in a September briefing that the European Commission may take legal action against the French government over the forced expulsions, calling them \"a disgrace\". The subsequent row over the comments was widely reported to have overshadowed an EU summit in September 2010.".