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| (2012-09-10) |
| Last updated: 2012-09-11 13:24 EET |
The French interior minister, Manuel Valls, and the minister delegate for European affairs, Bernard Cazaneuve, are to arrive in Bucharest on Wednesday to discuss the Roma issue with Romanian authorities. The announcement was made by the French president, Francois Hollande, who believes it is the root causes of this problem that needs to be addressed:
Francois Hollande: “There are 15,000 Roma people in France, and the situation is very difficult both for them and for their neighbours. So the interior minister did his duty. And what is his duty? To enforce the decisions of the judiciary and, whenever possible, to relocate or send the Roma back to their home countries. Starting on Wednesday, the interior minister and the minister for European affairs will be in Romania to address the core of the problem, because it is unacceptable for this population to be driven away from their country and to come here, to take refuge, in circumstances where they cannot work. So we are talking about dignity, but also about enforcing the law.”
Over the past few weeks, hundreds of Roma people from France were evacuated from illegal camps, triggering protests from the Roma, some NGOs and a left-wing party. This prompted the European Commission to monitor France. Last week, the EU vice-president, Viviane Reding, called on France’s Socialist Party to commit to the social integration of the Roma. She pleaded against massive evacuation from illegal camps and said evacuation must be done on an individual basis. In an interview to Radio France Info, Reding said it was the duty of the Europeans to educate the Roma children, so that the generation over 10 years of age may not be a lost generation.
Viviane Reding: “It is our responsibility to make sure that there are no more illegal camps, that there are normal homes for these people, that there are no more 12-year old mothers and that all children go to school, so that they may have a job later on, instead of staying in the street. They, too, are Europeans, and they often live below the poverty threshold, and we, as politicians, have a duty to end this state of affairs”.
According to official figures, there are 12 million Roma in Europe, accounting for the largest minority on the continent. Twelve European countries have so far received money from the EU to implement Roma integration projects. Meanwhile, a World Bank report indicates that the full economic integration of the Roma may ensure savings of half a billion euros in some countries, besides an increase in productivity and lower welfare expenses.
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