https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Police on Monday moved on around 2,000 migrants who were living in a makeshift camp in northern Paris. It's the 23rd operation of its kind in the last year. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160606/2000-migrants-cleared-out-of-paris-camp Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:41:42 +0200 2000-migrants-cleared-out-of-paris-camp France's citizens' rights tsar scolded the government on Friday for breaking the country's own laws by expelling Roma migrants from camps. The broadside comes just days after the European Commission threatened sanctions against Paris if it continued the evictions. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130927/french-rights-tsar-slams-roma-camp-evictions Fri, 27 Sep 2013 16:16:00 +0200 french-rights-tsar-slams-roma-camp-evictions The mayor of a village in central France has made the extraordinary public threat to take his own life if a group of travellers return to the local area, it emerged this week. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130807/french-mayor-threatens-suicide-over-traveller-camp Wed, 07 Aug 2013 12:06:00 +0200 french-mayor-threatens-suicide-over-traveller-camp Ethnic Roma living in France are considering legal action against Interior Minister Manuel Valls for incitement to racial hatred after he vowed to continue a controversial programme of dismantling illegal camps. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130315/french-minister-sparks-fury-with-roma-slur Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:43:00 +0100 french-minister-sparks-fury-with-roma-slur France is to continue its controversial policy of evicting Roma people from illegal makeshift camps, the country’s Interior Minister Manuel Valls revealed on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130314/france-vows-to-continue-roma-evictions Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:11:00 +0100 france-vows-to-continue-roma-evictions Around fifty residents of a Marseille neighbourhood took the law into their own hands when they expelled a group of Roma and burned their encampment on Thursday night. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120928/marseille-residents-set-fire-to-roma-camp Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:43:00 +0200 marseille-residents-set-fire-to-roma-camp