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 France has once again been blasted for its treatment of Roma communities. This time it's the UN's human rights chief who has taken Paris to task for forced evictions of Roma camps. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150911/un-rights-chief-slams-france-over-roma-evictions Fri, 11 Sep 2015 13:07:37 +0200 un-rights-chief-slams-france-over-roma-evictions France announced Saturday that it has deported a Tunisian who was accused of recruiting young jihadists to fight in Syria, deeming him a threat to national security. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140614/france-deports-tunisian-jihadist-suspect Sat, 14 Jun 2014 15:11:00 +0200 france-deports-tunisian-jihadist-suspect Roma people living in France are increasingly the victims of police violence and harassment and sometimes left to fend for themselves even when they call for help, according to a damning new Amnesty International report published on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140408/roma-2 Tue, 08 Apr 2014 11:12:00 +0200 roma-2 A French court Tuesday rejected an appeal for residency for the family of a Roma schoolgirl whose deportation sparked outrage and student protests in the country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140128/france-blocks-return-of-roma-schoolgirls-family Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:50:31 +0100 france-blocks-return-of-roma-schoolgirls-family Ahmed Sohail is bewildered and angry. After eight years studying at the French government's expense, he was deported to Pakistan, one of tens of thousands of Pakistanis ordered to leave the EU last year. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130310/every-night-i-dream-im-going-back-to-france Sun, 10 Mar 2013 13:01:21 +0100 every-night-i-dream-im-going-back-to-france France expelled record numbers of illegal immigrants in 2012, sources close to the country’s Interior Ministry confirmed to French media on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130122/france-expels-record-number-of-illegal-immigrants Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:33:00 +0100 france-expels-record-number-of-illegal-immigrants