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Jobbik leader Gabor Vona wants compulsory eduction for Roma children (Photo: Flickr)

French Roma policy finds support among the far right

France's policy of expelling Roma to Romania and Bulgaria has attracted a storm of criticism at home and abroad from human rights groups and churches but has found support among some far-right politicians.

Philip Claeys, one of two MEPs from the far-right Flemish party Vlaams Belang, said he wants to defend "French policy concerning Roma."

"The dismantling of illegal camps, the struggle against petty crime, criminality and prostitution, and the expulsion of foreigners with no lega...

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Jobbik leader Gabor Vona wants compulsory eduction for Roma children (Photo: Flickr)

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