Migration
Socialist members of the European Parliament today savaged France's continuing repatriation of hundreds of Roma people to Bulgaria and Romania, but despite the mounting criticism Paris today flew nearly three hundred more men, women and children back to Bucharest.
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First Paris unveiled plans to repatriate the Roma, now Italy wants to be next in line to expel European citizens. Its interior minister has set alarm bells ringing with his proposals to expel citizens of other EU states from Italy if they fail to pull their weight economically.
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As France's expulsion of travellers continues, a fresh controversy has erupted over suggestions that Paris wants to make Romania and Bulgaria's membership of the Schengen visa-free club dependent on their handling of the Roma issue.
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Hungary today passed a law offering citizenship to the approximately two million ethnic Hungarians that live outside its borders. Though most of Budapest's neighbours reacted calmly to the news, the bill has enraged Slovakia - which immediately came up with its own tit-for-tat measures.
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