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11-09-2005, 05:56 PM
France to deport foreign rioters
Interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy has ordered the expulsion of all foreigners convicted of taking part in the riots that have swept France for 13 nights.
He told parliament 120 foreigners had been found guilty of involvement and would be deported without delay.
Police said overnight violence had fallen significantly - although trouble still flared in more than 100 towns.
The government has declared a state of emergency in Paris and more than 30 other areas to help quell the unrest.
The northern city of Amiens was the first to impose an overnight curfew under the new powers, which came into force at midnight.
The western towns of Rouen, Le Havre and Evreux and the French Riviera region have also said they will implement the measures.
However the Seine-Saint-Denis region north-east of Paris, where the trouble started almost two weeks ago, said it would not impose a curfew after violence diminished for a third night running.
Mr Sarkozy told MPs that non-French nationals - "not all of whom are here illegally" - had been convicted of taking part in the attacks.
"I have asked the prefects to deport them from our national territory without delay, including those who have a residency visa," he said.
Petrol bomb
enior interior ministry official Claude Gueant said police had seen "a very significant drop" in the intensity of the unrest.
The number of cars set alight across France overnight Tuesday to Wednesday fell to 617, hundreds fewer than the night before.
Some 280 people were arrested and disturbances broke out in 116 areas, half the number affected the preceding night.
However, the authorities in Lyon said public transport would not run after 1800 GMT on Wednesday following a petrol bomb attack on Tuesday.
The areas covered by the emergency powers extend from the English Channel to the Mediterranean, including Paris suburbs and major cities such as Lille, Marseille and Toulouse.
The powers, which can be extended by parliament after 12 days, allow a state of emergency to be declared in defined areas, restricting the movement of people and vehicles.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4422422.stm
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Seems interesting.
Interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy has ordered the expulsion of all foreigners convicted of taking part in the riots that have swept France for 13 nights.
He told parliament 120 foreigners had been found guilty of involvement and would be deported without delay.
Police said overnight violence had fallen significantly - although trouble still flared in more than 100 towns.
The government has declared a state of emergency in Paris and more than 30 other areas to help quell the unrest.
The northern city of Amiens was the first to impose an overnight curfew under the new powers, which came into force at midnight.
The western towns of Rouen, Le Havre and Evreux and the French Riviera region have also said they will implement the measures.
However the Seine-Saint-Denis region north-east of Paris, where the trouble started almost two weeks ago, said it would not impose a curfew after violence diminished for a third night running.
Mr Sarkozy told MPs that non-French nationals - "not all of whom are here illegally" - had been convicted of taking part in the attacks.
"I have asked the prefects to deport them from our national territory without delay, including those who have a residency visa," he said.
Petrol bomb
enior interior ministry official Claude Gueant said police had seen "a very significant drop" in the intensity of the unrest.
The number of cars set alight across France overnight Tuesday to Wednesday fell to 617, hundreds fewer than the night before.
Some 280 people were arrested and disturbances broke out in 116 areas, half the number affected the preceding night.
However, the authorities in Lyon said public transport would not run after 1800 GMT on Wednesday following a petrol bomb attack on Tuesday.
The areas covered by the emergency powers extend from the English Channel to the Mediterranean, including Paris suburbs and major cities such as Lille, Marseille and Toulouse.
The powers, which can be extended by parliament after 12 days, allow a state of emergency to be declared in defined areas, restricting the movement of people and vehicles.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4422422.stm
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Seems interesting.