My only question for the French government is:
are they willing to go into the many Muslim dominant slums around Paris and do the same thing??
I am not saying that all the French Muslims in those slums are neither citizens or legal immigrants, but many are illegal immigrants, and France knows it and I have not read about any major “round ups” particularly targeting them.
If I am right, then are they going after the gypsies only because they are such a small minority and have no traditional allies and they get to produce the image that they are doing something about “illegals”?
Last I read the French Police, nor even the Paramedics can even respond to emergency calls in the “Muslim slums” in Paris. They are shot at, pelted by rocks, and even molotov cocktails preventing them from even ENTERIN’G the ‘neighborhoods’. I do believe it would take nothing less than a fully armed HUGE riot squad or even the French Military to gain access to the neighborhoods - and that’s without the threat of deportation!
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The Roma may be bad for tourism and other concerns regarding their lifestyles, but IMHO it would be a much better idea to export the muslim illegals before the Gypsies... Then again, maybe this round-up is a precursor to more difficult operations planne in the future. Perhaps they are planning to go ‘group by group’???
I don’t really have much sympathy for folks living in any country illegally, and the Gypsies due to their chosen lifestyle especially had to have known of this risk...
I think you've nailed it. The gypsies are obnoxious but relatively safe to get heavy on. If they try that on the Muslims, they will have cities in flames, plus have international problems.
Still it's a step in the right direction.