José Manuel Fresno

No social justice possible without Roma inclusion

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is at the centre of a political storm over his treatment of the Roma – 8,000 have been expelled from France this year. However, though he finds himself isolated from and criticized by other European leaders, France is not alone in its actions. Roma communities in Italy have been regularly subjected to forced evictions under the latest Berlusconi administration. This year has also seen expulsions in Denmark and Sweden; last year Germany paid more than 100 Roma to return to Romania.