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France's goal for 2011 was to deport 30,000 Romani to Romania. [22] As of 2012, France sent about 8,000 Romani to Romania and Bulgaria in 2011, after dismantling camps where they were living on the outskirts of cities. The actions prompted controversy and calls for greater inclusion of Romani people. [23]
The deportation of Roma migrants from France was subject of intense political debate in France and internationally in 2009 and 2010. After two fatal incidents, President of France Nicolas Sarkozy vowed in July 2010 to evict at least half of the 539 Roma squatting in land camps. The Government of France initiated a program to repatriate ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 November 2024. Ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin For other uses, see Romani (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Romanians or Roman people. Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see Gypsy (disambiguation). Ethnic group Romani people Romani flag created in 1933 and accepted at the 1971 ...
v. t. e. The Romani people, also referred to as Roma, Sinti, or Kale, depending on the subgroup, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group that primarily lives in Europe. The Romani may have migrated from what is the modern Indian state of Rajasthan, [1] migrating to the northwest (the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent) around 250 BC. [1]
The name Roma is also used as a collective name for all Romani people. Romani people dancing at a Romani wedding in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1936. Calé, mostly in Spain (see Gitanos), but also in Portugal (see Romani people in Portugal), Southern France, and Latin America; Finnish Kale, in Finland; communities also exist in Sweden.
Romanians. The Romanians in France are French citizens of Romanian heritage who are born in Romania and live as immigrants in France or are born in France from a Romanian immigrant family that came to France in the early 20th century. As of 2019, there were 133,000 Romanian-born citizens living in France, [2] and there is an unknown number of ...
The European Union is committed to upholding Human Rights and sees this as a core and essential part of its role. [1] As such the EU seeks to protect and defend these rights within member states and in interactions with non-members. The Roma are one of the largest minority groups within the EU numbering over six million people.
The Sinti (also Sinta or Sinte; masc. sing. Sinto; fem. sing. Sintesa) are a subgroup of Romani people. They are found mostly in Germany, France and Italy and Central Europe, numbering some 200,000 people. [1][a][3] They were traditionally itinerant, but today only a small percentage of Sinti remain unsettled.