Inefficient policy

It is doubtful that France's Roma policy will be effective and it puts a burden on other countries, the business paper Il Sole 24 Ore writes in view of Interior Minister Brice Hortefuex's announcement that 700 Roma are to be deported: "The entire campaign is surrounded by a heaping portion of scepticism. The majority of the Roma identified have (as in the past) declared themselves willing to leave the country in order to cash in on the 'per capita' bonus of 1,000 euros for adults and 300 euros for minors. 'As soon as they have spent the money they'll return', warns Gérard Minet, regional secretary of the Human Rights League in Lille. ... At the same time the government's plans are leading many nomads to go into hiding before they are rounded up. Where will they go? They travel around France or to other countries. In recent days many are reported to have moved to Italy. Here they will wait until Sarkozy's Roma hunt ends and all the media fuss dies down and then they will return."

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