Italy pushes law driven by Roma influx

Italy’s centre-right government is pressing ahead September 2010 with controversial legislation driven by an influx from Romania of gypsies, also known as Roma, that will formalise the process of expelling unwanted European Union citizens.

Italy’s planned decree, co-ordinated with similar proposals in France, strikes at the heart of a landmark EU directive that sets out the conditional rights of citizens to freedom of movement and residence but is short on provisions on how governments can deal with those who breach conditions of their stay.

ESO: Background information: Roma crackdown leaves Paris in disarray http://www.europeansources.info/record/roma-crackdown-leaves-paris-in-disarray/

EUObserver, 8.9.10: Italy resumes anti-Roma action in teeth of EP vote http://euobserver.com/22/30753

ESO: Background information: Italy to ask EU for permission to expel Roma http://www.europeansources.info/record/italy-to-ask-eu-for-permission-to-expel-roma/

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