A Catholic bishop in Romania has deplored the mass expulsion of Roma from France, and has urged European governments to do more to integrate the continent's Gypsy minorities, the Huffington Post website reports today (September 19,2010).
"There are substantial Roma communities in all European countries, not just Romania and Bulgaria," said Virgil Bercea, the Greek Catholic bishop of Oradea, whose church combines the Eastern Orthodox Rite with loyalty to Rome.
He added, "When the French drive them out, all they do is return to visit their families and then travel somewhere else, whether back to France, or to Italy, Spain, or Germany."
At least 1,000 Roma -- mostly from Romania and Bulgaria -- have been expelled from unauthorized camps in France since early August, 2010. Some 400,000 Gypsies are now citizens of France.
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