French Interior Minister Manuel Valls has defended his controversial call to deport tens of thousands of ethnic Roma people from the country, amid widespread criticism both from colleagues and the EU.
Valls said on Wednesday that he has “nothing to correct” and that the remarks “only shocked those who do not know the subject.”
“The majority (of Romas) should be delivered back to the borders,” said Valls adding, “We are not here to welcome these people. I’d remind you of (former Socialist premier) Michel Rocard’s statement: ‘It’s not France’s job to deal with the misery of the whole world’.” .... http://wakeupfromyourslumber.com
