Resurgence of Racism in France

From the Associated Press:

U.N. experts say they’re concerned that French plans to strip crime-committing immigrants of citizenship could violate their human rights.

President Nicolas Sarkozy has urged the measure when police officers’ lives are endangered, and his government has added other crimes that could apply.

At a U.N. anti-racism body meeting Thursday, panelists asked French officials whether the law risks dividing citizens into those who can be kicked out of France, and those who can’t. The U.N. experts also questioned if the immigrants would be accepted back by their former countries, or end up stateless. Click here for more.

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