Robert Bandanza
April 20th, 2006, 12:21 PM
Illegal immigrants in Paris go on hunger strike
PARIS, April 18, 2006 (AFP) - More than 130 illegal immigrants being held in a detention centre near Paris went on a hunger strike on Tuesday in protest at their living conditions, a migrant support group said.
All but 10 of the 146 inmates at the centre in Vincennes, on the southeast outskirts of Paris, refused to accept food on Tuesday, according to a spokeswoman for the Cimade group.
Most of those detained are originally from Algeria, China, Mali, Romania and Turkey and they are protesting at overcrowding in their rooms, a lack of access to the outside, and a general sense of neglect by French authorities, she said.
The French government recently stepped up its efforts to combat illegal
immigration -- with an estimated 200,000 to 400,000 clandestine immigrants already living in the country.
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Subject: French news
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PARIS, April 18, 2006 (AFP) - More than 130 illegal immigrants being held in a detention centre near Paris went on a hunger strike on Tuesday in protest at their living conditions, a migrant support group said.
All but 10 of the 146 inmates at the centre in Vincennes, on the southeast outskirts of Paris, refused to accept food on Tuesday, according to a spokeswoman for the Cimade group.
Most of those detained are originally from Algeria, China, Mali, Romania and Turkey and they are protesting at overcrowding in their rooms, a lack of access to the outside, and a general sense of neglect by French authorities, she said.
The French government recently stepped up its efforts to combat illegal
immigration -- with an estimated 200,000 to 400,000 clandestine immigrants already living in the country.
Copyright AFP
Subject: French news
http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=25&story_id=29395&name=Illegal+immigrants+in+Paris+go+on+hunger+strike