Seven Foreigners Being Deported
December 4th, 2005
"This is no such thing as illegal immigrants, only
illegal governments.”
- “Colour Line,” Asian Dub Foundation
PARIS (AP) – “It really looks like” seven foreigners arrested for having
participated in the wave of urban violence in early November will be deported,
declared the Minister of the Interior on the “Grand Jury” television
show.
Mr Sarkozy pointed out that 83 foreigners had been arrested during the riots.
Of those 83, 40 are covered by “special protections” due to their age, how
long they have been in France, or their status as political refugees, and
cannot be deported, according to the Minister.
During the unrest the Minister had called for the deportation of any foreigners
involved, regardless of whether they had a resident’s permit or not. The left
and human rights organizations accused him of bringing back the “double penalty”
which he had reprealed in 2003. [translator: the “double penaly” or double
peine was a system whereby “foreigners” who were found guilty of some crime
would serve their sentence and then be deported to their country-of-origin.]
Please note that the above article by the Associated
Press comes from the A Toutes Les Victimes website – which was set up specifically
to keep track of and respond to repression after the November riots – and
was translated by yours truly. I have a “fast and loose” translation philosophy,
meaning that when there is a choice between readability and the original phraseology
i tend to favour the former, provided that the meaning stays the same. The
original document can be seen in French.
This originally came from my blog - Sketchy Thoughts
- and is one of a number of pieces i wrote or translated regarding the
riots that rocked France in October and November 2005. To see the a complete
list of such posts, i suggest you check out the 2005 Riots In France page on the Kersplebedeb
site.