Deported Bulgarian Roma Set to Return to France
Roma who landed in Bulgaria’s Varna airport from France at the end of this week said they will return to the country, adding they were not expelled or deported, but were just asked to voluntarily leave for EUR 300.
Roma stated that French authorities have always been extremely considerate with them and that they have nothing to complain about.
They would not stay in Bulgaria, for there was “no work” for them here.
Roma were ambivalent about whether they will be legally allowed to return to France. While one representative was apprehensive that French police marked their identity to forbid future entry, most were certain that French regulations to not prohibit comeback.
Roma specified that the EUR 300 procedure has been applied for a while, including for people of other ethnicities and countries. Many of them pointed out that they had concrete reasons to return, such as caring for sick relatives in Bulgaria.
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