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Now Italy Evicts Gypsies

One camp razed this week

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 3, 2010 5:37 AM CDT

(Newser) – Rome's right-wing mayor has followed France's lead and renewed a crackdown on gypsy camps around the city. One camp was razed this week, and officials said some 20 people have accepted an offer of voluntary repatriation, though many more fled before the bulldozers arrived, the... Read full story »

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