Mr. Sarkozy Demands the Expulsion of Foreigners Implicated in the Urban Violence

11/09/05 -- The Minister of the Interior, Nicolas Sarkozy, announced on Wednesday, November 9, at the National Assembly that he had demanded that prefects expel all foreigners convicted in connection with the urban violence of the past 13 nights, "including" holders of a residency permit.

"I have asked the prefects to expel from our territory without delay those foreigners who have been convicted in the violence, whether legally or illegally in residence, including those who have a residence permit," he said. "When one has the honor of having a residency permit, the least that one can say is that one does not have it for the purpose of being arrested while inciting urban violence," added the minister. In response to questions at the National Assembly the Minister of the Interior said that 120 foreigners, not all of whom were in legal residence, had been convicted in the violence.

The Minister of the Interior made this declaration while maintaining that he is opposed to double punishment for foreigners in France.*

[Full Article]

[This article was accompanied by a photo with the caption: "Nicolas Sarkozy on November 8 at the National Assembly." Go to photo: http://medias.lemonde.fr/mmpub/edt/ill/2005/11/09/h_4_ill_708597_sarko.jpg .]

* "Double punishment" translates "double peine," which "refers to the fact that foreigners can be and are frequently sanctioned twice by French law: first, by imprisonment for the specific crime they committed and, second, by banishment from the national territory after they have served their prison sentence via administrative decree or judicial sanction (in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights)." http://sociology.berkeley.edu/faculty/wacquant/wacquant_pdf/SUITABLENEMIES.pdf .

With AFP and Reuters

--Translated By Ramsi Woodcock

This article was translated using the Translation Wiki ( http://www.translationwiki.net ). To see the original text side by side with the translation and to make additions or improvements, go to the Translation Wiki for this article: http://www.translationwiki.net/index2.php?action=trans&type=view&id=34#567 (works best in Firefox, http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ ).

Go to original article:

http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3226,36-708596@51-704172,0.html

( categories: French | Le Monde )