Racism towards Romani people

In 2010, the United Nations

United Nations

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 accused France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 of racism

Antiziganism

Antiziganism or Anti-Romanyism is hostility, prejudice or racism directed at the Romani people, also known as Gypsies.As an endogamous culture with a tendency to practise self-segregation, the Romanis have generally resisted assimilation with the indigenous communities of whichever countries they...

 against Romani people

Romani people in France

French Romani people are generally known in spoken French as "Manouches" or "Tsiganes". "Romanichels" or "Gitans" are considered pejorative and "Bohémiens" is outdated...

 as it began deportations

French Romani repatriation

The French Roma repatriation is a programme initiated in July 2010 by the Government of France to repatriate thousands of Romanian and Bulgarian Roma as part of a crackdown on illegal camps in the country...

, declaring: "The United Nations finds the recent French government hardline stance worrisome." Activists charged that France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

's treatment of Roma was 'simply inhuman.'
It was condemned as "abusive and racist," saying "the Roma have too often been Europe's scapegoat

Scapegoat

Scapegoating is the practice of singling out any party for unmerited negative treatment or blame. Scapegoating may be conducted by individuals against individuals , individuals against groups , groups against individuals , and groups against groups Scapegoating is the practice of singling out any...

s."

Racism towards Jews

In the New York Times article published in December 2003, "Attacks by Arabs On Jews in France Revive Old Fears", French Jews state that "the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Israeli-Palestinian conflict

The Israeli–Palestinian conflict is the ongoing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. The conflict is wide-ranging, and the term is also used in reference to the earlier phases of the same conflict, between Jewish and Zionist yishuv and the Arab population living in Palestine under Ottoman or...

 and the American occupation of Iraq

Iraq

Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

 have morphed into a battleground for French Arab Muslims to attack Jews."

There are examples of racist attacks. In October 2000, "Jews threatened and shoved by Arabs outside O.Y. Synagogue

Synagogue

A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer. This use of the Greek term synagogue originates in the Septuagint where it sometimes translates the Hebrew word for assembly, kahal...

 in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

" (first of two incidents), and 'Death to Jews' was painted on two Synagogues in Marseilles, between 2000-2001 200 Arabs attacked Jews on the Champs Elysees, in March 2003 French Arab Muslims attack Jews in Paris in an "anti-war" march . Some people claim that in 2004, six Arab youths attacked a twenty three year old young mother with her thirteen month old baby after "deciding" she was Jewish, cut her hair with knives, slashed her clothes and scrawled swastikas on her belly in black felt-tip pen. It prompted a movie called "The Girl on the Train Movie" by Andre Techine.
From a 2003 account: "Most of the time these incidents are the deeds of young people of Arab and North Africa

North Africa

North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes eight countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, and...

n descent (Arab), who live in the rougher neighborhoods, in the suburbs of big cities, with the backdrop and international environment that is not very conducive to peaceful relations.”

In 2007, A young Jewish woman was brutalized by two Muslim Arabs in France.

In an article titled "Europe Reimports Jew Hatred. The mythical Arab Street now reaches deep into Paris, London, Berlin and Madrid," the editor in WSJ cites a wave of attacks on Jews and explains: "The depth of anti-Semitic propaganda in Palestinian and other Muslim societies is one of the most underreported facts about the Middle East. It is this anti-Semitism that predisposes Muslims in Europe to attack Jews and fuels the Mideast conflict. The hatred predates Israel's creation."