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France: Human Rights Watch report

01 June 2007

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In the Name of Prevention: Insufficient Safeguards in National Security Removals (pdf)

"France has pursued unapologetically a policy of forcibly returning non-French citizens accused of links to terrorism and extremism to their countries of origin since the 1980s.

Over the past five years France has forcibly removed dozens of such foreigners. Some were deported after serving prison sentences for terrorism-related offences. Others were Muslim religious leaders (imams) expelled for preaching ideas deemed
by the authorities to advocate extremism and contribute to radicalization. Available government figures indicate that 71 individuals described as “Islamic fundamentalists” were forcibly removed from France between September 11, 2001, and September 2006."

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