France expels Roma immigrants

French policemen stand guard next to a bus carrying Roma from Dompierre-sur-Mer, in south-western France, to Paris in an expulsion operation. Forty-seven people from this shelter agreed to return voluntarily to Romania Photograph: Xavier Leoty/AFP/Getty Images French policemen enter a caravan belonging to the Roma community in an expulsion operation in Dompierre-sur-Mer Photograph: Xavier Leoty/AFP/Getty Images Roma men in a caravan pack up their belongings during an expulsion operation in Dompierre-sur-Mer Photograph: Xavier Leoty/AFP/Getty Images A breakdown lorry takes away caravans belonging to the Roma community in an expulsion operation in Lille Photograph: Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images A woman belonging to the Roma community retrieves shoes from a clothesline as a French policewoman looks on during an expulsion operation in Lille Photograph: Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images Members of the Roma community wait in a bus as French policemen stand guard during an expulsion operation in Lille Photograph: Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images Crew from a breakdown company move a caravan belonging to the Roma community during an expulsion operation in Lille Photograph: Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images A young Roma boy and others who agreed to the 'voluntary' return procedure arrive by bus at Charles de Gaulle airport outside Paris, prior to their flight to Bucharest Photograph: Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images French policemen look on as a Roma woman arrives at Charles de Gaulle airport prior to being flown back to Bucharest Photograph: Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images Members of the Roma community wait at Charles de Gaulle airport to board their flight back to Bucharest Photograph: Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images French policemen look on as members of the Roma community arrive at Charles de Gaulle airport Photograph: Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images Members of the Roma community queue with their belongings at Charles de Gaulle airport Photograph: Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images Roma men checking in at Charles de Gaulle airport prior to their flight to Romania Photograph: Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images