French defy state child snatchers
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1789868,00.html
Mothers' network hides young immigrants to keep them safe from
deportation by Sarkozy
Jason Burke in Paris
Sunday June 4, 2006
The Observer
The auditorium is packed. The children sit two to a seat, their parents
beside them. Though not all understand the language, they pay careful
attention to the rousing speeches. Then their surnames are called out -
Aksan, al-Amara, Avongua, Awad, Ayad, Azhar, Azed, on to Zaman,
Zachihivilli, Zuheri - and they stand up to meet those who will
sponsor, help and, if it comes to it, defy the full force of the French
state to hide them.
The children, recent immigrants or the children of recent immigrants,
are among tens of thousands in France who are, according to the
Ministry of the Interior, liable for expulsion or who will become
liable when they reach the age of 18.
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