French Govt Urged to Ease Ethnic Statistics Taboo

by Thilaka Ravi on  February 06, 2010 at 4:02 PM General Health News
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In reality French citizens or residents of foreign origin are often subjected to racism and discrimination, which in part led to the riots that broke out in 2005 in high-immigrant suburbs across the country.

Sarkozy has argued that the lack of statistics on France's ethnic groups frustrates attempts to measure and deal with inequality.

The new report comes amid a debate on national identity that has divided France.

Critics argue that it is fomenting anti-foreigner and anti-Muslim sentiment and is little more than a ploy by the rightwinger Sarkozy to grab far-right votes in regional elections to be held next month.

The government is due to hold a seminar next Monday to consider its conclusions from the national identity debate.

Source-AFP
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