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Society | October 19, 2009, Monday // 15:03
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About 1 000 Roma live in terrible conditions in Bordeaux, France. Photo by lisa-travel.co.uk
About 70 Bulgarian Roma were evacuated over a fire Saturday night in Bordeaux, France.
The Roma have been living in a former bus station in Bordeaux for several months, the France 3 TV reported.
The Doctors of the World NGO has started to take care of the Roma who no longer have a place to stay.
The France 3 TV reported there were about 1 000 Roma living in dire conditions in Bordeaux but did not specify what number of them are from Bulgaria.
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