Race Riot - France

France

  • 2005 civil unrest in France – mainly Paris, but also in other high-immigrant areas.
  • Perpignan (2005) – Perpignan Riots between North African and Roma communities after a man of North African descent was shot dead.
  • Avignon (September 2009) – between Turkish and Moroccan youths (one young of African descent was dead)

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