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Still moved by the children, whose chanting of liberty is still echoing in the minds of the demonstrators, the group retreats to the bus. The mood is now thoughtful and introverted. Instead of singing and laughing, people just stare out of the window, some are discussing what they just have experienced.

The future does not look bright for the paperless immigrants in France. Within the scope of the harmonisation of law in the European Union the period of time an illegal immigrant can be detained is set to be extended to up to 18 months.

Look out during your next flight with Air France. If the goal of 25.000 deportations is to be attained, this would mean that one deported person finds itself on a plane almost every 20 minutes - most probably on an Airbus of Air France that has been assembled in sight of the camp the deportees had been detained in.