According to figures presented by the French Immigration Minister Eric Besson to the National Assembly Wednesday, of the 21,384 people deported from France in the first nine months of 2010, some 13,000 were Romanian and Bulgarian. In 2009 there were 9,875 Romanians and Bulgarians deported. Of the 5,929 assisted returns this year – those who were given a plane ticket and 300 euros in cash – 5,086 were Romanian and 683 were Bulgarian.
