[Others who know more about France's history with undocumented immigration may be able to comment more intelligently on this, but this seems like a fairly large-scale expulsion for a G7 country. - KR]

Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday defended his decision to expel thousands of illegal immigrants this year, saying France needed an uncompromising immigration policy following recent rioting in its suburbs.

[..]Speaking on television, Sarkozy said officials had received almost 30,000 applications from families seeking residency papers when a deadline for requests expired at the weekend. This was some 10,000 more than had been expected, but despite the higher numbers, Sarkozy stuck to an earlier prediction that just 6,000 applications would be accepted.

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