Wednesday October 3, 2007

A Muslim girl has two French flags and a headband which reads "fraternity" on her headscarf during a protest defending religious headgear in 2004. Photograph: Charles Platiau/Reuters
Like most illegal immigrants working in Paris's textile sweat shops, nail bars or restaurants, Chulan Liu kept her head down. A 51-year-old divorcee who left her only son in northern China this summer, she spoke no French. But she knew the name Nicolas Sarkozy and his order for police to round up thousands of France's "sans papiers" - immigrants with no papers and no right to stay.
To read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/france/story/0,,2182383,00.html