Romanian band Vama plays Roma repatriation-inspired song 'Sarkozy versus Gypsy'

Romanian band Vama has launched a song called Sarkozy versus Gypsy, inspired by the Rroma deportation saga which took place this summer, when hundreds of Roma people were sent back to Romania and Bulgaria from France. The song, a satire which underlines the ridicule of the European attitude towards the gipsy issue, does not aim to take sides, but rather to point out the gipsy issue cannot be solved with radical measures, said Tudor Chirila, who plays the vocals in the Vama band. The song was recorded together with French composer and interpreter Ralflo. Listen to the song and watch its video below. France sent back several hundreds of illegal Roma migrants to Romania and Bulgaria this summer, offering them EUR 300 each for voluntary repatriation. French president Nicholas Sarkozy has asked for the illegal gypsy camps to be tear down, calling them a source of trafficking and prostitution. The story was featured on international media agencies and in foreign newspapers and TV stations. The European Union has condemned the French government over its treatment of Roma migrants, comparing it to the Roma expulsion atrocities committed during the second world war. editor@romania-insider.com