http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=25&story_id=25193
"Interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy issued orders for non-French rioters convicted in the wave of urban violence to be deported -- a measure directed at youths of Arab and African background living in the high-immigrant neighbourhoods involved in the unrest. Sarkozy told prefects, or regional governors, to apply the order to foreigners including those who have valid French residency visas."