in Romania of Roma people being forcibly evicted and/or reassigned to "ghettos" where there is substandard housing. One of the most significant cases is that of the Pata Rât slum: This case concerns events in 2010 where 76 integrated and longstanding Roma families, many of whom had been living in the community for over 20 years, were forcibly evicted from their homes in the centre of Cluj-Napoca. This was done without adequate notice, reason, or opportunity to appeal eviction. 40 of these families were relocated to inadequate housing, without access to power or water, next to a former chemical waste dump on the outskirts of the city. The rest were left essentially homeless. It was not until the end of 2013 that the courts ruled that the eviction was illegal and that the discrimination against Roma should be compensated and the families relocated to adequate housing. However, as the decision has been appealed by the state, there has, to date, been no resolution given to the Roma families involved. France France is in the midst of significant human rights violations relating to discrimination and systematic forcible eviction of the Roma. In 2010 the French instituted a policy of systematic forced deportation of non-French Roma. Alongside this policy the forcible eviction of the Roma (both French and non-French Roma) from their homes escalated. In 2013 there were more than 20,000 Roma forcibly evicted from their homes in France, and less than 40% of these were offered adequate housing alternatives. In a number of cases authorities used force and tear gas in the process of the evictions, including in cases of forced evictions of elderly and children In 2010 a French memo was leaked which showed that the government was supporting the systematic discrimination of the Roma. Circular IOC/K/1017881 of 5 August 2010 on the eviction of illegal settlements states that: And These forcible evictions of Roma show significant abuse of the right to housing, and the right to freedom of movement. There is evidence of discrimination on an ethnic basis that violates France's responsibilities under various UN and EU human rights treaties. Following these mass evictions the European Union Commissioner Viviane Reding (Commission of the European Communities) spoke out against the French actions stating it was in breach of EU Law. She likened it to the atrocities that befall the Roma in the World War II stating that she had thought