-2- Having deliberated on 27 June and on 11 September 2012, On the basis of the report presented by Csilla KOLLONAY LEHOCZKY, Delivers the following decision adopted on this last date: PROCEDURE 1. The complaint presented by Médecins du Monde – International (“Médecins du Monde”) was registered on 19 April 2011. Médecins du Monde alleges that the Roma, mostly from countries of the European Union, living in France in extreme poverty, are denied the rights to housing, education for their children, social protection and health care, in breach of articles 11, 13, 16, 17, 19§8, 30 and 31 of the Revised European Social Charter (“the Charter”) read alone and/or in conjunction with Article E. 2. The Committee declared the complaint admissible on 13 September 2011. 3. In accordance with Article 7 §§1 and 2 of the Protocol providing for a system of collective complaints (“the Protocol”) and with the Committee’s decision on the admissibility of the complaint, on 16 September 2011 the Executive Secretary communicated the text of the admissibility decision to the French Government (“the Government”) and to Médecins du Monde. On 21 September 2011, the decision was also sent to the states parties to the Protocol and the states that have made a declaration in accordance with Article D§2 of the Charter, and to the organisations referred to in Article 27§2 of the European Social Charter (“the 1961 Charter”). 4. In accordance with Rule 31§1 of its Rules, the Committee set 28 October 2011 as the deadline for the Government to present its submissions on the merits of the complaint. The Government’s submissions on the merits were registered on the same date and transmitted to Médecins du Monde on 10 November 2011. 5. The complainant organisation was invited to submit a response by 6 January 2012. The response was registered on 5 January 2012 and sent to the Government on 11 January 2012. SUBMISSIONS OF THE PARTIES A – The complainant organisations 6. The Complaint concerns migrant Roma, mostly from Romania and Bulgaria, living in France in great poverty. In Médecins du Monde’s view, their rights to housing, education for their children, social protection and health are not respected by France. In addition, following the announcement of the President of France in July 2010 of a more repressive policy towards the Roma, their situation has deteriorated further. There has been a major increase in forced evictions from their camps and mass expulsions.