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Algerians angry at France over Macron comment
Tweet by French president hinted that Harkis - who fought on France's side in War of Independence - should be welcomed back to Algeria.
The Vichy deportation camp that is a 'permanent stain' on France
A senior figure in the Socialist Party has angrily criticised French culture minister Aurélie Filippetti for allegedly snubbing Rivesaltes, a former internment and deportation camp in southern France which is set to become a memorial in 2015, during a recent trip to the area. The culture minister has dismissed the claims as 'absurd'. To understand the importance of the memorial site behind this political squabble, Mediapart asked historian Denis Peschanski to describe the political and historical issues at stake in a camp that revives some of the worst memories of the Second World War in France. Antoine Perraud reports.