Paris, France (CNN) -- Some of the Roma deported from France said Friday they plan to return as soon as possible. They flew Thursday to Romania on a French flight, the first of several scheduled to take Roma out of France in the coming days. The French government says the deportations are part of a crackdown on illegal immigration. They follow the government's dismantling in the past three weeks of 51 Roma camps that it called illegal. Roma in Europe: Persecuted and misunderstood "Over there, they were giving us food, money ... salary. Life is much better out there -- happier," Mariana Serban, a mother of four, told Romania's Realitatea TV.
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Roma deported to Romania say they will return to France
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132 Roma are on Friday's flight, Romanian officials say
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France offered $384 to each Roma adult who got on the flight
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France put 79 Roma on a charter flight out of the country Thursday
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