Hollande tells French Jews - 'Your place is here'

French President Francois Hollande pays his respects after he placed a wreath at the Shoah memorial in Paris, January 27, 2015. President Hollande will attend the International commemorations for the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp later on Tuesday. REUTERS/Martin Bureau/Pool

PARIS (Reuters) - President Francois Hollande appeared to rebuff Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's invitation for French Jews to emigrate, by promising on Tuesday to protect them from anti-Semitism and telling them: "Your place is here".

"You, French people of the Jewish faith, your place is here, in your home. France is your country," Hollande said in a speech to mark 70 years of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp.