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Romani Rose receives the Jochen Bock Price

December 13, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

Romani Rose, the president of the German Council of Sinti and Roma was awarded the Jochen Bock Price for 2015. This distinction is meant to recognise courage in the civil society.

Well Done!

Romani Rose mit „Jochen Bock Preis 2015“ geehrt. In: Focus. 12.12.2015. http://www.focus.de/regional/erfurt/gesellschaft-romani-rose-mit-jochen-bock-preis-2015-geehrt_id_5150552.html
Romani Rose erhält «Jochen Bock Preis 2015 » für Zivilcourage. In: Thüringer Allgemeine. 11.12.2015. http://www.thueringer-allgemeine.de/web/zgt/suche/detail/-/specific/Romani-Rose-erhaelt-Jochen-Bock-Preis-2015-fuer-Zivilcourage-481459095

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Manifestation against Camp Closure

December 13, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

An Italian association, “July 21” is protesting the closure of a Rroma camp near Rome as part of the fight against petty criminality. One should say there that these camps – contrary to France – are run by the state, the police, and NGOs. Rroma have been parked in them for decades ….

Flash mob to protest closing Roma camps. In: ANSA. 11.12.2015. http://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2015/12/11/flash-mob-to-protest-closing-roma-camps_5186b0ad-75f0-43ca-b49b-2aaf99899dae.html

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Reduced Other French News

December 13, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

The French news are dominated by the regional elections in France where Rroma are instrumentalised by the Front National. Many articles on this topic, but little specific content beyond this fact…

Other than that, few news beyond Saint-Genis-les-Ollières. In Wissous, neighbours are furious because of the Rroma camp, complaining about noise, dirt, and rats; a cadaver was discovered in a site previously squatted by Rroma near Marseilles; one family (yes, one) happy tale in the North of France after having found a permanent housing; and finally an exhibitionist who was paying Rroma children to watch him – one of the few news with Rroma where the Rroma are not the criminals…

Le campement rom de Wissous excède les riverains. In: Le Parisien. 10.12.2015. http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/val-de-marne-94/le-campement-rom-de-wissous-excede-les-riverains-10-12-2015-5356667.php
Marseille : pompes funèbres à Notre-Dame-Limite. In: La Provence. 11.12.2015. http://www.laprovence.com/article/actualites/3709345/marseille-pompes-funebres-a-notre-dame-limite.html
Du camp de Roms de Roubaix au joli pavillon de Douai : la nouvelle vie de la famille Teglas. In: La Voix du Nord. 08.12.2015. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/du-camp-de-roms-de-roubaix-au-joli-pavillon-de-douai-la-ia16b0n3207931
Villeneuve-d’Ascq: un exhibitionniste payait de jeunes Roms. In: La Voix du Nord. 07.12.2015. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/villeneuve-d-ascq-un-exhibitionniste-payait-de-jeunes-roms-ia28b0n3206079
Villeneuve-d’Ascq: condamné deux fois cette année pour s’être exhibé devant des enfants Roms. In: La Voix du Nord. 08.12.2015. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/villeneuve-d-ascq-condamne-deux-fois-cette-annee-pour-ia28b50417n3208312

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France: Opposition to an Integration Village

December 13, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

The inhabitants and the mayor of the small village of Saint-Genis-les-Ollières near Lyon are continuing their opposition to an integration village (village d’insertion) for Rroma in their commune. They are now giving back their elector’s cards and the mayor’s trying a last legal recourse against this decision.

Village d’insertion des Roms: Les habitants de Saint-Genis-les-Ollières rendent leurs cartes d’électeurs. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 10.12.2015. http://www.20minutes.fr/lyon/1748243-20151210-village-insertion-roms-habitants-saint-genis-ollieres-rendent-cartes-electeurs
Le maire de Saint-Genis-les-Ollières tente un dernier recours contre la venue de Roms. In: MLyon.fr. 13.12.2015. http://www.mlyon.fr/141005-le-maire-de-saint-genis-les-ollieres-tente-un-dernier-recours-contre-la-venue-de-roms.html
Le bras de fer se poursuit entre l’élu opposé à l’aménagement du village d’insertion devant accueillir 15 à 20 familles Roms et le représentant de l’Etat. In: Le Progrès. 08.12.2015. https://www.leprogres.fr/rhone/2015/12/08/le-maire-veut-contrer-le-prefet
Un “Sitting” contre l’installation des Roms à Saint-Genis-les-Ollières. In: Radio Scoop. 11.12.2015. https://www.radioscoop.com/infos.php?id=111207

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A Missed Opportunity

December 13, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

The former French President, Nicolas Sarkozy again missed a good opportunity to remain silent. He again fumed against immigration, refugees, and Rroma.

Pity that France did not close their border in 1956… He would be playing with Orban in Hungary nowadays!

Nicolas Sarkozy : “L’immigration n’est pas le thème du Front national, c’est le thème des Français”. In: Atlantico. 09.12.2015. http://www.atlantico.fr/pepites/nicolas-sarkozy-immigration-est-pas-theme-front-national-c-est-theme-francais-2484824.html#0pvEsqGodXfgLUaQ.99

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Geneva Police in Romania

December 13, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

The Geneva police went to investigate a case of human trafficking – a man accused to have sold his invalid son to go and beg in Geneva. As usual, stereotypes prevail. No one has so far proven that there are criminal clans engaged in begging. There are families who live from that, but this is about it. And it is not a business – not for 20 CHF per day.

Mendicino, Fedele. Opération de la police genevoise en Roumanie. In: La Tribune de Genève. 09.12.2015. http://www.tdg.ch/geneve/actu-genevoise/operation-police-genevoise-roumanie/story/30930203

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Rroma and Sinti after the War …

December 13, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

It did not stop with the War… The review of a book on the fate of Rroma and Sinti in Germany after 1945. Many of the persecutions did indeed continue well into the 21^st century.

Unheimliche Kontinuität. In: Junge Welt. 10.12.2015. https://www.jungewelt.de/2015/12-10/001.php

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Kosovo Rroma: Two families must return

December 13, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

A German court in Göttingen decided that two families of Rroma from the Kosovo must return as they did not integrate in Germany.

SHAME!

First, the Germans recognised the ethnic cleansing of Kosovo and de-facto expulsion of all minorities, with less than 10% of the original Rroma still living there, and now, 16 years after the facts, people are sent back.

PROTEST!

A Court in Göttingen decided that two Roma families must return to Kosovo, as they failed to integrate into the German society. In: New Europe. 10.12.2015. http://neurope.eu/article/roma-families-living-in-germany-for-many-years-may-return-to-kosovo/
Gericht in Göttingen: Roma-Familien dürfen nach 17 Jahren in Deutschland abgeschoben werden. In: Der Spiegel. 09.12.2015. http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/goettingen-roma-familien-duerfen-nach-17-jahren-abgeschoben-werden-a-1066873.html

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Travellers in Switzerland: They are not wanted

December 13, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

An article about the mobilisation of the Swiss rightist party (SVP/UDC) against Rroma travellers in Martigny, in the French speaking part of Switzerland.

Populists!

Gitans à Martigny: trois partis montent au front contre l’initiative de l’UDC. In: Le Novelliste. 05.12.2015. http://www.lenouvelliste.ch/articles/valais/martigny-region/gitans-a-martigny-trois-partis-montent-au-front-contre-l-initiative-de-l-udc-468462

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Sarkozy and Travellers

December 13, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

As part of an Interview, the ex-President and now candidate said a few things that make no sense …

La brochette d’intox matinales de Sarkozy. In: La Liberté. 02.12.2015. http://www.liberation.fr/desintox/2015/12/02/la-brochette-d-intox-matinales-de-sarkozy_1417670

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Documentary on Bulgarian Rroma

December 13, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

A documentary on Bulgarian Rroma was shown in Bordeaux in France. It highlighted the issue of illegal buildings, a topic that was often in the press lately.

Sud Ouest: Chakaraka documentary dedicated to Bulgarian Roma showed in Bordeaux. In: Focus News Agency. 01.12.2015. http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2015/12/01/391137/sud-ouest-chakaraka-documentary-dedicated-to-bulgarian-roma-showed-in-bordeaux.html

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French Travellers: Backwards Traditions

December 13, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

The story of a young traveller girl who was shut in for three weeks because she lost her virginity is placated in the press as a sign of the backwardness of these travellers. The point here is not that it happened, there are traditional people in every community (otherwise, there wouldn’t have been so many people in France manifesting for “traditional” families), the point is that it is not descriptive of all Rroma …

Belaïd, Lakhdar. Séquestrée pendant trois semaines dans une caravane car elle avait perdu sa virginité. In: La Voix du Nord. 05.12.2015. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/sequestree-pendant-trois-semaines-dans-une-caravane-car-ia26b58809n3198858

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Rroma Inclusion in Italy

December 13, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

Very few Italian cities and regions respect the law regarding the establishment of round tables for the integration of Rroma. The city of Rome recently finally created such an instrument.

Late, and let’s see if it brings anything.

Roma, Nazione Rom: Istituire il tavolo di inclusione Rom, Sinti, Caminanti. In: AgenParl. 02.12.2015. http://www.agenparl.com/roma-nazione-rom-istituire-il-tavolo-di-inclusione-rom-sinti-caminanti/

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Gens Du Voyage in France: Unwanted

December 13, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

Besides being criminals (see other post), Gens du Voyage – travellers, are also unwanted in France. People don’t want them near them for sure. This term usually covers Manouches, Sinti, and Lovara and Kaldersasha who are at home in France besides non-Rroma groups of travellers.

Non à l’implantation d’une aire de grand passage des gens du voyage aux Essarts-le-Roi. In: Mes Opinions. 03.12.2015. http://www.mesopinions.com/petition/social/implantation-aire-grand-passage-gens-voyage/17201
La Valentine: les gens du voyage “en coloc'” sur le terrain d’une enterprise. In: La Provence. 05.12.2015. http://www.laprovence.com/article/actualites/3701085/la-valentine-les-gens-du-voyage-en-colloc-sur-le-terrain-dune-entreprise.html
Une cinquantaine de caravanes s’installe au Coudray-Montceaux. In: Le Parisien. 02.12.2015. http://www.leparisien.fr/le-coudray-montceaux-91830/une-cinquantaine-de-caravanes-s-installe-au-coudray-montceaux-02-12-2015-5333533.php
Les gens du voyage ne fêteront pas Noël à Douarnenez. In: Ouest France. 05.12.2015. http://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/douarnenez-29100/les-gens-du-voyage-ne-feteront-pas-noel-douarnenez-3894179
Venette : 1 000 sportifs privés de salle après l’arrivée des gens du voyage. In: Le Parisien. 01.12.2015. http://www.leparisien.fr/oise-60/venette-1-000-sportifs-prives-de-salle-apres-l-arrivee-des-gens-du-voyage-01-12-2015-5330671.php
L’arrivée des gens du voyage prive les sportifs de sale. In: Le Parisien. 02.12.2015. http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/oise-60/l-arrivee-des-gens-du-voyage-prive-les-sportifs-de-salle-02-12-2015-5331447.php
Gens du voyage : la création d’un terrain familial inquiète. In: L’Orne. 02.12.2015. http://www.orne-hebdo.fr/2015/12/02/gens-du-voyage-la-creation-d-un-terrain-familial-inquiete/
Il a fallu que le sous-préfet leur demande en personne, mardi, de quitter la zoner à vocation économique. In: Le Progrès. 02.12.2015. https://www.leprogres.fr/jura/2015/12/02/dole-les-gens-du-voyage-ont-de-nouveau-degrade-la-zone-innovia
Kaltenhouse : des pavillons pour les gens du voyage. In: FR3 Alsace. 30.11.2015. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/alsace/kaltenhouse-des-pavillons-pour-les-gens-du-voyage-866975.html
OISE Les gens du voyage s’installent. In: Le Courrier Piccard. 03.12.2015. http://www.courrier-picard.fr/region/oise-les-gens-du-voyage-s-installent-ia9441b0n684009
À Beuvry, le conflit entre la commune et les gens du voyage s’éternise. In: L’Avenir de l’Artois. 04.12.2015. http://www.lavenirdelartois.fr/bethune/a-beuvry-le-conflit-entre-la-commune-et-les-gens-du-ia694b0n155478
Gens du voyage. 50 caravanes s’installent sans autorisation à la Stef. In: Le Télégramme. 30.11.2015. http://www.letelegramme.fr/morbihan/branderion/gens-du-voyage-50-caravanes-s-installent-sans-autorisation-a-la-stef-30-11-2015-10869289.php
Gens du voyage à bannir. In: Le Novelliste. 04.12.2015. http://www.lenouvelliste.ch/articles/valais/martigny-region/gens-du-voyage-a-bannir-467902
La cession d’un bien public au rabais à l’épreuve de l’accueil des gens du voyage. In: EuroJouris. 02.12.2015. http://www.eurojuris.fr/fr/collectivités/urbanisme/ouvrages-et-travaux-publics-construction/cession-bien-public-au-rabais-pour-accueillir-lesgens-du-voyage#.VmQGfYSunV0
Royan : l’Agglomération entre économies et projections. In: Sud Ouest. 05.12.2015. http://www.sudouest.fr/2015/12/05/l-agglomeration-entre-economies-et-projections-2207910-1392.php
Aire d’accueil. La mairie ordonne sa fermeture. In: Le Télégramme. 05.12.2015. http://www.letelegramme.fr/finistere/douarnenez/aire-d-accueil-la-mairie-ordonne-sa-fermeture-05-12-2015-10876166.php#z2DXCx7MuZf11DRD.99
Les élus ne veulent pas d’un rapprochement avec Bords de Veyle. In: Le Progrès. 04.12.2015. http://www.leprogres.fr/ain/2015/12/04/les-elus-ne-veulent-pas-d-un-rapprochement-avec-bords-de-veyle
Toulouse: Renversée par une voiture, une jeune fille de 15 ans est grièvementblessée. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 01.12.2015. http://www.20minutes.fr/toulouse/1741863-20151201-toulouse-renversee-voiture-jeune-fille-15-ans-grievement-blessee

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An Interview of the Hungarian Press

December 13, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

An interesting interview of Dalma Dojcsàk, of the Hungarian Union for Civil Liberties on the role of Hungarian Medias on the refugee question in that country.

Read the paragraph on Rroma too!

De la peur, la liberté et la responsabilité des médias: L’histoire de réfugiés en Hongrie. In: IFEX.org. 30.11.2015. http://www.ifex.org/hungary/2015/11/30/media_landscape/fr/

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Rroma Pride: The case of a Boxer

December 13, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

The tale of a research on a Rroma Boxer in Germany and its impact on today’s Rroma.

Well Done!

Schultze, Rainer. The most meaningful impacts can be small-scale. In: The Times Higher Education. 03.12.2015. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/comment/the-most-meaningful-impacts-can-be-small-scale

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Gens du Voyage in France … Part One: CRIME

December 13, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

Usual press coverage on travellers in France: Basically, they are all thieves and criminals (more than 15 articles); and they are not wanted – see other article!

Loire-Atlantique : 4 magasins de bricolage cambriolés la même nuit. In: Breizh Info. 03.12.2015. http://www.breizh-info.com/35717/actualite-orange-mecanique/loire-atlantique-4-magasins-de-bricolage-cambrioles-la-meme-nuit/
Escroqueries en série sur la côte d’Opale. In: Nord Littoral. 30.11.2015. http://www.nordlittoral.fr/accueil/escroqueries-en-serie-sur-la-cote-d-opale-ia0b0n263795
Aoste: enquête autour de deux coups de feu. In: Le Dauphiné.com. 02.12.2015. http://www.ledauphine.com/isere-nord/2015/12/02/enquete-autour-de-deux-coups-de-feu-vlzf
Carrières-sous-Poissy : il s’oppose à l’arrestation d’un fuyard. In: Le Parisien. 02.12.2015. http://www.leparisien.fr/carrieres-sous-poissy-78955/carrieres-sous-poissy-il-s-oppose-a-l-arrestation-d-un-fuyard-02-12-2015-5333011.php
Achat de caravane volée : 6 mois avec sursis. In: Le Télégramme. 04.12.2015. http://www.letelegramme.fr/morbihan/pontivy/achat-de-caravane-volee-6-mois-avec-sursis-04-12-2015-10875066.php
Détention provisoire après les coups de feu à Brest. In: Ouest France. 01.12.2015. http://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/detention-provisoire-apres-les-coups-de-feu-brest-3887541
Tribunal D’Amiens. Ils violentent et volent deux fois un homme atteint de Parkinson. In: Le Courrier Picard. 03.12.2015. http://www.courrier-picard.fr/region/tribunal-d-amiens-ils-violentent-et-volent-deux-fois-un-ia0b0n683805
Une collection de pièces qui voyage : six mois de sursis à la receleuse. In: Le Télégramme. 03.12.2015. http://www.letelegramme.fr/finistere/pont-labbe/une-collection-de-pieces-qui-voyage-six-mois-de-sursis-a-la-receleuse-03-12-2015-10873562.php#4hABlRVbJBUFHIxq.99
Escroquerie en famille organisée. In: Le Pays.fr. 03.12.2015. http://www.le-pays.fr/region/actualite/2015/12/03/escroquerie-en-famille-organisee_11688792.html
Cambriolage avorté : deuxième arrestation. In: La Nouvelle République. 04.12.2015. http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/Loir-et-Cher/Actualite/Faits-divers-justice/n/Contenus/Articles/2015/12/04/Cambriolage-avorte-deuxieme-arrestation-2553213
Les écus revendus étaient volés : six mois de prison avec sursis. In: Ouest France. 03.12.2015. http://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/les-ecus-revendus-etaient-voles-six-mois-de-prison-avec-sursis-3893588
Coups de feu chez les gens du voyage : les suspects maintenus en detention. In: Le Télégramme. 01.12.2015. http://www.letelegramme.fr/finistere/brest/coups-de-feu-chez-les-gens-du-voyage-les-suspects-maintenus-en-detention-01-12-2015-10870462.php
Gens du voyage : les larmes des complices presumes. In: Ouest France. 01.12.2015. http://www.brest.maville.com/actu/actudet_-brest.-gens-du-voyage-les-larmes-des-complices-presumes_52692-2877266_actu.Htm
Trois interpellations dans la communauté des gens du voyage à Quimper. In: Ouest France. http://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/quimper-29000/trois-interpellations-dans-la-communaute-des-gens-du-voyage-quimper-3880457
Descente de police au camp des gens du voyage. In: La Depèche. 03.12.2015. http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2015/12/03/2229872-descente-de-police-au-camp-des-gens-du-voyage.html

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Safe Countries: The fate of Repatriated People

December 13, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

What happens to people whose asylum application has been refused based on the safe country principle. Bad!

Zurück in eine ungewisse Zukunft. In: RP Online. 05.12.2015. http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/viersen/zurueck-in-eine-ungewisse-zukunft-aid-1.5609434

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Germany and Rroma

December 13, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

An article on the increasing anti-Tisganism in Germany.

Scary!

Lausberg, Michael. Wir haben ein zunehmendes Problem: Antiziganismus. In: MiGaZin. 02.12.2015. http://www.migazin.de/2015/12/02/vergasen-wir-haben-ein-zunehmendes-problem-antiziganismus/

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Thames Valley UK Police and Rroma

December 13, 2015 Published by: Roma Foundation

The Thames Valley Police has been criticised in a report about their policies towards Gypsies, Rroma, and Travellers. This police force already made headlines as some of its officers posted racist comment on a Facebook page.

Thames Valley Police change their Gypsy, Roma and Traveller policies. In: OneMK. 01.12.2015.
Thames Valley Police ‘must improve traveller and Gypsy data’. In: BBC News. 01.12.2015. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-34975680