Daily Archives: January 10, 2016

France News Western Europe

Last French Chronicle of 2015

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In the hope that 2016 will be kinder to us, here’s the last chronicle of the year for France and Rroma. An integration story in Sucy, near Paris; near Lyon, a camp will be destroyed; in the same Lyon, one asks why there are still some camps in the city; in the North, one remembers a child who died in a fire in a camp near Lille and one remembers a campaign against Rroma; in the same region, one commemorates the large projects that changed the city – repacing a Rroma camp by a new settlement; and finally one interrogates oneself as to why the Front National did such a good score;

News Western Europe

Planned Remembrance of Deportation

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Berlin Marzahn, is planning to commemorate the creation, 80 ago in 2016 of the internment camp for Rroma and Sinti. This is where the Rroma Holocaust started.

May they be remembered!

Greece News Western Europe

Rroma Baby Dies in a Fire in Greece

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A Rroma baby died in a fire in a camp in central Greece. While we regret this death, the reporting and the lack of background on the subject further the standard stereotypes – all Rroma are poor, live in camps, etc…

News Eastern Europe Serbia

Education in Serbia

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Some interesting numbers in Serbia and on education. The census counted 147’000 Rroma in Serbia, or rather, 147’000 people declared themselves or were rated as such in the survey. This represents 2.1% of the population in Serbia. Generally, one counts that there are about 10% of Rroma in that country. A bit more.

The ones who were registered have a bleak future with very low education (only one in a thousand will make it to university).

Bleak but not the full picture.

Germany News Eastern Europe News Western Europe

All Stay

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An action was started in Germany against the deportation of refugees from “safe-countries” who have been in Germany for a long time.

PLEASE SUPPORT!

France News Western Europe

First Rroma Families in Saint-Genis-les-Ollières

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The first Rroma families arrived in the insertion village in Saint-Genis-les-Ollières in spite of a long opposition by the mayor and the residents.

Let’s hope things will work out.

News Western Europe Spain

Racial Riots in Southern Spain

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Following the stabbing of an African migrant after a dispute with a Rrom, a riot started and there were fights in the street between Rroma and Africans in the town of Roquetas del Mar.

BAD …

But … The paper reporting this is notoriously biased against minorities and refugees. So caution on this!

France News Western Europe

Small Gestures …

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In a few places, people went out of their way to help Rroma on Christmas day. In Western France in Nantes and in Normandie, in Paris, in the North of France, and in Rome.

Germany News Western Europe

Workshop in Greven (Germany) with Rroma Youth

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A workshop in Greven, Germany focused on the integration of young Rroma in society. While the aim is definitively to be praised, the suggestions, an orchestra, fall again in the stereotypes. Pity …

News Western Europe

Canadian Immigration Lawyers Suspended

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Two Canadian lawyers specialised in Asylum cases where suspended by the Canadian bar and fined for having improperly defended and cheated their clients, in several cases, Rroma were the victims of these unscrupulous lawyers.

Well Done!

News Western Europe

Turkish Rrom MP: Discrimination is Ripe

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Özcan Purçu, the first Rroma Member of Parliament in Turkey, stated that entire segments of the population are being marginalised in Turkey nowadays due to the polarisation seen under Erdogan. This is bad for Rroma, as racism is already common against them in Turkey.

France News Western Europe

Zemour: Condemned for Incitation to Racial Hatred

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After having been freed in first instance, Eric Zemour was condemned in second Instance for incitation to racial hatred for his statement « Les Normands, les Huns, les Arabes, les grandes invasions d’après la chute de Rome sont désormais remplacés par les bandes de Tchétchènes, de Roms, de Kosovars, de Maghrébins, d’Africains qui dévalisent, violentent ou dépouillent » [Normans, Huns, Arabs, the big invasions after the fall of Rome are nowadays replaced by bands of Chechens, Kosovars, Maghrebians, Africans who steal, rape or rob.]

About time …

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More Crime … Geneva

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A sordid story of a mal prostitute from Romania and his client and violence. The prostitute slit the throat of the client in whose flat he was living, killed the dogs and torched the flat.

OK, it is crime. What is the relevance here of the fact that the two criminals were Rroma? Does it add anything or does it just strengthen stereotypes?

Germany News Western Europe

German Incitation to Racial Hatred

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A German citizen (handicapped) has been condemned in Germany for incitation to racial hatred for having published comments stating “when will further Gypsy cars burn” and a few others on his webpage …

GOOD!

France News Western Europe

French Chronicle …

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Mixed bag this week … Apart from the news from Saint-Gilles-les-Ollières, two articles on the illegal Rroma camp on the former railway around Paris; in Ivry, near Paris, ten houses for Rroma are inaugurated; a few articles on the regional votes, and especially on the Front National; and then, of course, criminality …

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