June 11, 2016 - rroma.org

French Chronicle …

June 11, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

More news this week on Rroma, particularly in the North. First, a story about street view and the Rroma in Lille; then, tensions between Rroma squatting houses and their neighbours in Maubeuges and Roubaix; a camp that will be dismantled, sometimes; near Paris, the story of a school in a caravan for young Rroma children; shots fired at a Rroma camp in the south of France in Montpellier; and finally, a story of thefts perpetrated by young Rroma children.

Lundi, à Lille, « Romani Street View », beau voyage en Google Car sur les pas des Roms. In: La Voix du Nord. 22.05.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/lundi-a-lille-romani-street-view-beau-voyage-en-ia19b0n3522452
Fives : les Roms, en parler sans s’écharper. In: La Voix du Nord. 25.05.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/fives-les-roms-en-parler-sans-s-echarper-ia19b57395n3528953
La situation se crispe entre riverains et Roms de la rue d’Hautmont, à Maubeuge. In: La Voix du Nord. 28.05.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/la-situation-se-crispe-entre-riverains-et-roms-de-la-rue-ia23b0n3535819
Roubaix : une maison squattée par des Roms impossibles à déloger. In: La Voix du Nord. 28.05.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/roubaix-une-maison-squattee-par-des-roms-impossibles-a-ia24b58797n3534364
Roubaix : les Roms des Couteaux devront quitter leur camp dans six mois… ou un an. In: Nord Éclair. 26.05.2016. http://www.nordeclair.fr/info-locale/roubaix-les-roms-des-couteaux-devront-quitter-leur-camp-ia50b12891n1143653
Saint-Ouen : les enfants roms apprennent l’école dans un camion. In: Le Parisien. 25.05.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/saint-ouen-93400/saint-ouen-les-enfants-roms-apprennent-l-ecole-dans-un-camion-25-05-2016-5828463.php
Montpellier-Lattes : coups de feu et incendie contre des gens du voyage. In: Info H24. 22.05.2016. http://infos-h24.fr/2016/05/22/montpellier-coups-de-feu-incendie-contre-camps-de-roms/
Montpellier : Un camp rom aurait été la cible de coups de feu. In: 20 Minutes FR. 23.05.2016. http://www.20minutes.fr/montpellier/1850231-20160523-montpellier-camp-rom-cible-coups-feu
Justice : encore un pilleur de fripes condamné. In: 78 Actu. 25.05.2016. http://www.78actu.fr/justice-encore-un-pilleur-de-fripes-condamne_37057/

Germany News Western Europe

Police Action Against Rroma

June 11, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

More on the police action against Rroma who were protesting for the right to stay in Germany.

SHAME

Tiergarten Polizei löst Besetzung von Sinti- und Roma-Denkmal auf. In: Berliner Zeitung. 23.05.2016. http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/berlin/tiergarten-polizei-loest-besetzung-von-sinti–und-roma-denkmal-auf-24102298
Sinti und Roma demonstrieren weiter für Bleiberecht. In: RBB. 23.05.2016. http://www.rbb-online.de/politik/beitrag/2016/05/roma-denkmal-bleiberecht.html

News Western Europe

Understanding the Rroma

June 11, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

A Rroma association in the UK is giving courses about Rroma and by Rroma with the aim of better understanding this minority.

Beyond stereotypes: Understanding the ‘Roma’. In: National Theatre Wales. 27.05.2016. http://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profiles/blogs/beyond-stereotypes-understanding-the-roma

Hungary News Eastern Europe

Hungary and Rroma Education

June 11, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

The EU warned Hungary about the discrimination of Rroma in the country’s school system. De facto, schools are segregated and Rroma are not give a chance to Rroma. This segregation is encouraged at top level, for example by the Minister of Human Resources, Zoltan Balog.

EU warns Hungary over discrimination of Roma schoolchildren. In: EurActiv. 27.05.2016. http://www.euractiv.com/section/justice-home-affairs/news/eu-warns-hungary-over-discrimination-of-roma-schoolchildren/
EC launches infringement procedure against Hungary over education opportunities of Roma children. In: Budapest Business Journal. 26.05.2016. http://bbj.hu/politics/ec-launches-infringement-procedure-against-hungary-over-education-opportunities-of-roma-children_116692
EU: Hungary Must Stop Discriminating Against Roma Children. In: ABC News. 26.05.2016. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/eu-hungary-stop-discriminating-roma-children-39392108
EU Issues Warning to Hungary About Roma Children Discrimination. In: Prensa Latina. 26.05.2016. http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4915241&Itemid=1

News Western Europe

Berlin: Major Police Operation Against Rroma

June 11, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

Berlin Police raided a Rroma protest in Berlin last Sunday. The Rroma were protesting their eventual deportation back to “safe countries” in the Balkan.

SHAME!

Major police operation against Roma in Berlin. In: World Socialist Web Site. 27.05.2016. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/05/27/roma-m27.html

Hungary News Eastern Europe News Western Europe

Art as Resistance

June 11, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

Timea Junghaus, a Rromni artist on Art as a mean of resistance in Viktor Orban’s Hungary.

Timea Junghaus: Roma art as an act of resistance. In: Romea.cz. 27.05.2016. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/timea-junghaus-roma-art-as-an-act-of-resistance

News Eastern Europe Romania

Bucharest: Rroma victims of Post Communist Restitution

June 11, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

Rroma are increasingly suffering from the restitution of housing that is slowly taking place in Romania. They are being expulsed more and more frequently.

Bucharest Housing Crisis: Post-Communist Restitution Victimise Roma. In: Equal Times. 27.05.2016. http://www.equaltimes.org/bucharest-s-housing-crisis-post#.V0lRe1czzV0

France News Western Europe

Saintes Marie de la Mer

June 11, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

Another series of pictures on the pilgrimage in Saintes Marie de la Mer in Souther France.

En images : ferveur gitane aux Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. In: Midi Libre. 25.05.2016. http://www.midilibre.fr/2016/05/25/ferveur-gitane-aux-saintes-maries-de-la-mer,1337878.php
Saintes-Marie-de-la-Mer : début du pèlerinage gitan. In: TF1 News. 24.05.2016. http://lci.tf1.fr/jt-13h/videos/2016/saintes-marie-de-la-mer-debut-du-pelerinage-gitan-8745382.html

France News Western Europe

Saintes Marie de la Mer

June 11, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

A series of pictures of the pilgrimage in Saintes Marie de la Mer in Souther France.

Annual Roma pilgrimage at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer – in pictures. Un: The Guardian. 25.05.2016. http://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2016/may/25/annual-roma-pilgrimage-at-saintes-maries-de-la-mer-in-pictures
Thousands of Roma gipsies descend on sleepy French town in their colourful caravans to pay homage to their patron saint ‘Sarah the Black’. In: Daily Mail. 25.05.2016. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3607863/Thousands-Roma-gipsies-descend-sleepy-French-town-colourful-caravans-pay-homage-patron-saint-Sarah-Black.html#ixzz49wBfvphQ

Bulgaria News Eastern Europe

Bulgaria: Indictment

June 11, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

A Rrom, an official of the Euroroma political party was indicted and arrested together with 4 other people on suspicion of human trafficking and loan-sharking.

Can very well be true, but criminality is not an ethnic characteristic… It is a crime, nothing more.

Bulgaria: Euroroma Party Official Allegedly Led ‘Loansharking Migrant Smugglers’ In: OCCRP. 16.05.2016. https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/5236-bulgaria-euroroma-party-official-allegedly-led-loansharking-migrant-smugglers

France News Western Europe

A Novel on a Rromni

June 11, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

A novel on a young Rromni by a French novelist Valérie Rodrigue is currently being presented to the press. It is a true story of a Rromni migrant and her integration in France.

Longpont – Massy : Dora, maman rom, va dédicacer le roman dont elle est l’héroïne. In: Le Parisien. 20.05.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/massy-91300/longpont-massy-dora-maman-rom-va-dedicacer-le-roman-dont-elle-est-l-heroine-20-05-2016-5814637.php
Longpont-sur-Orge : une dédicace poignante pour la Rom héroïne de roman. In: Le Parisien. 22.05.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/longpont-sur-orge-91310/longpont-sur-orge-une-dedicace-poignante-pour-la-rom-heroine-de-roman-22-05-2016-5819267.php

Hungary News Eastern Europe

Hungary: New Program for Rroma Women

June 11, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

A new program was launched in Hungary aiming at retaining young Rroma women longer in schools. Funded with 150 Mio HUF (450’000 EUR).

This is totally hypocritical. Zoltan Balog, the minister in charge of Human Resources openly advocates segregated schools… What is being said and what is being done are two things, and they are different.

Roma diáklányok segítésére indul program. In: Magyar Hirlap. 25.05.2016. http://magyarhirlap.hu/cikk/55853/Roma_diaklanyok_segitesere_indul_program

News Western Europe

Tories against Rroma

June 11, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

Cameron’s government policies classifying Rroma as travellers and thus stating they are no longer a minority if they cease to travel are totally misplaced and racist. As this article puts it “The government announces that black people must prove they are black by living in majority-black areas. If they move into a white neighbourhood, they will no longer be legally classed as black, and receive no support or protection”.

Totally inacceptable!

The Tory War on Roma, Gypsies and Travellers. In: Vice. 24.05.2016. http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/tory-war-on-gypsies-and-travellers

Bulgaria News Eastern Europe

Bulgaria: Garmen Again

June 11, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

The town of Garmen is bracing itself again about protests against the “illegal” Rroma houses. This endless story continues.

BAD

Bulgaria’s Garmen Braces for New Protest against Illegal Roma Dwellings. In: Novinite. 23.05.2016. http://www.novinite.com/articles/174592/Bulgaria%E2%80%99s+Garmen+Braces+for+New+Protest+against+Illegal+Roma+Dwellings#sthash.GhLmyZ0g.dpuf

Belgium News Western Europe

Belgium: Portrait on a working Rrom

June 11, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

A positive presentation of a young Rroma migrant who works, but also lots of other clichés on Rroma in general.

Tony, un jeune Rom à l’emploi qui brise tous les clichés. In: La Libre Belgique. 17.05.2016. http://www.lalibre.be/actu/belgique/tony-un-jeune-rom-a-l-emploi-qui-brise-tous-les-cliches-5739f2b735702a22d76ce161

France News Eastern Europe News Western Europe Romania

A book on Rroma Migrants: Gabriella, Rom de France

June 11, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

A book by the French ethnologist Catherine Monnot about her conversations and interviews of Gabriela Cantia, a Romanian Rromni who emigrated to France and leaves close to Toulouse in a camp was just published.

Gabriela, Rom de France : rencontre autour du livre, vendredi 18 mai. In: Actu Toulouse. 12.05.2016. http://actu.cotetoulouse.fr/breves/gabriela-rom-de-france-rencontre-autour-du-livre-vendredi-18-mai_35992/
Rencontre auteure à Ombres Blanches le vendredi 13 mai. In: Rencontromsnous. https://rencontromsnous.com/2016/04/13/rencontre-auteure-a-ombres-blanches-le-vendredi-13-mai/

News Switzerland

Switzerland: Meet Rroma

June 11, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

Last week end, there was large program on Rroma in Lausanne, with Movies, Round Table, etc. under the title Kamau te das duma – I want to talk.

A la rencontre des Roms. In: Le Courrier. 19.05.2016. http://www.lecourrier.ch/139220/a_la_rencontre_des_roms

News Western Europe

Manifestation in the UK

June 11, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

Travellers and Rroma manifested in front of the UK parliament to protest against the new planning policy that threatens their way of life and identity. Key point here is that the Gypsy and Traveller Status is no longer applicable for those who have ceased to travel. In brief and as in Switzerland, the way of life defines the minority.

Bad.

Gypsy, Traveller and Roma families rally outside Parliament to challenge new planning policy. In: ICN. 21.05.2016. http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=30117

Bulgaria News Eastern Europe

Bulgaria: An Overview

June 11, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

An overview of the current situation near Sliven in Bulgaria and a transcript of the exchange that promped the beating of a young Rrom a while back for saying “we are equal” to a Bulgarian.

Chilling …

La peur est palpable en Bulgarie. In: Mediapart. 13.05.2016. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/cecile-canut/blog/130516/la-peur-est-palpable-en-bulgarie

Italy News Western Europe

Italy: Northern League Politician in Rroma Camp

June 11, 2016 Published by: Roma Foundation

Mateo Salvini, the leader of the rightist Northern League visited a Rroma camp near Rome. He was promptly insulted by the Rroma there on the basis of his general statements on Rroma.

He then posted the reactions on Facebook. In brief, he was provoking. BAD.

Protesters insult Salvini at Roma camp. In: Ansa Politics. 18.05.2016. http://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2016/05/18/protesters-insult-salvini-at-roma-camp_5fc3df87-d58d-4607-9c1f-925103f7a8ce.html