A good article and to the point … While the French President excused himself for the role that the French state played in the internment and deportation of Rroma during World War Two, he actually ignored that the French state did persecute Rroma for centuries before that …
– French President Downplays Historical Persecution of Roma People. In: Tele Sur. 30.10.2016. http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/French-President-Downplays-Historical-Persecution-of-Roma-People-20161030-0013.html
A short chronicle… For some reason, very little in France this week. Always good!
A camp near Paris, in Vigneux was closed by riot police; in the same département, in the Essone, 440 migrants from Paris are being housed, with Rroma among them; in Montreuil, the situation of the evicted Rroma has still not been resolve, and nothing has progressed; in the North, near Lille, the administration is trying physical means to stop Rroma from squatting land near a railway station; and finally a story of thieves, two Rroma …
– Un camp de Roms de Vigneux-sur-Seine évacué par les CRS. In: Le Parisien. 03.11.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/vigneux-sur-seine-91270/un-camp-de-roms-de-vigneux-sur-seine-evacue-par-les-crs-03-11-2016-6285147.php
– Un camp rom démantelé à Vigneux-sur-Seine. In: Essone Info. 04.11.2016. https://www.essonneinfo.fr/91-essonne-info/99216/camp-de-roms-demantele-a-vigneux-seine/
– L’Essonne accueille 440 migrants de Stalingrad. In: Le Parisen. 04.11.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/essonne-91/l-essonne-accueille-440-migrants-de-stalingrad-04-11-2016-6290022.php
– Montreuil. Pas de trêve hivernale pour les familles Roms expulsées. In: Mediapart. 01.11.2016. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/011116/montreuil-pas-de-treve-hivernale-pour-les-familles-roms-expulsees
– Les talus dressés devant la gare seront aménagés au printemps. In: La Voix du Nord. 02.11.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/68371/article/2016-11-02/les-talus-dresses-devant-la-gare-seront-amenages-au-printemps
Castelnau-le-Lez : deux suspects repéraient pour cambrioler. In: e-metropolitain. 04.11.2016. http://e-metropolitain.fr/2016/11/04/castelnau-lez-deux-suspects-reperaient-cambrioler/
The Rroma literature award dedicated to Čeja Stojka was given to a young Rrom author Samuel Mago.
– Roma-Literaturpreis des Österreichischen PEN in Erinnerung an Ceija Stojka 2016 geht an Samuel Mago. In: Presstext. 03.11.2016. http://www.pressetext.com/news/20161103025
The international day of the Romani Language was yesterday. The EU did its part. Good, as we are all part of Europe!
– Roma and Travellers. In: Council of Europe. 05.11.2016. http://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/roma/-/asset_publisher/8woM0jEw4fpo/content/world-day-of-romani-language-marker-of-identity-for-the-roma-community
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