We organised yesterday the transfer of 11 Roma from the Odessa region to Lithuania where they have relatives.
Rroma Foundation/Rroma Contact Point
Ukraine Refugees in Poland
Monthly Archives: March 2022
40 Years
It has been 40 years since Germany acknowledged the Roma Holocaust. Nevertheless, discriminations still perdure.
- Zentralrat der Sinti und Roma: Diskriminierung bleibt. In: Die Zeit. 16.03.2022. https://www.zeit.de/news/2022-03/16/zentralrat-der-sinti-und-roma-diskriminierung-bleibt?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F
- 40 Jahre Anerkennung des NS-Völkermordes an den Sinti und Roma Europas. In: Ha Galil. 16.03.2022. https://www.hagalil.com/2022/03/40-jahre-anerkennung-des-ns-voelkermordes-an-den-sinti-und-roma-europas/
- DISKRIMINIERUNG VON SINTI UND ROMA SPIELT AUCH FÜR UKRAINE-FLÜCHTLINGE EINE ROLLE. In; Tag 24. 16.03.2022. https://www.tag24.de/thema/ukraine-konflikt/diskriminierung-von-sinti-und-roma-spielt-auch-fuer-ukraine-fluechtlinge-eine-rolle-2373383
Rome and Roma
Seems that the old plans of former mayor Raggi to close camps and relocate them are still being enforced. It also seems that the money is totally wasted, not helping relocating Roma.
Unfortunately not surprising.
- Campi rom, Gualtieri come Raggi? A Roma il nuovo progetto per l’inclusione pare il Vecchio. Il Fatto Quotidiano. 15.03.2022. https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2022/03/15/campi-rom-gualtieri-come-raggi-a-roma-il-nuovo-progetto-per-linclusione-pare-il-vecchio/6521373/
Madhouse
An interview of Alexander Diepold. Himself a Sinto, and the founder of the “Madhouse” a project that helps problematic youth to integrate.
- Alexander Diepold, Leiter Münchner Beratungsstelle für Sinti und Roma. In: BR. 15.03.2022. https://www.br.de/radio/bayern2/sendungen/eins-zu-eins-der-talk/alexander-diepold-eins-zu-eins-der-talk-100.html
Roma Refugees
Well, no surprise, unfortunately. They face discrimination. No surprise because the attitudes of the countries to where they flee are negative towards Roma.
Bad.
- Roma-Flüchtlinge aus der Ukraine berichten von Diskriminierung. In: ORF. 15.03.2022. https://volksgruppen.orf.at/roma/meldungen/stories/3147498/?fbclid=IwAR2KhaVyVdAUbLE7O44-1vqnDb0-AERmPCyQQPdyHyl_aeLTlLMQPL-k5ZI
Spain and Racism
Or the bleak reality of the everyday racism against Roma in that country.
- Roma resistance: dismantling anti-Roma racism in Spain. In: Equal Times. 14.03.2022. https://www.equaltimes.org/roma-resistance-dismantling-anti#.Yi7YgS8w3jA
Weltwoche
The rightist Swiss paper the Weltwoche, who has written numerous derogatory articles about Roma and now does the apology of Putin wrote a comment on the new German Anti-Roma Racism commissioner. And what does the Weltwoche have to say: simply that “The anti-Semitism commissioner shows how successful this is: the number of anti-Semitic incidents has been increasing since he came into existence”.
SHAME on them.
- Deutschland hat einen Antiziganismus-Beauftragten. Wie erfolgreich das wird, zeigt der Antisemitismus-Beauftragte: Seit es ihn gibt, steigt die Zahl antisemitischer Vorfälle. In: Die Weltwoche. 13.03.2022. https://weltwoche.ch/daily/deutschland-hat-einen-antiziganismus-beauftragten-wie-erfolgreich-das-wird-zeigt-der-antisemitismus-beauftragte-seit-es-ihn-gibt-steigt-die-zahl-antisemitischer-vorfaelle/
Serbian Elections and Roma
Roma in Serbia are actively courted by political parties, but have very little political clout when it comes to elections in spite of their large number in Serbia.
- Romi na izborima u Srbiji: najveća manjina, nikakav utjecaj. In: Deutsche Welle. 13.03.2022. https://www.dw.com/hr/romi-na-izborima-u-srbiji-najveća-manjina-nikakav-utjecaj/a-61110280
Roma Refugees in the Ukraine
A discussion with Romnja refugees from the Ukraine in Slovakia.
- Romani refugee from Ukraine: My husband is defending the nuclear plant in Zaporozhzhia. In: Romea. 13.03.2022. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/romani-refugee-from-ukraine-my-husband-is-defending-the-nuclear-plant-in-zaporozhzhia
Racism and Refugees
Better not be Rom or African at the Ukrainian Slovak border. Bus drivers there refused Roma, even forbade them the use of toilets, and many of them were left for days at the border.
Bad.
- Rasizmus na slovenskej hranici. Ukrajinských Rómov nechali čakať niekoľko dní. In: HN Online. 12.03.2022. https://hnonline.sk/svet/23550197-ukrajinski-romovia-a-zahranicni-studenti-celia-na-hraniciach-rasizmu
French Chronicle …
The news is, that there is no noteworthy news on Roma in France this week.
Munich and Roma
Today marks the commemoration of the deportation of Sinti from Munich.
- Gedenken am 13. März 2022. In: Stadt München. https://stadt.muenchen.de/infos/gedenken130322.html
- Virtueller Rundgang im Gedenken an ermordete Sinti und Roma. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. 11.03.2022. https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/dachau/kz-gedenkstaette-dachau-sinti-und-roma-1.5545717
Roma and LGBT
Gianni Jovanovic, Roma activist and homosexual recently published a book on his life.
- „Die Welt ist scheiße zu Schwulen, egal, ob sie Roma sind oder Magdeburger“. In: Berliner Zeitung. 12.03.2022. https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/kultur-vergnuegen/literatur/gianni-jovanovic-roma-sinti-die-welt-ist-scheisse-ist-zu-schwulen-egal-ob-sie-roma-sind-oder-magdeburger-li.216211?pid=true
Poland and Roma Refugees
Some places we visited in Poland with Roma refugees.
Waplewo: 85 Roma, out of which 46 children. From Lutsk, Ukraine.
Krzyżowice: 12 Roma of which 6 children. From Odessa. They want to go to Lithuania where they have relatives.
Wasilków: 102 Roma out of which 56 children. From Wolynië.
Currently no help from the Polish state.
- Rroma Foundation / Rroma Contact Point.
Roma in Slovakia
A worrisome trend in Slovakia where Roma communities are moved out to outskirts or in formerly vacant buildings and left to rot there. Basically, municipalities try to get rid of Roma and minimise investment to Roma neighbourhood.
Bad.
- Ako sa mestá potichu zbavujú rómskych komunít. In: Euractiv. 11.03.2022. https://euractiv.sk/section/ekonomika-a-euro/news/ako-sa-mesta-potichu-zbavuju-romskych-komunit/
Condemned at last
The condemnation for incitation to racial hatred and discrimination against two young SVP politicians (the youth branch of a populist rightist party in Switzerland) was finally confirmed by Switzerland’s highest court.
Good!
- Rassendiskriminierung: Bundesgericht bestätigt Urteil gegen Co-Präsidium der Jungen SVP Bern. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 10.03.2022. https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/rassendiskriminierung-bundesgerichtrassismus-bundesgericht-verurteilt-co-praesidenten-der-jsvp-bern-bestaetigt-urteil-gegen-praesidium-der-jungen-svp-bern-ld.1673934?reduced=true
- Präsidium der JSVP Bern wegen Rassendiskriminierung verurteilt. In: SRF. 10.03.2022. https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/urteil-des-bundesgerichts-praesidium-der-jsvp-bern-wegen-rassendiskriminierung-verurteilt
- Bundesgericht bestätigt Rassismusurteil gegen Berner Jung-SVPler. In: Der Tagblatt. 10.03.2022. https://www.tagblatt.ch/news-service/inland-schweiz/abwertendes-plakat-bundesgericht-bestaetigt-rassismusurteil-gegen-berner-jung-svpler-ld.2261296
- Bundesgericht bestätigt Urteil gegen JSVP-Präsidenten wegen Plakat gegen Fahrende. In: 20 Minuten (CH). 10.03.2022. https://www.20min.ch/story/bundesgericht-bestaetigt-urteil-gegen-jsvp-praesidenten-im-zigeuner-gate-275840489838
Germany and Roma
Mehmet Daimagüler becomes the first German representative against antiziganism. He is a well know lawyer.
- “Der Hass auf diese Minderheit ist tief verwurzelt”. In: Südeutsche Zeitung. 09.03.2022. https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/sinti-und-roma-antiziganismus-beauftragter-mehmet-daimagueler-1.5544376?reduced=true
- Mehmet Daimagüler wird erster Antiziganismus-Beauftragter. In: Der Spiegel. 09.03.2022. https://www.spiegel.de/politik/mehmet-daimagueler-bekannter-rechtsanwalt-wird-erster-antiziganismus-beauftragter-der-bundesregierung-a-ab05bbdd-1300-439e-aae7-177d9dd5a64a
- Regierung beruft Antiziganismus-Beauftragten. In: tagesschau. 09.03.2022. https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/bundesregierung-antiziganismus-beauftragter-101.html
- Sinti und Roma: Daimagüler wird erster Beauftragter gegen Antiziganismus. IN: RND. 09.03.2022. https://www.rnd.de/politik/sinti-und-roma-mehmet-daimagueler-wird-erster-beauftragter-gegen-antiziganismus-2QS5OWTPSZQYLZJ4W7SYSP7ULI.html
- Mehmet Daimagüler wird erster Beauftragter gegen Antiziganismus. In: Die Zeit. 09.03.2022. https://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2022-03/sinti-roma-mehmet-daimagueler-beauftragter-bundesregierung-gegen-antiziganismus?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F
Hungary and Roma Refugees
Not surprising, unfortunately.
- The New York Times: Humanitarian aid workers in Budapest, Hungary are stingy and strict when the refugees are Romani. In: Romea. 09.03.2022. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/the-new-york-times-humanitarian-aid-workers-in-budapest-hungary-are-stingy-and-strict-when-the-refugees-are-romani
Pretty Loud
“Revolutionaries” on the one hand, “pioneers” of the fight against discrimination against Roma on the modern music scene, girls who stand not only for the rights of Roma women, but for all women – Silvia Sinani, Zlata Ristic, Diana and Zivka Iva Ferhatovic, Selma and Elma Dalipi , make up the band Pretty Loud.
- Muzičarke iz benda Pretty Loud: Menjamo ono što naše bake i majke nisu uspele da promene (VIDEO). In: Danas. 09.03.2022. https://www.danas.rs/kultura/muzicarke-iz-benda-pretty-loud-menjamo-ono-sto-nase-bake-i-majke-nisu-uspele-da-promene-video/
Ukraine Refugees
Officially, anyone from the Ukraine is welcome in the EU. Well, unless you are Rom or are amongst the foreigners who are in Ukraine, many of them from Africa ort the Middle East.
Bad.
- „Die Bomben treffen alle“. In: Der Tagesspiegel. 09.03.2022. https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/ukrainische-fluechtlinge-und-andere-die-bomben-treffen-alle/28145380.html
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