October 4, 2023 - rroma.org

Germany, Roma, and Discrimination

October 4, 2023 Published by: Roma Foundation

Several articles about the constant discrimination faced by Roma in Germany. Be it searching for job or as refugees, the picture is not flattering for Germany.

Diskriminierung von Roma: Jeder Einzelne von uns hat Verantwortung. In: Neue Presse. 04.10.2023. https://www.neuepresse.de/lokales/hannover/diskriminierung-von-roma-jeder-einzelne-von-uns-hat-verantwortung-O52QT5GNZRC4VLV7IEJAD4WPX4.html
„Sinti und Roma sind die am stärksten diskriminierte Minderheit in Europa“. In: HAZ. 04.10.2023. https://www.haz.de/lokales/hannover/studie-sinti-und-roma-sind-die-am-staerksten-diskriminierte-minderheit-7F2AN7MM6VE6XEK3DE4CUVZGXE.html
„Da ist Hopfen und Malz verloren“: Wie Mitarbeiter im Jobcenter über Roma denken. InL HAZ. 04.10.2023. https://www.haz.de/lokales/hannover/hannover-studie-rassismus-gegen-roma-mit-system-im-jobcenter-6E3KE4WH45GOJM2WZFZVCVQR2I.html
Roma gezielt menschenunwürdig untergebracht. In: N-TV. 04.10.2023. https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Roma-gezielt-menschenunwuerdig-untergebracht-article24439365.html

Austria News Western Europe

Travelling Roma and Austria

October 4, 2023 Published by: Roma Foundation

Seasonal news, indeed. A few articles in the Austrian Press about Roma camping near Linz. And these are not really flattering.

Sinti & Roma campen nicht mehr nur in Pichling. In: Krone. 04.10.2023. https://www.krone.at/3130090
Sinti & Roma campen nicht mehr nur in Pichling. In: Linz News. 04.10.2023. https://linz.news/2023/10/sinti-roma-campen-nicht-mehr-nur-in-pichling/

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Polish article on Romanian Roma

October 4, 2023 Published by: Roma Foundation

The Title says it all: “They live on garbage in the largest ghetto in Europe. “A school bag and money for school were impossible wishes’” It is an article on Pata Rat, a garbage dump on the outskirts of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, which has become a home for the excluded. The country’s fifth largest city, wealthy and with numerous cultural centres, hides people who are not treated as citizens.

Good to say, but also presents Roma as exactly that: The ones who are excluded. It also furthers stereotypes.

Żyją na śmieciach w największym getcie Europy. “Tornister i pieniądze na szkołę były życzeniami niemożliwymi do spełnienia”. In: Wia domosci. 04.10.2023. https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/swiat/najwieksze-w-europie-getto-na-wysypisku-smieci-sa-kierowcami-smieciarek/5e5szgf

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Slovak Elections and Roma

October 4, 2023 Published by: Roma Foundation

It seems that Roma voted overwhelmingly (up to 80%) for the conservative and anti-establishment party OĽaNO party led by Igor Matovič. There are a few dissonant voices and the police is investigating suspicions of electoral corruption.

OĽaNO volilo 50- až 80-tisíc Rómov. In: SME. 04.10.2023. https://www.sme.sk/minuta/23227110/bez-romov-by-olano-nebolo-v-parlamente?ref=mnt
Rómsky kráľ Matovič. In: Pravda. 03.10.2023. https://nazory.pravda.sk/komentare-a-glosy/clanok/683749-romsky-kral-matovic/