London Green Belt Commissioner Eric Pickle lost a landmark case against two Rroma. The judge stated that Pickle’s department breached both human rights and equality laws in denying Rroma to pitch in the green belt. This case highlight the current policies in England but also in France of evicting Rroma settlements, even, if in this case, these existed for generations.

• Eric Pickles discriminated against Romany Gypsies in green belt – judge. In: The Guardian.  21.01.2015. http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jan/21/eric-pickles-unlawfu-discrimination-against-romany-gypsies-green-belt-judge-rules

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