A visit together with Romani Rose, president of the German Council of Sinti and Roma, in Auschwitz. One thing can be said: In Germany, they deal with the past. Some other countries should follow.
Two articles on the safe countries, stating the obvious …
Short article on the multicultural debate in Hungary. Mr. Orban should well remember that when Hungarian was introduced as a national language at the end of the 19th century (very late), only 30% of the population spoke it …
Another article on the “safe countries” and on the fact that these are all but safe if you are from a minority!
A few French stories: One on integration in the North; one on mobilisation in Lilles; and one of a camp that was abandoned close to Paris.
Ten pictures to look at …
The town of Banovce in Slovakia is implementing hard rules against the Rroma minority: If a family breaks public order or housing rules three times, it will be expulsed. These measures are meant to “protect” decent people from the noise and nuisance of the Rroma. In fact, this is an expulsion measure and as such cannot be tolerated.
SHAME.
Foreign minister Steinmeier is justifying the extension the list of “safe countries” to make it more difficult for refugees from the Balkan.
Maybe, in the case of minorities, as a German, he should think twice about this…
A young Rroma girl made it to the headline for having an IQ higher than Einstein and Hawkins. Good for her!
BUT !!!!
Why did all the papers dwell on her origins? Is it so surprising that there can be smart Rroma? All journalists seem somewhat surprised by this.
Nicole Barr, la giovane di 12 anni con il quoziente intellettivo maggiore di Albert Einstein. In: Huffington Post Italian Edition. 10.08.2015. http://www.huffingtonpost.it/2015/08/09/nicole-barr-quoziente-intellettivo_n_7961314.html?ncid=fcbklnkithpmg00000001
Sweden’s tolerance seems to crumble as an attack on a Romanian Rroma migrant shows. The influx of migrants from Syria and from the Balkan is polarising Sweden.
This week end saw the yearly pilgrimage of Rroma from Austria and neighbouring countries to Mariazell in Austria. This pilgrimage takes place since a very long time but is less known than the one in Sainte Marie de la Mer.
A “Gypsy Boss” who became known following a TV documentary was condemned to 15 months in prison and expelled from Denmark.
What is NOT ACCEPTABLE, is that ethnicity is mentioned in such cases. Would one do it with a Jew, or with another minority? Criminals are criminals, and this has no connection to origins or ethnicity.
As usual, a chronicle of the usual evictions, reactions, and other things happening in France in the context of camps and migrants. In Metz, the North East of France, a collective is accusing the police of harassment against Rroma; in Paris, a 5 years young Rrom dies, crushed by a lorry; in Toulouse, a camp will be evicted soon; a paper that is notably biased against Rroma publishes news on theft of gasoil by Rroma; and finaly in Toulose, the mayor and the opposition are all in agreement to have stopped the second integration village for Rroma in Paleficat.
Another article on the group of young Rroma musicians and dancers from Slovakia, Kesaj Tchave and of a French association helping them.
A chilling article on a small town in Hungary and of his extreme rightist mayor. Scary reality for many Rroma in Hungary.
A SHAME
Nils Muižnieks, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, warned against the modern racism against Rroma while at the commemorations of the Rroma Holocaust. We cannot but agree with him here.
In the article, the term of “Porajmos” is used. This term has often been put in conjunction with the Rroma Holocaust. Actually, it means a sexual rape, and is only understood in some Vlax dialects. This term should not be used at all in this context.
An article of the magazine the Spiegel on the myths of the Balkan refugees and their preponderance in the debate in Germany.
In Nice, an exhibition on Rroma and travellers was stolen from the church it was in. The was certainly not for the value of stolen artefacts …
Israel Galvan, the Flamenco dancer, in his latest choreography “Lo Real” paid a tribute to the victims of the Holocaust.
Worth seeing!
In the debate about secure countries of origins, one often actually forgets the rights of minorities and their plights in many of those countries.
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