The story of Joszef who fled Hungary to Canada and has now settled in Toronto. Good that one speaks of the situation in Hungary.
– Seeking asylum: How one Roma family fled persecution for safety in Canada. In: City News. 29.03.2018. http://toronto.citynews.ca/2018/03/29/seeking-asylum-one-roma-family-fled-persecution-safety-canada/ [link-preview url=”http://toronto.citynews.ca/2018/03/29/seeking-asylum-one-roma-family-fled-persecution-safety-canada/”]
According to Janos Lazar, a close ally of Victor Orban, the Roma are the proof that migrants cannot be integrated.
Another racist …
– Orbán ally hits anti-Roma note ahead of election. In: Politico. 29.03.2018. https://www.politico.eu/article/viktor-orban-ally-hits-anti-roma-minority-migration-note-ahead-of-hungary-election/ [link-preview url=”https://www.politico.eu/article/viktor-orban-ally-hits-anti-roma-minority-migration-note-ahead-of-hungary-election/”]
The Hungarian child protection agency is systematically removing Roma children from their families but the Hungarian state does nothing to combat extreme poverty. The agency is now being sued.
– EMMI sued for taking away too many Roma children from their families due to poverty. In: The Budapest Beacon. 28.03.2018. https://budapestbeacon.com/emmi-sued-for-taking-too-many-roma-children-taken-away-from-their-families-due-to-poverty/ [link-preview url=”https://budapestbeacon.com/emmi-sued-for-taking-too-many-roma-children-taken-away-from-their-families-due-to-poverty/”]
A chilling article on the treatment of Roma children in schools in Hungary. The testimonies were given in the context of a lawsuit against a school.
This will have little chances of succeeding, unfortunately.
– Roma children systematically humiliated in Hungary’s segregated schools. In: Budapest Beacon. 15.03.2018. https://budapestbeacon.com/roma-children-systematically-humiliated-in-hungarys-segregated-schools/ [link-preview url=”https://budapestbeacon.com/roma-children-systematically-humiliated-in-hungarys-segregated-schools/”]
An exhibition on the premises of the Nitra Gallery will last until 30 April and will showcase the HateFree project, which was first presented in the DOX Center of Contemporary Art in Prague. This project is responding to an increase in hate towards minorities in the Czech Republic. In its present form, the exhibition was established in cooperation with the Museum of Romany Culture in Brno and presents the work of artists from Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary.
– Nitrianska galéria ponúka pohľad na postavenie Rómov v spoločnosti. In: 24 Hod. 10.03.2018. http://www.24hod.sk/nitrianska-galeria-ponuka-pohlad-na-postavenie-romov-v-spolocnosti-cl572473.html [link-preview url=”http://www.24hod.sk/nitrianska-galeria-ponuka-pohlad-na-postavenie-romov-v-spolocnosti-cl572473.html”]
With the elections nearing in Hungary, the propaganda becomes more and more rabid. A Fidesz candidate now fears that Moslems will take over Hungarian cities (really), and, the part that concerns us, the super minister of Human Resources, Zoltan Balog, made a statement son television saying that government funds earmarked to help integrate the Roma may have to be spent on immigrants instead, if migrants are allowed into to Central and Eastern Europe. This is an attempt at swaying Roma voters to Fidesz.
– Fidesz candidate in Budapest warns of looming Muslim takeover. In: Hungairan Free Press. 11.03.2018. http://hungarianfreepress.com/2018/03/11/fidesz-candidate-in-budapest-warns-of-looming-muslim-takeover/ [link-preview url=”http://hungarianfreepress.com/2018/03/11/fidesz-candidate-in-budapest-warns-of-looming-muslim-takeover/”]
Gabor Varadi, president of the Miskolc Roma local government (in Eastern Hungary) is vehemently protesting against the fact that Orban de-facto qualified Roma as “migrants”. With the demonization of the migrants that has been underway in Hungary, this is very dangerous and definitively discriminatory for people who arrived in the 13th century after all…
– “A cigányság ellen uszított Orbán, bocsánatot kell kérnie”. In: HVG. http://hvg.hu/itthon/20180302_A_ciganysag_ellen_uszitott_Orban_bocsanatot_kell_kernie [link-preview url=”http://hvg.hu/itthon/20180302_A_ciganysag_ellen_uszitott_Orban_bocsanatot_kell_kernie”]
Guess what, Roma are bad, but migrants are worse, because they are foreign … Statements from the Hungarian Prime Minister Orban.
– Orbán says migrants are like gypsies, but migrants are worse because they come from outside Hungary. In: Budapest Beacon. 02.03.2018. https://budapestbeacon.com/orban-says-migrants-like-gypsies-migrants-worse-come-outside-hungary/ [link-preview url=”https://budapestbeacon.com/orban-says-migrants-like-gypsies-migrants-worse-come-outside-hungary/”]
The Council of Europe is organising a meeting with representatives of Roma youth organisations on February 27th and 28th to discuss Roma youth participation at all EU level.
– Roma Youth: Searching for sustainable and meaningful participation. In: Council of Europe. https://www.coe.int/en/web/youth-roma/-/roma-youth-searching-for-sustainable-and-meaningful-participation [link-preview url=”https://www.coe.int/en/web/youth-roma/-/roma-youth-searching-for-sustainable-and-meaningful-participation”]
The Hungarians have caught up with their numbers … The latest statistics about the Roma minority in the country counts 9% of Roma or about 876’000 Roma in the country. This is the number that NGOs and activists have always advanced
This is a major increase to previous numbers which were systematically under-estimated.
– The growth of Hungary’s Roma minority – A fascinating new study. In: The Hungarian Free Press. 23.02.2018. http://hungarianfreepress.com/2018/02/23/the-growth-of-hungarys-roma-minority-a-fascinating-new-study/ [link-preview url=”http://hungarianfreepress.com/2018/02/23/the-growth-of-hungarys-roma-minority-a-fascinating-new-study/”]
The Hungarian police has been given extended rights to conduct identity and physical checks based on a “heightened state of alert” … Note that the police conducts many checks, more than a million a year for a population of less than ten million.
There is a real fear that these extra powers will be negatively felt by the Roma minority.
– National Commissioner of Police ordains increased police control, again. In: Budapest Beacon. 17.02.2018. https://budapestbeacon.com/national-commissioner-police-ordains-increased-police-control/ [link-preview url=”https://budapestbeacon.com/national-commissioner-police-ordains-increased-police-control/”]
A reportage in Hungary on Roma children removed from their families to be put into homes under really bad conditions. The reportage is on the “sensational” side, but the fact remains.
– ‘Nightmare’ plight of the Roma children being taken from their families and placed at risk of abuse in Hungary’s state-run care homes is exposed in shocking documentary. In: The Daily Mail. 15.02.2018. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5387799/Documentary-explores-anti-Gypsy-crisis-Hungary.html
– ‘They love me’: Roma mum worries her children will be taken. In: The Daily Mail. 15.02.2018. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/femail/video-1627740/Video-love-Roma-mum-worries-children-taken.html [link-preview url=”http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5387799/Documentary-explores-anti-Gypsy-crisis-Hungary.html “]
Last chance to apply to a summer course at the CEU in Budapest.
– Romani Identities and Antigypsyism. In: Summer University. https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/romani-2018 [link-preview url=”https://summeruniversity.ceu.edu/romani-2018″]
A short documentary of the Roma in Western Ukraine, the region abutting Slovakia and Hungary on the Western side of the Carpathian mountains.
– https://www.facebook.com/westukrnews/videos/511804342494135/ [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/westukrnews/videos/511804342494135/”]
Viktor Orban, the Hungarian Prime Minister, visited the German CSU at the Monastery of Seeon in Bavaria. While they report the critique about that visit, the paper also mentions that Orban did a housing project for Roma in Mohacs, a small town in the South of Hungary. That was a fig leaf project and let’s be clear, Orban policies are not pro-Roma.
– Orbán genießt auch in Mohács Rückhalt. In: Manheimer Morgen. 06.01.2018. https://www.morgenweb.de/bergstraesser-anzeiger_artikel,-bergstrasse-orbán-geniesst-auch-in-mohács-rueckhalt-_arid,1176837.html [link-preview url=”https://www.morgenweb.de/bergstraesser-anzeiger_artikel,-bergstrasse-orbán-geniesst-auch-in-mohács-rueckhalt-_arid,1176837.html”]
Tibor Ágoston, a Jobbik representative in the city of Debrecen in Eastern Hungary, voted against the local government scholarship for a young Rom. In his speech, he said he would support real talent in Debrecen, but not a “catch all” program.
Jobbik initiated an investigation into the case.
It turns out that Tibor Ágoston was sentenced to a HUF 750,000 (2’500 EUR) in March 2016 for holocaust denial. A nice fellow he certainly is.
He has now made a written statement resigning from all his positions and functions in Jobbik.
– Kilépett a Jobbikból a roma fiatal támogatását megvonó képviselő. In: Index. 28.12.2017. https://index.hu/belfold/2017/12/28/kilepett_a_jobbikbol_a_roma_fiataltol_a_tamogatast_megvono_kepviselo/
– Inkább kilép a Jobbikból a roma fiatalon gúnyolódó debreceni képviselő. In: HVG. 28.12.2017. http://hvg.hu/itthon/20171228_Inkabb_kilep_a_Jobbikbol_a_roma_fiatalon_gunyolodo_debreceni_kepviselo [link-preview url=”https://index.hu/belfold/2017/12/28/kilepett_a_jobbikbol_a_roma_fiataltol_a_tamogatast_megvono_kepviselo/ “]
In the framework of a program called a “Home in Tanoda – a chance for the Roma children in the suburbs of Szeged”, a total of forty students of the Kiskundorozsma and Szeged Roma classrooms were allowed to play in the Szeged Teke and Bowling Centres. From small to big, from the age of four to adolescents, all of them could try it on the alleys.
Nice, but does it really help?
– Tekézni vitte a kiskundorozsmai gyerekeket a Szegedi Roma Tanoda. In: NLCafe. 27.12.2017. https://www.nlcafe.hu/foto/20171227/tekezni-vitte-a-kiskundorozsmai-gyerekeket-a-szegedi-roma-tanoda/ [link-preview url=”https://www.nlcafe.hu/foto/20171227/tekezni-vitte-a-kiskundorozsmai-gyerekeket-a-szegedi-roma-tanoda/”]
A group of extreme right Hungarians is on trial for having constantly harassed and threatened members of a Roma family in Szucs. They even moved in next to them to better threaten them and their relatives.
Let’s see what the justice does.
– Vádat emeltek a roma családot fenyegető Betyársereg-tagok ellen. In: ATV. 18.12.2017. http://www.atv.hu/belfold/20171218-vadat-emeltek-a-roma-csaladot-fenyegeto-betyarsereg-tagjai-ellen [link-preview url=”http://www.atv.hu/belfold/20171218-vadat-emeltek-a-roma-csaladot-fenyegeto-betyarsereg-tagjai-ellen”]
A case of self-justice in Hungary. In a small village, the residents destroyed a house which was squatted by a Roma family who could only gather a few of their belongings.
The family had been asked to leave repeatedly and the house belonged to the village. No arrests nor any case has been brought up against the vilalgers.
– Durva önbíráskodás Székelyföldön egy roma családdal szemben. In: HVG. 19.12.2017. http://hvg.hu/vilag/20171219_Onbiraskodas_Szekelyfold_roma_csalad_onkenyes_hazfoglalas [link-preview url=”http://hvg.hu/vilag/20171219_Onbiraskodas_Szekelyfold_roma_csalad_onkenyes_hazfoglalas”]
A Jobbik Party member, Tibor Ágoston, in Debrecen (Eastern Hungary), created an uproar when he opposed a scholarship for a gifted Roma student. He spoke against the support of the student:
“If we once say that Arany János Talent-Care Program, then arrange the talents and not those who want to give a chance to show whether he is gifted or not. Or let’s do a program called Rostás Winnetou, and it’s a catch-up program. ”
No further comments …
– A Jobbik képviselője nem volt hajlandó megszavazni egy roma diák ösztöndíját. In: 444. 17.12.2017. https://444.hu/2017/12/17/a-jobbik-kepviseloje-nem-volt-hajlando-megszavazni-egy-roma-diak-osztondijat
– NEM SZAVAZTA MEG A ROMA DIÁK TÁMOGATÁSÁT A HOLOKAUSZTTAGADÓ JOBBIKOS. In: Kōzelet. 17.12.2017. https://vs.hu/kozelet/osszes/nem-szavazta-meg-a-roma-diak-tamogatasat-a-holokauszttagado-jobbikos-1217
– Nem támogatta a roma fiatal ösztöndíját a holokauszttagadó jobbikos. In: Zoom. 17.12.2017. https://zoom.hu/hir/2017/12/17/nem-tamogatta-a-roma-fiatal-osztondijat-a-holokauszttagado-jobbikos/
– Megvonta volna egy roma fiataltól a támogatást a holokauszttagadó jobbikos. In: Index. 17.12.2017. https://index.hu/belfold/2017/12/17/megvonta_volna_egy_roma_fiataltol_a_tamogatast_a_holokauszttagado_jobbikos/
– Csak a jobbikos képviselő szavazott a roma fiatal támogatása ellen. In” HVG. 17.12.2017. http://hvg.hu/itthon/20171216_Csak_a_jobbikos_kepviselo_szavazott_a_roma_fiatal_tamogatasa_ellen?utm_expid=1324304-23.8USXuGWPRhWtdjJmATShwQ.0&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F [link-preview url=”https://444.hu/2017/12/17/a-jobbik-kepviseloje-nem-volt-hajlando-megszavazni-egy-roma-diak-osztondijat “]
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