An interview of one of the cast of the play “Glasgow Girls” currently running in the UK and, among the girls in the play casts a young Rromni from Kosovo and her plight as a refugee in Scottland.
– Interview with Roanna Davidson from the cast of Glasgow Girls. In: London Theatre. 26.09.2016. https://www.londontheatre1.com/news/148085/interview-roanna-davidson-cast-glasgow-girls/ [link-preview url=””]
In Regensburg, the Rroma who initially occupied the cathedral and then accepted to move to a parish house have left that parish house. Tow of them, one from Kosovo and the other from Macedonia who are under an expulsion order have been arrested. The rest of the refugees have been handed over to the various authorities in charge of refugees. They most probably will also be deported at some point due to the “safe country” policies of Germany.
SHAME!
The shooting in the Munich shopping mall also made some Rroma victims: 3 confirmed deaths. Two were Sinti, and one from the Kosovo.
A long article about the Hotel Gračanica project, a hotel run by Rroma in a country that doesn’t want any Rroma … And lots of information about the current situation.
Further protests in Germany by Rroma in order not to be deported. This is still the continuation of the declaration of several Balkan countries such as Bosnia and Kosovo as being “safe countries” also for minorities such as Rroma.
BAD!
The aftermath of UN policies to relocate Rroma who were ethnically cleansed from their neighbourhoods in Kosovo to former dumps poisoned with heavy metal.
Shame!!!
– Roma in Kosovo: ‘My children are poisoned by lead’ In: Al Jazeera. 19.06.2016. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/05/roma-kosovo-children-poisoned-lead-160524060039653.html
The UN is being urged to pay a compensation of the Kosovo Rroma who were parked in a refugee camp sitting atop of a industrial toxic dump. Many of these Rroma were poisoned by heavy metals and other toxic compounds.
More than 2’000 school children were sent back to Kosovo from Western Europe. Many of them are Rroma, and Kosovo is not the place to be if you are Rrom.
SHAME.
Another excellent article on the fate of returning Rroma refugees in Kosovo.
Hundred of displaced Rroma in Kosovo were forced to live in a camp build on a toxic wasteland. They should be compensated according to the UN.
Late …. But better than never.
An excellent article on the plight of returning refugees, especially to Kosovo.
Two years ago, the fate of a young Rromni – Leonarda – from Kosovo who was expulsed from France filled the papers. She was found by a journalist in Kosovo where she works as a waitress. It says a lot about those expulsions.
The story of the Rroma musicians from Kosovo fighting discrimination is doing the rounds! Good and a good reminder that Rroma were ethnically cleansed away from Kosovo.
We reported yesterday on the Kosovo Rroma musician fighting prejudice. More about them here !
Some Rroma musicians in Kosovo are using music to fight the prejudices they are facing as Rroma in Kosovo. That country, although it had one of the highest proportion of Rroma in the Balkan has been ethnically cleaned. Only ca. 25’000 Rroma remain, less that 10% of the original population.
An interview of Kenan Emini, president of the Roma anti-discrimination Network Göttigen on the forced repatriation of Rroma to so-called sagfe countries such as Kosovo.
In eine gefährliche Zukunft: Leiter des Roma Anti-Diskriminierungsnetzwerkes über Abschiebung. In: Ostthüringer Zeitung. 09.12.2015. http://gera.otz.de/web/lokal/politik/detail/-/specific/In-eine-gefaehrliche-Zukunft-Leiter-des-Roma-Anti-Diskriminierungsnetzwerkes-ue-1936862078
A German court in Göttingen decided that two families of Rroma from the Kosovo must return as they did not integrate in Germany.
SHAME!
First, the Germans recognised the ethnic cleansing of Kosovo and de-facto expulsion of all minorities, with less than 10% of the original Rroma still living there, and now, 16 years after the facts, people are sent back.
PROTEST!
An interview of the Rromni Lawyer from the Kosovo on her book and her life. And an interesting statement on invisible Rroma and on stereotypes!
Another article on Nizaqete Bislimi, a lawyer and a Rroma refugee from Kosovo.
Hotel Gračanica is an exception … Unfortunately.
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