We have news of several groups of Roma in Poland. One group of elderly people, women and children arrived initially in Przemiśl, and are now in Waplewo. They are from Lutsk. Another group of ca. 15 people, originally from the Odessa region is currently is trying to get to Lithuania where they have relatives. They lack money to pay for the transport. Another group is stuck in Młyny at the border.
The Democratic Party of Roma plans to go to the local elections in Podgorica, said the president of that party, Mensur Shalaj. He said that the Democratic Party of Roma, which was founded in December 2019, did not participate in the 2020 parliamentary elections, because he thought that the 0.7% threshold for entering the parliament was too high.
The pastoral centre has become a refuge for Ukrainian Roma who crossed to the border crossing in Veľké Slemence into Slovakia. The pastor of the Apostolic Church, Marek Gombár, brings them with volunteers to Pavloviec nad Uhom, about 17 kilometres away.
In a predominantly Roma village close to the Ukrainian border in Slovakia, Roma help the arriving refugees.
A Roma pastor in Uszka, right at the Hungarian-Ukrainian border, took care of an extended Roma family with 7 women and 20 children.
Three Ukrainian Romnja, Tetjana, Natalia and Zola are organising humanitarian help in the Ukraine out of a bomb shelter and with the help of others in Berlin.
Many links in the article worth following.
The openhearted welcome of Poles towards Ukrainians stops when they are Roma. Several of them are stuck in Młyny on the Polish-Ukrainian Border.
We have reports of others in Przemyśl.
Numbers are unclear but rather small according to our informations.
Many young Roma are fighting against the Russian in the Ukraine, according to Roma militants from the country.
A YouTube video of the border crossing into Hungary. The author accuses Roma to have created chaos by overtaking the line.
Bad.
A pastor in Tiszabecs, right at the Hungarian Ukrainian border, helped 150-200 Roma refugees from the Ukraine. He is not alone, as in the neighbouring village of Uszka, anothe pastor also helped (see other article).
A video of the theft by Roma of a Russian combat vehicle in the Kherson region of the Ukraine.
The municipality of Limanowa is trying to relocate Roma families away from their current residence near the centre to a new apartment block that is planned to be built. Roma oppose the move and accuse the mayor of trying to create a Roma ghetto.
Volodymyr Yakovenko, director of the Ukrainian Youth Agency for the Promotion of Roma Culture (ARCA), asked the social network for help for the Ukrainian people, who are currently facing a humanitarian catastrophe as a result of the Russian military invasion. “I call on the entire world community to appeal to its leaders to call on Russia and Belarus to withdraw their troops from Ukraine. Stop this war! We do not want this war, we want to stay alive!”
This time for a good cause: Roma stole a Russian combat tank near Kherson.
Roma are joining the movement helping refugees from the Ukraine.
Good!
We have had the first reports of Roma fleeing the war in the Ukraine and arriving in Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia. At this stage it is impossible to say how many, but we are gathering more information.
Rroma Contact Point – 27.02.2022.
An interview with the Romni activist Margareta Matache.
A typical article. A few correct facts, and many stereotypes …
More than half of Roma in Serbia do not know their rights or anti-discrimination mechanisms, according to a survey “Roma Perceptions of Discrimination” initiated by the Commissioner for Equality in Serbia and supported by the German NGO GIZ.
Residents are fuming against a Roma settlement in Poznan, fearing for their “safety”, complaining about noise, mess and smoke in the camp on Lechicka Street. The title says “Why do we allow 13-year-olds to get pregnant in the 21st century?”.
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