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The Story of an Expulsion

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An interview of the young Rromni Leonarda Dibrani who was expulsed from France together with her family (in spite of being in school). While they were expelled to Kosovo, she now lives in Croatia, which says a lot about the “safety” of Kosovo for Rroma. And it is difficult for her.
A worthy read on the damage of mistaken Refugee policies.

– La jeune rom kosovare, expulsée avec sa famille de notre pays en 2013, a raconté son quotidien en Croatie à “BFMtv”. “Je peux venir en France quand je veux !”, a-t-elle notamment lancé. In: Planet.fr. 09.01.2017. http://www.planet.fr/international-la-nouvelle-vie-de-leonarda-en-croatie.1280920.29335.html
– Leonarda Dibrani : “J’ai envie de revenir en France pour remercier les gens qui m’ont aidée. In: France Infos. 09.01.2017. http://www.francetvinfo.fr/societe/roms/expulsion-de-leonarda/leonarda-dibrani-j-ai-envie-de-revenir-en-france-pour-remercier-les-gens-qui-m-ont-aidee_2008851.html [link-preview url=”http://www.planet.fr/international-la-nouvelle-vie-de-leonarda-en-croatie.1280920.29335.html “]

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Slovakia: Fico, Rroma, and a Change of Attitudes

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Smer, the party of the Slovak prime minister Fico remains popular among Rroma. A large part of the 33 Rroma mayors in the country are in Smer.
But, lately Fico has made statements at his party gathering in Prešov stating that Rroma abuse social help and claimed he would stop it, that one needs to send the police into Rroma settlements, and other repressive measures.
Bad that it too swings towards the hard line of the extreme right. Bad for the half million Rroma in that country.

– Smer je medzi Rómami populárny. Fico aj tak vytiahol v boji o voliča protirómsku kartu. In: Opoštova Banka. 15.01.2017. http://www.pluska.sk/plus-7-dni/domov/lukrativni-volici.html [link-preview url=”http://www.pluska.sk/plus-7-dni/domov/lukrativni-volici.html”]

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A Book on Romanian Migrants

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A new book gives a series of 10 portraits of Romanian migrants, with of course Rroma among them. The book’s title “Does the Sun Rise in the West” is meant to give a face to the more than 3 Mio Romanians who left their countries in search of a better life.

– BLOG • LE SOLEIL SE LÈVE-T-IL À L’OUEST ? PORTRAITS DE MIGRANTS DE ROUMANIE. In: Le Courrier des Balkans. 14.01.2017. https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/bazar/blogs/l-en-dehors-balkanique-o-le-blog-de-nicolas-trifon/blog-o-le-soleil-se-leve-t-il-a-l-ouest-portraits-de-migrants-de-roumanie [link-preview url=”https://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/bazar/blogs/l-en-dehors-balkanique-o-le-blog-de-nicolas-trifon/blog-o-le-soleil-se-leve-t-il-a-l-ouest-portraits-de-migrants-de-roumanie”]

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Poland: Litzmannstadt Ghetto

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Poland commemorated the 75th anniversary of the liquidation of the Rroma camp in the Litzmannstadt Ghetto. In the Litzmannstadt Ghetto (created by the occupation authorities in February 1940), a very small area was separated as a Gypsy camp (Zigeunerlager). More than 5,000 Roma and Sinti deported from Burgenland on the border between the Austro-Hungarian were interned there. The camp was separated from the Ghetto by double barbed wire and deep moat, and the windows were boarded. In such terrible conditions Rroma – most of which were small children – had no chance of survival. There was immediately a typhus epidemic broke out, which decimated the population. On January 5, 1942, the Nazis began deportation to the extermination camp at Chelmno on the Ner. Within a week Gypsy camp was liquidated. Not a single person survived.

75. rocznica likwidacji obozu cygańskiego w Litzmannstadt Getto [ZDJĘCIA, FILM]. In: Polska Times. 12.01.2017. http://www.polskatimes.pl/fakty/kraj/a/75-rocznica-likwidacji-obozu-cyganskiego-w-litzmannstadt-getto-zdjecia-film,11684650/ [link-preview url=”http://www.polskatimes.pl/fakty/kraj/a/75-rocznica-likwidacji-obozu-cyganskiego-w-litzmannstadt-getto-zdjecia-film,11684650/”]

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Ukraine: Kolyadi

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An article on the tradition of Kolyadi – Rroma Christmas songs – in the Ukraine. This tradition is still alive, and is illustrated by a Rromni poet interviewed here.

– Поетеса Рані Романі розповіла про ромські традиції Різдва. In: Правовий Простір. 13.01.2017. http://legalspace.org/ua/napryamki/posilennya-romskikh-gromad/item/8491-poetesa-rani-romani-rozpovila-pro-romski-tradytsii-rizdva [link-preview url=”http://legalspace.org/ua/napryamki/posilennya-romskikh-gromad/item/8491-poetesa-rani-romani-rozpovila-pro-romski-tradytsii-rizdva”]

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Slovakia: Report of Rroma

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A report on the situation of Rroma in Slovakia paints a bad picture. Discrimination, segregation, racism, police violence, poverty and unemployment.
Bad.

– Rómovia čelia problémom a diskriminácii. Dokument odporúča viac rómčiny a menej segregácie. In: Opoštova Banka. 11.01.2017. http://aktualne.atlas.sk/slovensko/spolocnost/segregacia-deti-diskriminacia-potlacanie-prav-takto-si-ziju-romovia-slovensku.html [link-preview url=”http://aktualne.atlas.sk/slovensko/spolocnost/segregacia-deti-diskriminacia-potlacanie-prav-takto-si-ziju-romovia-slovensku.html”]

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Germany and Social Help

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A new proposal for the dispensation of social help in Germany requires that the applicants have worked before in Germany. This in spite of EU law. If EU citizen fail to find work, they will have some help for ca 6 weeks and then nothing.
This is a measure that is aimed at keeping Romanians and Bulgarians (Rroma in most minds) from “abusing” the system – something they anyhow don’t do. Numbers are small.

– Wer nicht arbeitet, soll gehen. In: TAZ. 11.01.2017. http://www.taz.de/!5369195/ [link-preview url=”http://www.taz.de/!5369195/”]

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Hungary, the Cold, and Rroma

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An article about the impact of the cold spell in Hungary on Rroma who struggle to keep warm. To be frank, it is not only Rroma, but also many poor Hungarians who cannot afford the costs of heating. And temperatures dropped to close to -30.

– Roma struggle to keep warm in Hungary’s deadly cold snap. In: SFGate. 12.01.2017. http://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/Poor-Roma-in-Hungary-struggle-to-keep-warm-in-10852555.php
– Roma struggle to keep warm in Hungary’s deadly cold snap. In: SeattlePi. 12.01.2017. http://www.seattlepi.com/living/article/Poor-Roma-in-Hungary-struggle-to-keep-warm-in-10852555.php [link-preview url=”http://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/Poor-Roma-in-Hungary-struggle-to-keep-warm-in-10852555.php “]

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Cologne: Maybe they Can Stay

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The city council of Cologne, in Germany, is giving long term refugees the hope that they will be able to stay. Many of these are Rroma from former Yugoslavia, especially from Kosovo.
Let’s hope!

– Kölner Rat gibt langjährig Geduldeten Hoffnung auf Bleiberecht. Wenn Köln zur Heimat geworden ist. In: Dom Radio. 10.01.2017. https://www.domradio.de/themen/fluechtlingshilfe-und-integration/2017-01-10/koelner-rat-gibt-langjaehrig-geduldeten-hoffnung-auf-bleiberecht [link-preview url=”https://www.domradio.de/themen/fluechtlingshilfe-und-integration/2017-01-10/koelner-rat-gibt-langjaehrig-geduldeten-hoffnung-auf-bleiberecht”]

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Slovenia: Complaints to EU

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Slovenian Rroma lodged an official complaint against violation of human rights to the human rights commissioner of the EU stating that Rroma are being divided into unequal groups by Slovenia and treated unevenly.

– Slovenian Roma complain to CoE about status. In: STA. 10.01.2017. https://english.sta.si/2343847/slovenian-roma-complain-to-coe-about-status [link-preview url=”https://english.sta.si/2343847/slovenian-roma-complain-to-coe-about-status”]

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Latvia: Hunger Death

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A report on the death by hunger of several members of a Rroma family in Dobel. Really bad, and yes, some of the small Rroma community there are really poor and left out.

– Трагедия в Добеле: вновь встал вопрос интеграции ромов (29) In: Delphi. 07.01.2017. http://rus.delfi.lv/news/daily/latvia/tragediya-v-dobele-vnov-vstal-vopros-integracii-romov.d?id=48384925 [link-preview url=”http://rus.delfi.lv/news/daily/latvia/tragediya-v-dobele-vnov-vstal-vopros-integracii-romov.d?id=48384925″]

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A Documentary on Prostitutes

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An article about a documentary on young male Rroma prostitutes in Vienna. This is a rather recent phenomena, and is also seen in Switzwerland. There, the Rroma come from Romania and Slovakia .
Good that one speaks about it, bad that this happens.

– Avec les tapins roms de Vienne dans « Brothers of the night » In: Hétéroclite. 08.01.2017. http://www.heteroclite.org/2017/01/brothers-of-the-night-patric-chiha-38485 [link-preview url=”http://www.heteroclite.org/2017/01/brothers-of-the-night-patric-chiha-38485″]

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Slovakia: Patrols yes or No?

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The patrols of vigilantes of the extreme right party of Kotleba still patrol the trains in Slovakia in spite of the formal interdiction in parliament. The logic is simple: They buy tickets for the train, and are thus “simple” passengers …
No comments

– Törvény van, de Kotleba tovább járőrözik. In: Ujszo.com. 05.01.2017. http://ujszo.com/online/kozelet/2017/01/05/torveny-van-de-kotleba-tovabb-jarorozik [link-preview url=”http://ujszo.com/online/kozelet/2017/01/05/torveny-van-de-kotleba-tovabb-jarorozik”]

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Ramush Harradinaj …

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The former prime minister of Kosovo and ex Leader of the UCK, Ramush Harradinaj has been arrested in France on a Serbian warrant. Harradinaj is being sought for crimes against Serbs, Rroma, and other minorities in Kosovo during the Kosovo war. This resulted in an outrage in Kosovo, but fact is, Kosovo was ethnically cleansed under his rule, and very thoroughly so, with only 10% of the Rroma remaining.
Nothing could ever be proven against him, but many witnesses were pressured and intimidated if not simply vanished (we know such cases).

– Haradinaj to be kept in custody until extradition request. In: B92. 05.01.2017. http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes.php?yyyy=2017&mm=01&dd=05&nav_id=100158
– Kosovo ex-PM arrested in France on Serbian warrant. In: Swissinfo. 04.01.2017. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/kosovo-ex-pm-arrested-in-france-on-serbian-warrant/42811398
– Ramush Haradinaj arrêté en France. In: La Libre. 08.01.2017. http://www.lalibre.be/actu/international/ramush-haradinaj-arrete-en-france-586ff6b0cd708a17d55b3b5f
– Réclamé par Belgrade, un ex-Premier ministre kosovar arrêté en France. In: Romandie. 04.01.2017. http://www.romandie.com/news/Reclame-par-Belgrade-un-exPremier-ministre-kosovar-arrete-en_RP/766355.rom
– Kosovo ex-PM arrested in France – police sources. In: The Star. 05.01.2017. http://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2017/01/05/kosovo-expm-arrested-in-france–police-sources/
– Kosovo calls on France to release its ex-premier Haradinaj. In: Yahoo News. 06.01.2017. https://www.yahoo.com/news/kosovo-calls-france-release-ex-premier-102345806.html
– “Unacceptable and unjustifiable” – outrage at the arrest of Ramush Harradinaj. In: Euronews. 05.01.2017. http://www.euronews.com/2017/01/05/unacceptable-and-unjustifiable-outrage-at-the-arrest-of-ramush-haradinaj [link-preview url=”https://www.yahoo.com/news/kosovo-calls-france-release-ex-premier-102345806.html “]

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Slovakia and Racism

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Milan Mazurek, an extreme rightist is being investigated for racist comments he made in the Zilina radio Frontinus. He came to the radio in October 2016 instead of Kotleba, the head of the extreme rightist party in Slovakia. The radio itself is also under investigation for breaching broadcasting standards and violating impartiality and objectivity standards in the news.
Let’s see what happens next …

– Mazurek za svoje vyjadrenia o Rómoch zrejme ponesie následky. In: TA3. http://www.ta3.com/clanok/1097425/mazurek-za-svoje-vyjadrenia-o-romoch-zrejme-ponesie-nasledky.html
– Vystúpenie poslanca Mazureka v žilinskom rádiu už začala preverovať Rada pre vysielanie. In: Žilinak. 05.01.2017. https://www.zilinak.sk/prispevky/5518/vystupenie-poslanca-mazureka-v-zilinskom-radiu-uz-zacala-preverovat-rada-pre-vysielanie [link-preview url=”https://www.zilinak.sk/prispevky/5518/vystupenie-poslanca-mazureka-v-zilinskom-radiu-uz-zacala-preverovat-rada-pre-vysielanie”]

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Bosnian Rrom Actor

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The Bosnian Rroma actor Nazif Mujic who won a Silver Bear award for Best Actor for his performance in the film ‘An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker’ at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2013 is selling his trophy because he needs money.
A shame for Bosnia and for us all.

– Roma actor sells Silver Bear award to feed kids. In: ENCA. 07.01.2017. http://www.enca.com/life/entertainment/roma-actor-sells-silver-bear-award-to-feed-kids [link-preview url=”http://www.enca.com/life/entertainment/roma-actor-sells-silver-bear-award-to-feed-kids”]

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Czech Memorial on Holocaust

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A memorial on the Hodonin camp commemorating the Rroma victims of the Holocaust will be erected in the summer. Nice… But wil they say that most Rroma were arrested and deported by the Czech themselves?

– Hodonín Memorial on wartime camp for Roma to open in summer. In: Prague Monitor. 05.01.2017. http://praguemonitor.com/2017/01/05/hodon%C3%ADn-memorial-wartime-camp-roma-open-summer [link-preview url=”http://praguemonitor.com/2017/01/05/hodon%C3%ADn-memorial-wartime-camp-roma-open-summer”]

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Lunik IX

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Two large apartment blocks in Lunik IX, a settlement in Kosice in Eastern Slovakia are scheduled to be destroyed due to the dire conditions in which the building have fallen. Question remains – where will the mostly Rroma inhabitants go ?

– Hrozba pre obyvateľov Luníka IX: Chystá sa veľké búranie! In: Topky. 07.01.2017. http://www.topky.sk/cl/10/1599873/Hrozba-pre-obyvatelov-Lunika-IX–Chysta-sa-velke-buranie- [link-preview url=”http://www.topky.sk/cl/10/1599873/Hrozba-pre-obyvatelov-Lunika-IX–Chysta-sa-velke-buranie-“]

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Bulgaria: Teenage Pregnancy

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The case of a 13 years old Rroma girl who gave birth raised the Rroma issue again in Bulgaria. As usual, on the wrong reasons … Teenage pregnancies are highly correlated to poverty and lack of education, not to cultural traits.

– Zlatka’s story of early teen motherhood again raises issues of Roma in Bulgaria. In: Sofia Globe. 05.01.2017. http://sofiaglobe.com/2017/01/05/zlatkas-story-of-early-teen-motherhood-again-raises-issues-of-roma-in-bulgaria/ [link-preview url=”http://sofiaglobe.com/2017/01/05/zlatkas-story-of-early-teen-motherhood-again-raises-issues-of-roma-in-bulgaria/”]

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Anti-Rroma Posters in Odessa

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The city of Odessa has been flooded with anti-Rroma posters. Bad, especially when one remembers there has been a pogrom nearby recently.

– Ukraine: Odessa is flooded with anti-Romani posters. In: Romea.cz. 02.01.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/ukraine-odessa-is-flooded-with-anti-romani-posters#.WGwTw9upFoA.facebook [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/ukraine-odessa-is-flooded-with-anti-romani-posters#.WGwTw9upFoA.facebook”]

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