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More of the same, in spite of the nearing winter. 600 Rroma displaced by the closure of a camp n St. Ouen near Paris; 100 other Rroma threatened with eviction from their camp near Vigneux sur Seine, close to Paris; a large controversy in the North of France with a mayor publishing statistics based on ethnicity (FORBIDDEN in France), stating that nearly 1’000 live in Denain; a recourse in Roubaix to prevent the destruction of a camp; various associations in Roubaix are protesting the expulsions of Rroma in that city; a positive news in the North with the education of migrant children, Rroma amongst them; another positive note in Nantes, with a shared lunch for migrants; tensions in the South West over squats, especially from Bulgarian Rroma; conflict in Béziers, in the South West of France between the mayor (very much anti-migrant) and associations over the closure of a room that, according to the mayor, was used as an illegal mailbox for migrants and Rroma; and finally, a fire in a camp near Montpellier.

– Saint-Ouen: un important campement Rom évacué. In: BFM TV. 21.10.2016. http://www.bfmtv.com/societe/saint-ouen-un-important-campement-rom-evacue-1050701.html
– SAINT-OUEN : SURSIS POUR LE DÉMANTÈLEMENT DU BIDONVILLE ROM. In: LCI. 20.10.2016. http://www.lci.fr/societe/saint-ouen-sursis-pour-le-demantelement-du-bidonville-rom-2008449.html
– Une centaine de Roms vont être évacués. In: Le Parisien. 18.10.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/essonne-91/une-centaine-de-roms-vont-etre-evacues-18-10-2016-6220893.php
– Mille Roms à Denain? In: La Voix du Nord. 21.10.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/62725/article/2016-10-21/mille-roms-denain
– Le tableau denaisien brossé par sa maire est-il aussi sombre que ça? In: La Voix du Nord. 21.10.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/62728/article/2016-10-21/le-tableau-denaisien-brosse-par-sa-maire-est-il-aussi-sombre-que-ca
– Roms des Couteaux: nouveau recours pour repousser l’expulsion de trois ans. In: La Voix du Nord. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/62425/article/2016-10-20/roms-des-couteaux-nouveau-recours-pour-repousser-l-expulsion-de-trois-ans
– Roubaix : des associations fustigent la mairie après une expulsion de roms. In: Nord Éclair. 17.10.2016. http://www.nordeclair.fr/info-locale/roubaix-des-associations-fustigent-la-mairie-apres-une-jna50b12891n1273813
– Au collège Simone-de-Beauvoir, les enfants passent devant les réfugiés. In: La Voix du Nord. 17.10.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/60953/article/2016-10-17/au-college-simone-de-beauvoir-les-enfants-passent-devant-les-refugies
– Au coeur de Nantes, un repas partagé contre la misère. In: Ouest France. 22.10.2016. http://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/au-coeur-de-nantes-un-repas-partage-contre-la-misere-4577427
– Crispation autour des squats. In: Ouest France. 22.10.2016. http://www.sudouest.fr/2016/10/22/crispation-autour-des-squats-2543644-3229.php
– Béziers : le conflit entre la municipalité et l’ABCR devant le Conseil d’État. In: Midi Libre. 21.10.2016. http://www.midilibre.fr/2016/10/20/abcr-mairie-le-conflit-devant-le-conseil-d-etat,1412690.php
– Montpellier : caravanes et épaves en feu à cause d’une bougie ! In: Infos H24. 18.10.2016. http://infos-h24.fr/2016/10/18/montpellier-caravanes-feu-campement/ [link-preview url=”http://www.bfmtv.com/societe/saint-ouen-un-important-campement-rom-evacue-1050701.html”]

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Poland: A Case of Prejudice?

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The mayor of a small city in Poland received an enquiry from the Ombudsmann over his city’s reluctance to settle a family of Rroma in the commune. According to the Ombudsman, this could definitively be deemed to be racial prejudice. And clearly, people in that twon do not want any Rroma as neighbours.

– Kamionna, Czchów. Wójt musi się tłumaczyć z niechęci do Romów. In: Dziennik. 22.10.2016. http://www.dziennikpolski24.pl/region/a/kamionna-czchow-wojt-musi-sie-tlumaczyc-z-niecheci-do-romow,10767504/ [link-preview url=”http://www.dziennikpolski24.pl/region/a/kamionna-czchow-wojt-musi-sie-tlumaczyc-z-niecheci-do-romow,10767504/”]

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Poland: Integration in Puławy

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The city of Puławy in South Eastern Poland has started a new program aimed at furthering the integration of Rroma in that city.
The program aims at reducing prejudices and at furthering Rroma in the school system, as many do not go further than elementary school. The city is home to 260 Rroma.

– Puławy: Integracja Romów może być trudna. In: Dziennik. 17.10.2016. http://www.dziennikwschodni.pl/pulawy/pulawy-integracja-romow-moze-byc-trudna,n,1000188340.html [link-preview url=”http://www.dziennikwschodni.pl/pulawy/pulawy-integracja-romow-moze-byc-trudna,n,1000188340.html”]

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England: More on the Adoption

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Another article about the imminent adoption of two young Rroma girls whose parents have now returned to Hungary. As said, matters are more complex than represented here.

– Roma sisters ordered to remain with UK foster family. In: Sky News. 21.10.2016. http://news.sky.com/story/roma-sisters-ordered-to-remain-with-uk-foster-family-10625791 [link-preview url=”http://news.sky.com/story/roma-sisters-ordered-to-remain-with-uk-foster-family-10625791″]

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UK and Adoption

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Two young Rroma children who were removed in London from their parent’s home (at birth and at the age of 15 months) are now allowed to be given for adoption following a ruling of the High Court.
The children were traken away against their parents’ will because of the poverty and squalid conditions they lived in. The parent, Rroma from Hungary, meanwhile returned to Hungary.
Here, the well being of the children was used as an argument. But is it really sufficient to deprive them of their parents and to deprive the parents of their children?

– Roma sisters should be adopted, the High Court rules. In: Stowe. 19.10.2016. http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/2016/10/19/roma-sisters-should-adopted-the-high-court-rules/ [link-preview url=”http://www.marilynstowe.co.uk/2016/10/19/roma-sisters-should-adopted-the-high-court-rules/”]

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Bratislava: Roma Youth Empowerment

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The Human Right directorate of the European Commission organised a conference in Bratislava with roughly 200 young Rroma from 30 countries on the theme of Roma Youth Empowerment. These young Rroma got the opportunity to meet and speak with members of the commission and other EU representatives as well as to exchange views and experience. The organisers awarded prices, among which for best Rroma NGO, the Romanian Impreuna; best media, Slovenian Radio Romic; and best personality, which went to Sampicha Souleiman from Greece for his work against stereotypes.

– Bratislava združila 200 mladih Romov iz vse Evrope. In: RTVSL. 14.10.2016. https://www.rtvslo.si/evropska-unija/bratislava-zdruzila-200-mladih-romov-iz-vse-evrope/405171 [link-preview url=”https://www.rtvslo.si/evropska-unija/bratislava-zdruzila-200-mladih-romov-iz-vse-evrope/405171″]

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France: Montreuil makes it to International Press

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The hunt for the Rroma who were expelled in July from their camp made it to the international press. The French are now trying to expel these Rroma from France, i.e. send them back to Romania.
Good read to see what is really going on.

– ‘Trying to run them out of town’: French police confront Roma. In: CBC News. 18.10.2016. http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/roma-france-montreuil-eviction-1.3808464 [link-preview url=”http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/roma-france-montreuil-eviction-1.3808464″]

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Slovenia Views on Roma in Greece

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A Slovenian article about Rroma in a ghetto in Greece, near Thessaloniki. All stereotypes are present. Poor, many children, parents in jail, under drugs, etc.
BAD.

– Zaposlovanje Romov – izkušnje kažejo, da se da. In: Lokalno.si. 17.10.2016. http://www.lokalno.si/2016/10/17/163713/zgodba/Zaposlovanje_Romov_izkusnje_kazejo__da_se_da/ [link-preview url=”http://www.lokalno.si/2016/10/17/163713/zgodba/Zaposlovanje_Romov_izkusnje_kazejo__da_se_da/”]

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Greece: Government Secretariat for Rroma

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The Greek government is planning a secretariat for the Rroma which would allow representatives of the Rroma community to have a greater say in legislation and decisions that concern them.
Good!

– Gov’t planning secretariat for Roma community. In: Ekhatimerini. 17.10.2016. http://www.ekathimerini.com/212920/article/ekathimerini/news/govt-planning-secretariat-for-roma-community [link-preview url=”http://www.ekathimerini.com/212920/article/ekathimerini/news/govt-planning-secretariat-for-roma-community”]

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Only a few news this week on Rroma in France. The fate of the Rroma from Montreuil who were evicted in July still dominate the news. Frankly, had half the energy that has been put into news, manifestations and other activities be invested into solving the issue, these people would have a house by now. Now, the are threatened with being expelled from France. Among the other news, a fire in a Rroma camp in Grigny, near Paris; neighbours protesting a Rroma squat near Paris; in Western France, in Caen, Rroma from Albania are occupying a house; and finally in the South West, after their eviction, Bulgarian Rroma are sleeping in tents in Mérignac.

– Montreuil : bras de fer entre la municipalité et des Roms attachés à la ville. In: Libération. 13.10.2016. http://www.liberation.fr/france/2016/10/13/montreuil-bras-de-fer-entre-la-municipalite-et-des-roms-attaches-a-la-ville_1521525
– Montreuil : des Roms sommés de « quitter le territoire » In: Le Parisien. 11.10.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/montreuil-93100/montreuil-des-roms-sommes-de-quitter-le-territoire-11-10-2016-6194751.php
– Familles Roms expulsées à Montreuil: comment ça va la santé? In: Mediapart. 10.10.2016. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/101016/familles-roms-expulsees-montreuil-comment-ca-va-la-sante
– Grigny : une partie du camp de Roms part en fumée. In: Le Parisien. 11.10.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/essonne-91/grigny-l-incendie-du-camp-de-roms-provoque-la-fermeture-de-l-a6-11-10-2016-6194979.php
– Corbeil-Essonnes : les voisins d’une maison squattée par des Roms exceeds. In: Le Parisien. 10.10.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/corbeil-essonnes-91100/corbeil-essonnes-les-voisins-d-une-maison-squattee-par-des-roms-excedes-10-10-2016-6191785.php
– Près de Caen. Une famille d’Albanais squatte une maison à Fleury. In: Ouest France. 14.10.2016. http://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/caen-14000/pres-de-caen-une-famille-d-albanais-squatte-une-maison-fleury-4558783
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– Mérignac : après l’évacuation de leur squat, une quinzaine de Roms bulgares dorment dans des tentes. In: FR3 France Info. 10.10.2016. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/aquitaine/gironde/bordeaux-metropole/merignac-apres-evacuation-leur-squat-quinzaine-roms-bulgares-dorment-tentes-1105725.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/caen-14000/pres-de-caen-une-famille-d-albanais-squatte-une-maison-fleury-4558783″]

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The Slovakian Village of Spišský Hrhov was awarded the European Roma Spirit Award 2016 in the category of village and city. It is the first time that such an award aimed at inclusion and integration has been given to a village or town in Slovakia. Maybe something is changing?

– Spišský Hrhov získal medzinárodnú cenu za riešenie problémov Rómov. In: Korzár Spiš. 12.10.2016. http://spis.korzar.sme.sk/c/20353123/spissky-hrhov-ziskal-medzinarodne-ocenenie-za-riesenie-problemov-romov.html#ixzz4N8kQePG5

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Buddha and Rroma

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A surprising tale of Buddha in the middle of a Rroma settlement in Hungary. A school named after Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891 – 1956), an Indian lawyer coming from the Dalits in a Rroma settlement aims at helping Rroma out of the exclusion which is too often the norm in Hungary. The school is run by Janos Orsos, a Rrom who converted to Buddhism.

– Wie Buddha in die Roma-Siedlung kam. In: Budapester Zeitung. 14.10.2016. http://www.budapester.hu/news/wie-buddha-die-roma-siedlung-kam [link-preview url=”http://www.budapester.hu/news/wie-buddha-die-roma-siedlung-kam”]

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Slovakia: Government Wants to Reduce Rroma in Special Schools

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The Slovak Government wants to reduce the number of Rroma children in special schools and to this end is focusing on pre-school training.
We hope this will works, as in Slovakia (and in the Czech Republic and Hungary) putting Rroma children in special schools is almost the norm.

– Vláda chce znížiť počet Rómov v špeciálnych školách. In: TA3. 10.10.2016. http://www.ta3.com/clanok/1092332/vlada-chce-znizit-pocet-romov-v-specialnych-skolach.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ta3.com/clanok/1092332/vlada-chce-znizit-pocet-romov-v-specialnych-skolach.html”]

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Syracuse – USA: Visual Archives of the Holocaust

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Syracuse university is inviting people to attend a symposium on October 10, devoted to the visual archives of Holocaust. These archives recorded testimonies from survivors of the Holocaust.

– Syracuse Symposium Invites People to Discover USC Visual History Archive Oct. 10. In: University of Syracuse. 06.10.2016. http://news.syr.edu/syracuse-symposium-invites-people-to-discover-usc-visual-history-archive-oct-10-65717/ [link-preview url=”http://news.syr.edu/syracuse-symposium-invites-people-to-discover-usc-visual-history-archive-oct-10-65717/”]

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Germany, Bulgaria, and Prostitution

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The story of a Bulgarian Rromni forced into prostitution by Bulgarian men – ethnicity not specified. Sad but this unfortunately happens. Let’s hope the men will be condemned appropriately.

– 19-Jährige flüchtet aus Zwangsprostitution. In: LZ.de. 08.10.2016. http://www.lz.de/lippe/detmold/20940910_19-Jaehrige-fluechtet-aus-Zwangsprostitution.html [link-preview url=”http://www.lz.de/lippe/detmold/20940910_19-Jaehrige-fluechtet-aus-Zwangsprostitution.html”]

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Slovakia: The Origins of Racism

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An article on the origins of the current racism in Slovakia, which, according to the author can be traced to the “Shock therapy after the fall of the Iron Curtain” which brought “Slovakia capitalism without its natural development, which often lasted even 100 years” resulting in a “real capitalism without the bourgeoisie, without intellectual elite that would have supported it.” The author also goes back further to the fact that Slovakia was built on the remnants of the Austrian Hungarian Empire, but forgetting that the policies of exclusion and racism were started under that regime in the 18th century.

– Pôvody rasizmu a šovinizmu na Slovensku. In: Dennik. 06.10.2016. https://dennikn.sk/blog/povody-rasizmu-a-sovinizmu-na-slovensku/ [link-preview url=””]

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Kosovo: The Forgotten Rroma

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An article about the forgotten victims of the Kosovo War: the Rroma. This time about the Rroma refugees in Montenegro.
As a reminder, there are currently less than 10% of the Rroma in Kosovo than the country had before the war.

– Les Roms, oubliés de la guerre du Kosovo. In: Ouest France. 05.10.2016. http://www.ouest-france.fr/europe/kosovo/les-roms-oublies-de-la-guerre-du-kosovo-4535226 [link-preview url=”http://www.ouest-france.fr/europe/kosovo/les-roms-oublies-de-la-guerre-du-kosovo-4535226″]

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Slovakia: Kotleba wants to Round up Asocial Rroma

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Martin Kotleba, the rightist extremist in Slovakia wants to round up “asocial” Rroma and force them to work.
Last time we heard such statements, it was under Hitler.
SHAME!!!

– Marián Kotleba chce nahnať cigánskych “asociálov” do práce… In: SME Blog. 06.10.2016. http://jozefkmeto.blog.sme.sk/c/434903/marian-kotleba-chce-nahnat-ciganskych-asocialov-do-prace.html [link-preview url=”http://jozefkmeto.blog.sme.sk/c/434903/marian-kotleba-chce-nahnat-ciganskych-asocialov-do-prace.html”]

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Slovakia: Social Care and Rroma

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An interesting article on the social care in Slovakia, which, in the eyes of the social workers, does not work properly in Slovakia. These workers, in this case one who has been working with Rroma since the floods in 1988 in Jarovnice, floods which killed many Rroma, do not want to leave the settlements and continue helping. They are facing larger and larger hurdles.

– Roky pracuje s Rómami: Mnohí úradníci do osady ani nechceli ísť. In: Aktuality.sk. 06.10.2016. http://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/378942/roky-pracuje-s-romami-mnohi-uradnici-do-osady-ani-nechceli-ist/ [link-preview url=”http://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/378942/roky-pracuje-s-romami-mnohi-uradnici-do-osady-ani-nechceli-ist/”]

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Hungary: A book on Holocaust and Rroma

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A recent fiction book in Hungary is tackling the touchy subjects of Holocaust and racism against Rroma.
GOOD

– Endre Farkas: Never, Again. In: The Hungarian Free Press. 04.10.2016. http://hungarianfreepress.com/2016/10/04/endre-farkas-never-again/ [link-preview url=”http://hungarianfreepress.com/2016/10/04/endre-farkas-never-again/”]

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