Category Archives: Ukraine

Roma Holocaust Remembrance: Ukraine

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Some articles in the Ukraine of the August 2nd commemoration of the Roma Holocaust.

Ukraine Refugees in the Czech Republic

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It is not good, as one third of them have experienced discrimination, and children are not enrolled in school.

A shame.

Ukrainian Roma Refugees in Poland

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The W Stronę Dialogu Foundation, together with the Feminist Fund, has drawn attention to discrimination of Roma refugees in Poland. According to an aid organization volunteer, “Roma people are treated with contempt”. They are also segregated, and treated differently.

Not good.

Germany, Ukraine, and Roma

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Germany, Ukraine, and Roma

The kind of articles on really doesn’t need. In the State of Thuringia, the refugees’ centres are full. But they also speak of “Roma clans”, “Roma extended families”, all the stereotypes.

Bad.

Germany and Ukrainian Roma Refugees

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More and more municipalities in the German state of Thuringia are turning to the Thuringian State Association of Sinti and Roma for help when taking in refugees from the Ukraine. “We have been receiving calls for help from the authorities since the beginning of July,” said chairman Jens Hellmann on Tuesday when asked. It seems that since the beginning of the month, more and more Roma who have fled have come to Thuringia by bus. Many of them are illiterate, and there are also reservations among the local population. Since then, the association’s social workers and interpreters have been traveling to the respective locations and helping with translation or accommodation.

Roma Refugees from the Donbas

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Roma Refugees from the Donbas

Some Roma refugees from the Donbas have fled to Lviv. Some of them have found a refuges in a catholic parish, their first contact with Catholicism. Some apparently are even converting …

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Czech Republic and Roma Refugees

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Czech Republic and Roma Refugees

At least someone in the Government says something…

Czech Republic and Lies

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Czech Republic and Lies

The Czech police finally admitted it: The Czech government rhetoric that they would not support Roma refugees from the Ukraine because most of them have the Hungarian nationality is a lie. According to the police only 150 out of more than 5’000 registered Roma had a Hungarian passport and background.

This is called institutional racism.

Really ????

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Really ????

The Czech have been saying that they had many Roma refugees from the Ukraine that had a Hungarian passport, thus justifying the blanket denial of help.

Well, it is not quite like that. 150 Roma out of 5’000 had a Hungarian passport, according to the Czech police.

Call for Proposals

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Call for Proposals

The Council of Europe Project “Strengthening the protection of national minorities, including Roma and minority languages ​​in Ukraine” is launching a call for proposals to receive Grants for activities protecting the rights of national minorities and Roma, as well as the implementation of the Council of Europe standards in the context of Russian military aggression against Ukraine.

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