A discussion with Romnja refugees from the Ukraine in Slovakia.
Better not be Rom or African at the Ukrainian Slovak border. Bus drivers there refused Roma, even forbade them the use of toilets, and many of them were left for days at the border.
Bad.
Some places we visited in Poland with Roma refugees.
Waplewo: 85 Roma, out of which 46 children. From Lutsk, Ukraine.
Krzyżowice: 12 Roma of which 6 children. From Odessa. They want to go to Lithuania where they have relatives.
Wasilków: 102 Roma out of which 56 children. From Wolynië.
Currently no help from the Polish state.
Not surprising, unfortunately.
Officially, anyone from the Ukraine is welcome in the EU. Well, unless you are Rom or are amongst the foreigners who are in Ukraine, many of them from Africa ort the Middle East.
Bad.
A reportage in Lviv’s railway station with the plight of Roma, often because they have no identity papers, a problem in the Ukraine.
Roma refugees from the Ukraine face additional hurdles and discrimination.
Bad.
The English version of an article that was published a few days ago.
Hundreds of Ukrainian Roma have found temporary asylum in the community of the Apostolic Church in Pavlovce nad Uhom in eastern Slovakia.
Many Roma from the Ukraine are facing discrimination when fleeing Ukraine.
Bad.
A bus driver from the Czech Republic refused to take a Romni and child stuck at the Slovak border.
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 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).
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