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Basle: A new Site for Travellers

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After many years, the city of Basle in Switzerland finally opened a camping site for travellers in the city.
It took time!

– Nach langem Hin und Her: Basel-Stadt weiht ersten fixen Standplatz für Fahrende ein. In: BZ Basel. 29.11.2018. https://www.bzbasel.ch/basel/basel-stadt/nach-langem-hin-und-her-basel-stadt-weiht-ersten-fixen-standplatz-fuer-fahrende-ein-133782286
– Platz für Fahrende. In: Basler Zeitung. 30.11.2018. https://bazonline.ch/basel/stadt/platz-fuer-fahrende/story/21578188
– Erster Fahrendenplatz in Basel-Stadt eröffnet. In: Smopo. 29.11.2018. http://smopo.ch/erster-fahrendenplatz-in-basel-stadt-eroeffnet/ [link-preview url=”https://www.bzbasel.ch/basel/basel-stadt/nach-langem-hin-und-her-basel-stadt-weiht-ersten-fixen-standplatz-fuer-fahrende-ein-133782286 “]

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Stereotypes

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A new book highlights the stereotypes on Roma between the their arrival in Europe and now.

– From 18th Century ‘kidnap’ to Big Fat Gypsy Weddings: New book tackles negative stereotypes of travellers. In: The Yorkshire Post. 27.11.2018. https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/from-18th-century-kidnap-to-big-fat-gypsy-weddings-new-book-tackles-negative-stereotypes-of-travellers-1-9464419 [link-preview url=”https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/from-18th-century-kidnap-to-big-fat-gypsy-weddings-new-book-tackles-negative-stereotypes-of-travellers-1-9464419″]

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Sinti and Roma

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No comments …

– Prekäre Situation bei den Sintis: «Wir wollen nicht pauschalisiert werden». In: Tagblatt. 15.11.2018. https://www.tagblatt.ch/ostschweiz/wil/prekaere-situation-bei-den-sintis-wir-wollen-nicht-pauschalisiert-werden-ld.1070007 [link-preview url=”https://www.tagblatt.ch/ostschweiz/wil/prekaere-situation-bei-den-sintis-wir-wollen-nicht-pauschalisiert-werden-ld.1070007″]

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Begging in Lausanne

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Two more articles on beggars in Lausanne. In one, the journalist explains why she prefers not to have beggars, and in the other, they wonder whre they all went.
I any case, such begging interdictions are a bad idea.
– La mendicité ou l’épine dans le pied. In: Le Temps. 06.11.2018. https://www.letemps.ch/opinions/mendicite-lepine-pied
– Mais ou sont passes le mendicants. In: 24 Heures. https://www.24heures.ch/vaud-regions/Mais-ou-sont-passes-les-mendiants-Roms/story/23456490 [link-preview url=”https://www.letemps.ch/opinions/mendicite-lepine-pied “]

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Begging in Lausanne

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Following the definitive interdiction of begging in the Swiss city of Lausanne, a plethora of articles on the subject: Roma now asking for work rather than for money, how to enforce the interdiction, etc…
The experience of Geneva shows those interdictions are totally useless.

– Après les pieces, les roms mendient du travail. In: 24 heures. 04.11.2018. https://www.24heures.ch/vaud-regions/pieces-roms-mendient-travail/story/25645234
– MENDICITÉ: LES ROMS MÈNENT UNE ACTION DE SENSIBILISATION. In: Le Matin. 01.11.2018. https://www.lematin.ch/news/Mendicite-les-Roms-menent-une-action-de-sensibilisation/story/31011864
– Traquer les mendiants: une mission comme une autre. In: 20 Minutes 9CH). 01.11.2018. https://www.20min.ch/ro/news/vaud/story/Premier-jour-d-interdiction-de-mendier-dans-le-canton-17043514
– “Il ne suffit pas d’interdire la mendicité pour que le phénomène disparaisse”. In: RTS Info. 01.11.2018. https://www.rts.ch/info/suisse/9961937–il-ne-suffit-pas-d-interdire-la-mendicite-pour-que-le-phenomene-disparaisse-.html
– MENDICITÉ SORIN, LE DERNIER MENDIANT DE LAUSANNE VOUS SALUE… In: Le Matin. 31.10.2018. https://www.lematin.ch/suisse/Sorin-le-dernier-mendiant-de-Lausanne-vous-salue/story/19432540 [link-preview url=”https://www.24heures.ch/vaud-regions/pieces-roms-mendient-travail/story/25645234 “]

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Forbidding Begging

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Geneva forbade begging 10 years ago. The result is bad: None of the fines cashed in, much more expenses, and there are still beggars.
It shows that the money would be better used in helping those people.

– Milliers d’amendes et taux d’encaissement de 0%. In: 20 Minutes (CH). 27.10.2018. https://www.20min.ch/ro/news/geneve/story/Des-milliers-d-amendes-par-an-pour-mendicite-12461136
– En diz ans, la loi antimendicité n’a rien rapport à Genève. In; 24 Heures. https://www.24heures.ch/suisse/suisse-romande/En-dix-ans-la-loi-antimendicite-n-a-rien-rapporte-a-Geneve/story/23953453 [link-preview url=”https://www.20min.ch/ro/news/geneve/story/Des-milliers-d-amendes-par-an-pour-mendicite-12461136 “]

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French Chronicle …

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More news this week in France on Roma. First, a fire in a Roma camp near Paris. The camp had already made the headline as it was filmed with a drone, showing the piles of garbage accumulated there. In Bondy, also near Paris, a Roma camp blocks a construction site. In Meulin, 50 Roma were evacuated from their squat in a former hospital. Also near Paris, in Bonneuil, another camp was evacuated. In Nantes, in Western France, a camp was closed, leaving 150 Roma in the street. In Strasbourg, new families occupied the site of a camp that was closed two months ago. In the North, a camp will not be evacuated prior to the winter respite. Also in the North, an insertion village is still not ready. In Eastern France near Geneva, a new squat of Roma angers local officials. Finally, more about the abuse of social benefits by Roma in the North of France.

– Essonne. Un camp de Roms ravagé par un incendie. In: Actu.fr. 24.10.2018. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/ris-orangis_91521/essonne-camp-roms-ravage-par-incendie_19211014.html
– Bondoufle-Ris : Un incendie s’est déclaré dans le campement de Roms de l’hippodrome. In: Le Républicain de l’Essonne. 23.10.2018. https://www.le-republicain.fr/a-la-une/bondoufle-ris-un-incendie-sest-declare-dans-le-campement-de-roms-de-lhippodrome
– Circulation très perturbée sur la Francilienne au niveau de Ris-Orangis à cause d’un incendie dans un camp de Roms. In: France Bleu. 23.10.2018. https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/circulation-tres-perturbee-sur-la-francilienne-au-niveau-de-ris-orangis-a-cause-d-un-incendie-1540276014
– Incendie à proximité du bidonville de l’ex-hippodrome de Ris-Orangis. In: Essonne Info. 26.10.2018. https://www.essonneinfo.fr/91-essonne-info/125078/incendie-proximite-bidonville-hippodrome-ris-orangis/
– Bondy : Le chantier retardé par un camp de Roms, la mairie aide les occupants. In: Le Parisien. 25.10.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis-93/bondy-le-chantier-retarde-par-un-camp-de-roms-la-mairie-aide-les-occupants-25-10-2018-7928091.php
– Melun : cinquante Roms évacués de l’hôpital Marc-Jacquet. In: Le Parisien. 24.10.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/melun-77000/melun-cinquante-roms-evacues-de-l-hopital-marc-jacquet-24-10-2018-7927323.php
– Bonneuil : le bidonville rom évacué dans le calme. In: Le Parisien. 26.10.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/val-de-marne-94/bonneuil-le-bidonville-rom-evacue-dans-le-calme-26-10-2018-7929006.php
– Nantes. Après l’expulsion du camp de Roms, la confusion règne. In: Ouest France. 24.10.2018. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/nantes-apres-l-expulsion-du-camp-de-roms-la-confusion-regne-6035015
– Nantes Île de Nantes : plus de 150 Roms évacués par les forces de l’ordre. In: Ouest France. 23.10.2018. https://www.presseocean.fr/actualite/nantes-plus-de-150-roms-evacues-sur-lile-de-nantes-ce-matin-23-10-2018-284954
– Des familles roms dorment à nouveau dehors au Neuhof. In: Rue 89 – Strasbourg. 25.10.2018. https://www.rue89strasbourg.com/des-familles-roms-dorment-a-nouveau-dehors-au-neuhof-144015
– Pourquoi le camp de roms pourrait s’installer pour l’hiver au Sartel. In: Nord Éclair. 23.10.2018. http://www.nordeclair.fr/198256/article/2018-10-23/pourquoi-le-camp-de-roms-pourrait-s-installer-pour-l-hiver-au-sartel
– Les trois familles Roms n’intégreront pas le « sas » pendant les vacances. In: La Voix du Nord. 26.10.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/477151/article/2018-10-26/les-trois-familles-roms-n-integreront-pas-le-sas-pendant-les-vacances
– Squat d’un moulin par des Roms : le coup de gueule des élus. In: Le Dauphiné. 25.10.2018. https://www.ledauphine.com/haute-savoie/2018/10/25/squat-d-un-moulin-par-des-roms-le-coup-de-gueule-des-elus
– Un Rom soupçonné d’agressions sexuelles sur mineurs impliqué dans une fraude à la CAF. In: Sputnik News. 22.10.2018. https://fr.sputniknews.com/international/201810221038606263-rom-agressions-sexuelles-caf/
– Fraude : 1,7 million d’euros d’allocations sociales détournées vers la Roumanie. In: Le Figaro. 22.10.2018. http://www.lefigaro.fr/social/2018/10/22/20011-20181022ARTFIG00138-un-reseau-detourne-17-million-d-euros-d-allocations-sociales.php [link-preview url=”https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/ris-orangis_91521/essonne-camp-roms-ravage-par-incendie_19211014.html “]

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Begging

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Following the decision of the highest court in Switzerland, begging will be forbidden in the canton Vaud. Sound simple … It is not!

– Interdire la mendicité, une mission impossible? In: Le Temps. 16.10.2018. https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/interdire-mendicite-une-mission-impossible [link-preview url=”https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/interdire-mendicite-une-mission-impossible”]

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Begging in Lausanne

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The Swiss Federal Tribunal judged that the law enacted in the canton of Lausanne against begging is conform to the European Human Right Convention and can thus enter in vigour.
It may be conform, but it is still a bad law…

– Le Tribunal fédéral confirme l’interdiction de la mendicité dans le canton de Vaud. In: Le Temps. 04.10.2018. https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/tribunal-federal-confirme-linterdiction-mendicite-canton-vaud
– Interdiction de la mendicité confirmée. In: LFM. 04.10.2018. https://www.lfm.ch/actualite/vaud/interdiction-de-la-mendicite-confirmee/
– La loi sur la mendicité sera finalement appliquée dans le canton de Vaud. In: RTS. 04.10.2018. https://www.rts.ch/info/regions/vaud/9892761-la-loi-sur-la-mendicite-sera-finalement-appliquee-dans-le-canton-de-vaud.html [link-preview url=”https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/tribunal-federal-confirme-linterdiction-mendicite-canton-vaud “]

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Targets

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An essay on the far right in Europe and Roma.

– Roma population, an easy target of far-right. In: European Interest. 05.10.2018. https://www.europeaninterest.eu/article/roma-population-easy-target-far-right/ [link-preview url=”https://www.europeaninterest.eu/article/roma-population-easy-target-far-right/”]

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Switzerland and Travellers

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Roma travellers in Switzerland have been unwelcome lately. An article about them and about the work of an association of Sinti and Roma and its president who mediate between travellers, locals, and authorities.

– Er erklärt ausländischen Fahrenden die Schweiz. In: Berner Zeitung. 02.10.2018. https://m.bernerzeitung.ch/articles/5bb26d1fab5c3743ef000001 [link-preview url=”https://m.bernerzeitung.ch/articles/5bb26d1fab5c3743ef000001″]

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Sinti

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An interview of the president of one of the Swiss Sinti organisation in the context of the recognition of the Sinti (but not the Roma – Really!) in Switzerland.

– Die unbekannteste Minderheit: Sinti in der Schweiz. In: SRF Tagesgespräch. 06.09.2018. https://m.srf.ch/sendungen/tagesgespraech/die-unbekannteste-minderheit-sinti-in-der-schweiz [link-preview url=”https://m.srf.ch/sendungen/tagesgespraech/die-unbekannteste-minderheit-sinti-in-der-schweiz”]

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Switzerland: Institutional Racism

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A young researcher from Göttingen in Germany has investigated the Swiss Federal Commission against Racism and comes out with a scathing review, saying Switzerland turns a blind eye on institutional racism and that the commission is actually fuelling it.

– Ist die Schweiz blind für Behörden-Rassismus? Das behauptet zumindest diese Forscherin. In: Watson. 19.08.2018. https://www.watson.ch/!519782544 [link-preview url=”https://www.watson.ch/!519782544″]

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Switzerland: Lost …

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A judge in Fribourg (Switzerland) dismissed the complaint against racism that was lodged against 5 professional associations (three from Fribourg, two overall from Switzerland) who had advertised last year in the papers against giving work to Travellers and Roma. In these pamphlets, travellers and Roma were accused of shoddy work and practises, if not of outright fraud.
This highlights the difficulty in Switzerland to win such cases.

– Plainte pour discrimination raciale rejetée à Fribourg. In: Swissinfo. 17.08.2018. https://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/plainte-pour-discrimination-raciale-rejetée-à-fribourg/44333494 [link-preview url=”https://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/plainte-pour-discrimination-raciale-rejetée-à-fribourg/44333494″]

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Switzerland and Travellers

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Another outrageous report on travelling Roma in Tele Züri – a conduct of rightists views. What is bad, is that it plays the local travellers and some Sinti against Roma.

– https://www.telezueri.ch/62-show-zuerinews/26193-episode-dienstag-24-juli-2018/62231-segment-nach-skandal-hochzeit-sinti-und-jenische-haessig-auf-roma [link-preview url=”https://www.telezueri.ch/62-show-zuerinews/26193-episode-dienstag-24-juli-2018/62231-segment-nach-skandal-hochzeit-sinti-und-jenische-haessig-auf-roma”]

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Switzerland and Travellers

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Yet another article in the press about the “foreign” Roma travellers and the problems they create. If the Swiss had done their jobs and effectively provided some official camping sites, it certainly would be easier.

– Polizei zeigt Fahrenden Grenzen auf. In: 20 Minuten (CH). 18.07.2018. http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/ostschweiz/story/Polizei-zeigt-Fahrenden-Grenzen-auf-17592246 [link-preview url=”http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/ostschweiz/story/Polizei-zeigt-Fahrenden-Grenzen-auf-17592246″]

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Switzerland and Travellers

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A group of travelling Roma is being expelled in Gossau for littering. This is usually the result of poorly planned sites with not enough infrastructure.

– TOP NEWS vom 14. Juli 2018. In: Top Online. 14.07.2018. http://www.toponline.ch/tele-top/sendungen/top-news/news/heute-auf-tele-top-0092072/ [link-preview url=”http://www.toponline.ch/tele-top/sendungen/top-news/news/heute-auf-tele-top-0092072/”]

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Counting Roma

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Salvini’s proposal to count Roma boils down to fuelling hate… It is a populist move but is dangerous. Two articles on the subject (The Swiss one is a copy of the German one).

– Nur der Hass zählt. In: Tages Anzeiger. 10.07.2018. https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ausland/europa/nur-der-hass-zaehlt/story/10453493
– Nur der Hass zählt. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. 03.07.2018. http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/sinti-und-roma-in-italien-nur-der-hass-zaehlt-1.4038393?reduced=true [link-preview url=”https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ausland/europa/nur-der-hass-zaehlt/story/10453493 “]

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Italy’s Prime Minister: NO

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Giuseppe Conte, Italy’s prime Minister is against the census of Roma proposed by his interior minister.
Good – let’s see if he can really clamp it.

– Italiens Regierungschef ist gegen Roma-Zählung. In: Basler Zeitung. 20.06.2018. https://bazonline.ch/ausland/europa/italiens-regierungschef-ist-gegen-romazaehlung/story/18617640 [link-preview url=”https://bazonline.ch/ausland/europa/italiens-regierungschef-ist-gegen-romazaehlung/story/18617640″]

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Switzerland and Travellers

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Yet another article on Roma travellers in Switzerland with all stereotypes and clichés.
Needless to say, this is not really positive.

– Anwohner haben genug vom Wohnwagen-Lager. In: Blick. 18.06.2018. https://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/tierquaeler-ulrich-k-vermietet-wiese-an-fahrende-anwohner-haben-genug-vom-wohnwagen-lager-id8510437.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social_user&utm_campaign=blick_web [link-preview url=”https://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/tierquaeler-ulrich-k-vermietet-wiese-an-fahrende-anwohner-haben-genug-vom-wohnwagen-lager-id8510437.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social_user&utm_campaign=blick_web”]

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