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Not much in terms of news in France this week about Roma. A camp was vacated near Paris; a judge rejected the appeal against an “insertion” village near Nantes; and the story of a Rom, his wife and children forced to live in their car.

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There was very little news in the French press about Roma this week. Charlie Hebdo, one satirical French paper published an article about Stolipinovo, the Roma Mahala in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. As usual in France, unfortunately not well informed. Other  than that, In Nantes, a collective is trying to help Roma.

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The first article in the French press, in a renowned women’s magazine is titled “Report from Romania: Witchcraft as a tool for women’s emancipation”. While there may be such cases, this is by far not the only tool and is definitively pandering to stereotypes. In Verdun and in Metz, two conferences and meetings to better the views of the French on Roma, albeit with a focus on Romania. The rest of the news is standard. Near Paris, 300 Roma camp in a village of 400 inhabitants; and a death following a fire.

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Not many news this week in France about Roma. Two very different articles on so-called insertions villages in Western France. One, with a positive twist in Saint Herblain, one with a hint of a strong opposition at local level in Orvault. Finally, a debate about Roma from Romania with an association that helps them but unfortunately also perpetuates some stereotypes.

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Almost nothing this week on Roma in France. A single article over a site for the reintegration for Roma families.

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Almost no news about Roma this week in France. An expulsion, five days before the winter expulsion truce in France. And a testimony of a Romni who was deported to the French camp of Rivesaltes and who says the French were worse than the German.

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Not much this week in France about Roma. Several camps in the region around Paris were vacated without expulsion. In the north of France, an NOGo noted 2300 expulsions. And in central France, a huge meeting of evangelical Roma with more than 40’000 people.

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Two articles in the French press about the manifestations and fall out after a man was killed after being aggressed by Roma in Novo Mesto.

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Many articles about Roma this week in France.  Four camps in Hellemes, in the North of France will be dismantled shortly. One camp in Annecy in the French alps will also be closed in November. A large camp that exists since 5 years will be closed in Marseille. In the same city afire broke out in another Roma camp. Near Paris, another camp is slated for closure. In Annecy, tensions are on the rise between residents and Roma from a nearby camp.

Evacuation d’un camp de roms installé près des Espaces V à Villepinte. In: Aulnay Libre. 28.10.2025. https://www.aulnaylibre.com/2025/10/evacuation-d-un-camp-de-roms-installe-pres-des-espaces-v-a-villepinte.html

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More news this week. The question of the relocation of the inhabitants of one of the largest Roma settlement in France near Nantes, is still open. In a small commune in Britanny, the mayor and the village is involved in finding decent lodging solutions for the Roma living in a camp there. In the South, the new prefect of the region is multiplying expulsions of Roma. The story of a student who was attacked by Roma in Grenoble to steal his mobile. The main perpetrator apparently fled France to Romania. Finally, the movie “A Bras Ouverts”, heavily criticised and rightly so for its pandering of racist stereotypes is apparently having a huge success on Netflix in France.

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Not much this week in French news about Roma. An Arte Documentary on stereotypes; on the Jubilee in Roma for Roma; and one article about a declaration of a new organisation of a Romano state without land.

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Almost nothing about Roma in France this past week. An article about Roma families who were evicted twice within 6 months, and a fire in a camp near Nantes, in Westen France.

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Not much in France this week … A fire in a Roma camp near Nantes, in Western France; one site also in Wenstern France needs rehabilitation, as it has been too degraded; and one camp being dismantled near Paris. 

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Not much this week in France about Roma. Not surprising as there was many other more important news, like Sarkozy condemned to prison. In the South of France in Montpellier, a worrisome development, shots were fired at a Roma camp.

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As usual, when French news are full of news, there are no news about Roma… Only one article this week, about a camp in Angers that will be closed in December.

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Not much in the French press this week about Roma. Well, they are all wondering whether the government will fall, so Roma stories are not needed to fill gaps…

The news is mostly out of Angers, in the Loire region. First, a camp being displaced raises fears among residents of the new location. Second, a new administrative procedure for managing the arrival of Roma and travellers. Probably swell for the administrations, not necessarily efficient. Third, a series of burglaries; and a young 16 years old raped by 6 Roma, one of which was her lover for whom she agreed to prostitute herself.

Sad.

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Lots of articles this week in the French press. Many of them about a Roma camp in Nantes, where the city had to abandon the relocation into another place. But amongst those articles, the one about a family whose children integrated well in the region. Against that, the case of a young Rom who stole since age 12… Also a truck providing health care to children in the camps in Nantes.

Finally in Lyon, the expulsion of two Roma camps.

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News in France are dominated with the relocation of Roma in one neighbourhood of Nantes. Locals are fighting against this, and Roma who are being expelled of one camp went to court, claiming that the expulsions are illegal. In brief, chaos.

Other than that, an article about the forgotten (in France) genocide of the Roma.

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Most of the numerous articles this weak about Roma in France are dedicated to the creation of a new camp in Doulon, Nantes, set to temporarily house Roma who where displaced by the closure of other camps in the region. Neighbours complain that they were not consulted and they vocally object to Roma living next to their houses.

Not a single article raises the questions of why these Roma who have been in France for a long time need to live in such camps, and not one asks why the reactions of the future neighbours are so based on stereotypes.

 

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