Only one notable article about Roma in France in the French speaking press this week. A camp near Angers in Western France is awaiting its closure.
Some more news in France this week about Roma. First a fight between Romas and Algerians in Lyon left three people wounded. Then several articles about Roma camps, one about life there, one on how a vacant plot became a Roma camp, and one eviction. And finally, two articles about an upcoming “Cabaret Tzigane” in Nantes, where it is not really clear whether Roma are actually involved …
Several articles on Janos Lazar and on his by now infamous statement that Roma should clean shitty train toilets in the French press.
Not much in France this week, appart from quite a few articles on Janos Lazar, see our other post there).
A camp near Paris will not be closed, to the dismal of the residents around it. And in Nantes, 3 Roma are condemned for burglaries.
This week, some more news about Roma in France. A reportage about Roma who gather old metal and many other items that French discard near Paris; in Antibes, in the South of France, 4 families are without lodging after the closure of their camp; in Angers, in Western France, a camp with more than hunderd people will be closed.
Not much in France this week about Roma. Only several articles about 4 Roma families who will be expulsed from their camp near Antibes in Southern France.
Almost nothing about Roma this week in the French press. Just an article about a camp near Paris that was left, but with tons of garbage in its place, and an article in Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical newspaper about Bulgaria, unfortunately with lots of French based clichés on Roma.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Almost nothing this week on Roma in France. A single article over a site for the reintegration for Roma families.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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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