Category Archives: France

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Many articles this week on the closure of what was deemed the largest Roma camp near Paris, in Stains. Out of 800 people living there, only 48 have received a re-lodging offer. A shame.

Near Nantes, in Saint Herblain, same issue: Camp closure but no alternative for its residents.

A fire near Paris on the former site of a Roma camp, implicitely attributed to them.

Then two intersting articlees, one on the commemoration of the internment of travellers in France during thed War, and the second, a reportage in a commune led by the extreme right, faced with the fact that many Bulgarian Roma live there, employed by the local farmers…

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More news this week in France about Roma.  A reportage about Romanian Roma who have been expelled from France and are returning there; questions about the condemnatioin of France by the European Union; politics in the Nantes region following an accusation of having used Roma to win local elections; near Nantes, a camp being evacuated; in Westen France, a mayor condemned for having denied Roima water; and finally, the impact of the recent extreme heat in France on a settlement near Paris.

The Ivanovitch

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The Ivanovitch

This article speaks about the Ivanovitch (in its French spelling, originally Ivanović), a Roma family from the Vojvodina who emigrated to France and became famous there. The father, Jarko, is credited with the composition of the Roma hymn “Djelem Djelem”. His two sons, Slobodan and Petro were famous musicians under the name “Les Tziganes Ivanovitch”. Petro married Natacha Bielenberg, a Russian Romni whose mother, Raja was a famous dancer in the Theatre Romen in Moscow.

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News this week in France are still dominated by the fire on the site of the former Roma camp in Chambly. Its origins are unclear, and firefighters needed several days to extinguish it. The municipal opposition in Nantes accused the social services of having registered Roma to vote for the current socialist mayor. Also near Nantes, a mayor who was strongly opposing a housing scheme for Roma has now endorsed it because of the already spent money (so he says) but has introduced strong surveillance measures.

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Not much in terms of news, but a very large number of articles about a fire in a former camp of Roma that was evacuated recently. The other topic, speaks about the “calvary” of an owner whose property has been squatted by Roma.

Concentration Camp

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Concentration Camp

Within the grounds of Coudrecieux castle (Sarthe), the ruins of a World War II internment camp for “nomads” still remain. On My 31st, associations of itinerant citizens called for it to be listed as a historical monument.

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The usual in the French press about Roma camps. A mayorof the town of Riys-Orangis, near Paris, pledges that no more Roma camops will be tolerated. And in another set of news, a yong man was found dead in a Roma camp after an overdose.

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The usual news this week in France regarding Roma. A fire in a camp near Nantes in Western France; a camp near Paris which “exasperates” neighbours; a criminal Rom cannot be expulsed from France as he is stateless; and finally, the case of a young Romani girl who disappeared near Paris in total indifference.

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Not much this week in France about Roma. An article about the Roma anthem at the inauguration of the new Hungarian prime minister Peter Magyar; two Roma being judged for burglary; and a meeting in Paris to commemorate the genocide of the Roma.

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Many articles this week about a very young mayor (23 years old) in Western France who is trying to get rid of a Roma camp on the coimmune, an conflict that boiled over with pro-Roma militiants  and with opposistion politicians.

Other than that, near Paris, a new camp on private grounds, and also near Paris, the police is accused of violence against Roma after on policeman shot a young dog in the head during a perquisition in the camp.

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A long article in the French Le Monde on the Genocide of the Roma during the Holocaust, and the fact that the French are relatively silent about it. Why are they still using “Tsiganes”?

Other news are more of the usual. An article about the so-called insertion vilalge near Nantes, in Western France; a neighbourhood in Lille is unhappy with a Roma camp; and a fire in Montpellier.

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Lolita Cercel, the AI Romani Singer, managed to make it to the French press. So dit the Council of Europe. The rest is unfrotunately the usual, with Roma having been evicted near Nates in Western France, have nowhere to go. And in another place, Roma are being threatened with eviction.

Django Reinhardt Movie

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Django Reinhardt Movie

A movie from 2017 about Django Reinhardt. While other Sinti across Europe are persecuted, Django’s popularity allows him to feel safe – until the Nazis try to send him on tour to Germany. Django refuses. His Parisian lover helps him, his pregnant wife, and his mother go into hiding near the Swiss border. There he meets members of his extended family, who are also on the run. He plans to cross Lake Geneva into Switzerland, but the Nazis are hot on his heels.

Well, the Swiss denied him Entry …

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French news last week were dominated with a reportage from TF1, state TV about how minors are exploited by Roma networks to maximise gains. Again, this might be part of the reality, but how it is presented is simply pandering to sterotypes and extrapolating to all Roma. In brief, a racist narrative.

Other news, the usual: closure of a camp near Orange, in the Sotuh of France, and a fight between Roma (according to the extreme right Breizh info).

France and the Genocide

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France and the Genocide

A Roma association is calling for France to recognize the genocide of the “Sinti, Gitans, Manouches, Yenish, and Travellers.” The association, represented by lawyer and writer Anina Ciuciu, great-granddaughter of Romanians deported during the Second World War, initiated a proposed resolution, which was placed on the agenda for April 8th in the European Affairs Committee of the National Assembly.

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Quite a few articles about two Romanian Roma families who were condemned for having forced their children to beg. Other than that, in Nantes, Roma are voting to try to influence their fate in that city. Finally, in central France, two Serbian and two Romanian Roma were condemned for a series of burglaries.

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This week, the only articles on Roma concern the municipal elections being held in France on March 12th and all of these articles concern Roma in Nantes who are trying to have a say in those elections. Apparently, they massively registered to vote (as they can in France). The only other articles are a squat being closed in Lyon, and one from the extreme right Breizh Info on a so called reportage in the largest slum in France.

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Basically nothing about Roma this week in French media. Not surprising as there are many other news… Only the case of two Roma who took a cubic metre of water of a hydrant, and the arrival of mobile homes in a so-called “insertion village” in Western France.

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An exhibition of works of Ceija Stoika; and the more usual news: A camp closed near Paris, requiring lots of cleanup; the Roma question in the French municiapl elections; the Genocide of the Roma will have a memorial ihn the South of France; and a meeting with the “gens du voyage” near Paris.

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