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Last, a book for children featuring a young Romni – Luludja (sic. Normally, in Romanes, the first name would be Luludji [flower] not in plural) – but also strengthening the stereotypes. Clearly she comes from Romania (all Roma are from there for the French) in search for a better  live, lands in camps etc.

Sometimes, these books are counterproductive.

 

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Not much this week, which in itself is good. The music festival “Welcome en Tsiganie” celebrates its 15th upcoming edition, although frankly, it also perpetuates some clichés about Roma. Other than that, a peasant angry at Roma for littering his field near Paris; in the South, a violent fight between 4 Kosovo Roma; also in the South, a mayor tries to hinder Roma from setting up new camps by mobilising hunters (yes!); in Grenoble, another squat; and finally, in the north, 3 Roma arrested for suspected stealing of metal from cemeteries have been freed.

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Pretty usual week in France on Roma. Still several articles about the new “transition village”, i.e. new Roma camp now that the others have been forcefully closed in Montpellier. Near Paris, a fire raged in a camp. In Grenoble, the mayor wants to prevent a new Roma camp after the large fire that spread to industrial buildings. In the North, a commune thinks it has done enough, and the police catches a gang of metal thieves operating in cemmetaries.

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Fairly quiet in the French news this week on Roma. An article on the future “transition” camp for Roma near Montpellier which prompted many protests; a fire in Nantes near a Roma camp; an expulsion request of 4 families in Villeneuve d’Asc; and the camp at the end of the Roissy runway near Paris opens again – this clearly showing it would be simpler to lodge those Roma rather than just displace them.

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A reportage on the Saines Marie de la Mer pilgrimage with all the confusion and stereotypes that the French show between Manouches, Sinti, Roma, Travellers… They seem not to want to get it right.

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More news this week on Roma, but again, mostly on Montpellier where a large Roma camp will be closed in March and replaced by a temporary camp. Future neighbours of this camp are vehemently protesting and the mayor of the commune where it will be located is saying that people will get killed.

Other news are more of the same. A camp re-opens in the South of France; a camp burns down near Paris; neighbours of a Roma camp near Paris convince the mayor to close a camp; and finally, one of the oldest insertion villages in France, in the northern town of Roubaix, closes.

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Montpellier makes the headline this week. The city is dismantling Roma camps, and is setting aside a 10 ha site to relodge part of the Roma, resulting in protests from the neighbours of the selected land. They should better find a permanent solution rather than these idiotic measures.

Other news: A new camp in the Rhine valley in N Village-Neuf; a new squat in the former Orange building near Paris; and the usual criminal fact with two young Roma arrested near Nantes for theft.

Bouguenais : trois mineurs arrêtés après deux agressions en pleine rue. In: France Bleu. 04.01.2022. https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/bouguenais-trois-mineurs-arretes-apres-deux-agressions-en-pleine-rue-1641302153

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Very few news on Roma this week in France (always a good thing). First, a report on racism against Roma in France and worrying statistics. A theatre play in the South of France. A comic strip on an Ursari family who comes to France. More political, Roma in Ivry, near Paris, are protesting in front of the Prefecture. And finally, a clean-up operation on the site of a former Roma camp near Paris.

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The French news this week were overwhelmingly reporting about the issues in Italy where riots erupted after a Roma family was allocated a flat in a social housing. Many articles in the catholic French press on the pope and his intervention, but also about the overall situation of Roma. And otherwise, the beginning of the Ramadan for Moslem Roma and only two news on camps, one in the North, in Wattrelos, and in Grenoble.

– Le pape manifeste son soutien aux personnes roms victimes de discrimination. In: La Croix. 11.05.2019. https://www.la-croix.com/Religion/Catholicisme/Pape/Le-pape-manifeste-soutien-personnes-roms-victimes-discrimination-2019-05-11-1201021045
– L’Europe est l’espoir des Roms. In: La Croix. 12.05.2019. https://www.la-croix.com/Monde/Europe/LEurope-lespoir-Roms-2019-05-12-1201021176
– Le pape dénonce les tensions à Rome autour d’une famille rom en HLM. In: TV5 Monde. 09.05.2019. https://information.tv5monde.com/info/le-pape-denonce-les-tensions-rome-autour-d-une-famille-rom-en-hlm-299416
– L’attribution d’un HLM à une famille de Roms attise la tension. In: Le Courrier International. 09.05.2019. https://www.courrierinternational.com/revue-de-presse/italie-lattribution-dun-hlm-une-famille-de-roms-attise-la-tension
– Pape François: les Roms ne sont pas des “citoyens de seconde classe”. In: Cath.ch. 09.05.2019. https://www.cath.ch/newsf/pape-francois-les-roms-ne-sont-pas-des-citoyens-de-seconde-classe/
– Un groupe de Roms reçu par le Pape pour un temps de prière. In: Vatican News. 09.05.2019. https://www.vaticannews.va/fr/pape/news/2019-05/pape-francois-rencontre-priere-roms-sinte-vatican.html
– À Nantes, l’Europe bute sur l’intégration des Roms. In: Ouest France. 10.05.2019. https://larochesuryon.maville.com/sortir/infos_-a-nantes-l-europe-bute-sur-l-integration-des-roms_fil-3716819_actu.Htm
– Fête du ramadan à Clichy-sous-Bois : la main tendue des musulmans aux Roms. In: Le Parisien. 10.05.2019. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis-93/clichy-sous-bois-on-n-a-jamais-eu-de-probleme-avec-les-roms-10-05-2019-8069457.php
– Wattrelos Le camp de Roms du Sartel, une histoire sans fin. In: La Voix du Nord. 07.05.2019. https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/579468/article/2019-05-07/le-camp-de-roms-du-sartel-une-histoire-sans-fin
– Le Bidonville du terrain Courtade de Fontaine a été évacué et rasé vendredi 3 au matin. In: Place Grenet. 06.05.2019. https://www.placegrenet.fr/2019/05/06/bidonville-courtade-fontaine-evacuation/241234 [link-preview url=”https://www.la-croix.com/Religion/Catholicisme/Pape/Le-pape-manifeste-soutien-personnes-roms-victimes-discrimination-2019-05-11-1201021045 “]

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Not news – really, no expulsion, no crime. Just the action of Roma neat Paris, writing to Macron to avoid a forthcoming expulsion, and another letter to Macron from the West of France to appeal for a more active policy.

– Champs-sur-Marne : des Roms écrivent à Emmanuel Macron pour ne pas être expulses. In: LE Parisien. 20.03.2019. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-et-marne-77/champs-sur-marne-des-roms-ecrivent-a-emmanuel-macron-pour-ne-pas-etre-expulses-20-03-2019-8035866.php
– Champs-sur-Marne : les Roms en appellent à Emmanuel Macron pour empêcher leur expulsion. In: Evasion. 21.03.2019. https://www.evasionfm.com/actualite-42814-champs-sur-marne-les-roms-en-appellent-a-emmanuel-macron-pour-empecher-leur-expulsion.html
– POINT DE VUE. Expulsions des bidonvilles : il est temps de décréter l’urgence sociale. In: Ouest France. 17.03.2019. https://larochesuryon.maville.com/actu/actudet_-point-de-vue.-expulsions-des-bidonvilles-il-est-temps-de-decreter-l-urgence-sociale_54135-3673505_actu.Htm [link-preview url=”https://www.evasionfm.com/actualite-42814-champs-sur-marne-les-roms-en-appellent-a-emmanuel-macron-pour-empecher-leur-expulsion.html “]

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France: A Romano Mayor

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The story of the sole French Romano mayor in the South of France, his life, and his recognition inside his own community.

– The Gypsy mayor who wants Gypsies to mix with everyone else. In: BBC. 17.03.2019. https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-47587773 [link-preview url=”https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-47587773″]

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More news this week in France. To start, reportage on a camp in a hole in Marseille and the plight of its inhabitants. A similar article on the situation of Roma in Nantes. In Toulouse, a camp of Roma, with many Albanians, was closed. In Montpellier, three policemen are wounded as they tried to stop a car entering a Roma camp. Near Paris, a clean-up on the site of a former camp, and a camp closure in Vigneux sur Seine. Finally, an appeal by many organisations to find permanent solutions to the shantytowns in France.
Last but not least, the story of a mayor from the North of France who made racist comments against Roma and who is now using the taxes from his town to pay for his legal costs …

– A Marseille, la survie au fond du «trou». In: Libération. 13.03.2019. https://www.liberation.fr/france/2019/03/13/a-marseille-la-survie-au-fond-du-trou_1714886
– Le “trou” de Saint-Antoine où vivent des Roms. In: Marsactu. 14.03.2019. https://marsactu.fr/bref/le-trou-de-saint-antoine-ou-vivent-des-roms/
– Aux Îles Noires à La Riche, le bidonville crie son désespoir. In: La Nouvelle République. 12.03.2019. https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/indre-et-loire/commune/la-riche/aux-iles-noires-le-bidonville-crie-son-desespoir
– Toulouse : évacuation d’un campement de Roms aux Arènes. In: FR3. 13.03.2019. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/occitanie/haute-garonne/toulouse/toulouse-evacuation-campement-roms-aux-arenes-1637554.html
– Un camp de Roms et d’Albanais évacué à Toulouse. In: Toulouse Info. 13.03.2019. https://www.toulouseinfos.fr/actualites/33107-camp-de-roms-dalbanais-evacue-a-toulouse.html
– Violences à Montpellier : blessés, trois policiers utilisent leur flash-ball. In: Métropolitain. 15.03.2019. https://e-metropolitain.fr/2019/03/16/violences-a-montpellier-blesses-trois-policiers-utilisent-flash-ball/
– Saint-Thibault-des-Vignes ► Grand nettoyage : le « gros furoncle » des bords de Marne dégrossit. In: Mag Journal. 12.03.2019. https://www.magjournal77.fr/saint-thibault-des-vignes-grand-nettoyage-le-gros-furoncle-des-bords-de-marne-degrossit/
– Le campement Roms de Vigneux-sur-Seine finalement évacué vendredi matin. In: Évasion FM. 11.03.2019. https://www.evasionfm.com/actualite-42462-le-campement-roms-de-vigneux-sur-seine-finalement-evacue-vendredi-matin.html
– Expulsions des bidonvilles, il est temps de décréter l’urgence sociale! In: Le Journal du Dimance. 16.03.2019. https://www.lejdd.fr/Societe/expulsions-des-bidonvilles-il-est-temps-de-decreter-lurgence-sociale-3875252
– Un maire tient des propos polémiques sur les roms et paye ses frais de justice avec l’argent public. In: BFM. 13.03.2019. https://rmc.bfmtv.com/emission/la-protection-fonctionnelle-permet-aux-elus-de-s-offrir-des-frais-de-justice-avec-l-argent-public-1651431.html [link-preview url=”https://www.liberation.fr/france/2019/03/13/a-marseille-la-survie-au-fond-du-trou_1714886 “]

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Almost no news this week in France on Roma. Most notable case, the story of the “Gypsy Boxer”, one of the yellow vests protesters who was caught beating up a policeman, who went from “Gitan” as a nickname on the ring to a Rom in the press…
Other than that, protests in Savoy against a planned camp; families who were expulsed recently in Grenoble still have not been given housing; and a insertion village in the North was closed.

– “Les mots d’un boxeur gitan” : petite histoire du mépris de classe par la langue. In: France Culture. 14.02.2019. https://www.franceculture.fr/societe/les-mots-dun-boxeur-gitan-petite-histoire-du-mepris-de-classe-par-la-langue
– Camp de Roms à Juvigny : « Ce sera une base de vie et pas un bidonville ! » In: Le Dauphiné. 12.02.2019. https://www.ledauphine.com/haute-savoie/2019/02/12/camp-de-roms-a-juvigny-(pres-d-annemasse)-ce-sera-une-base-de-vie-et-pas-un-bidonville
– PRÈS DE QUINZE JOURS APRÈS LEUR EXPULSION, LES FAMILLES ROMS DU 130 COURS BERRIAT TOUJOURS SANS LOGEMENTS STABLES. In: Place Grenet. 12.02.2019. https://www.placegrenet.fr/2019/02/12/roms-cours-berriat-sans-logements/229327
– Faches-Thumesnil Le village d’insertion a disparu du paysage. In: La Voix du Nord. 16.02.2019. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/538615/article/2019-02-16/le-village-d-insertion-disparu-du-paysage [link-preview url=”https://www.franceculture.fr/societe/les-mots-dun-boxeur-gitan-petite-histoire-du-mepris-de-classe-par-la-langue “]

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Not much this week in the French Press on Roma. An article in Libération investigates the views of the French state on Roma – albeit using itself derogatory terminology. In the North of France, a mayor who made derogatory comments on Roma in 2013 has problems with the justice, and his town is paying for it (yes!). Then more usual news, with a clean-up on a site of a former camp and a respite for some Roma near Paris.

– Est-ce ainsi que les gitans nous parlent ? In: Libération. 04.02.2019. https://www.liberation.fr/debats/2019/02/04/est-ce-ainsi-que-les-gitans-nous-parlent_1707304
– À Croix, le contribuable va payer pour le dérapage du maire. In: Nord Éclair. 08.02.2019. http://www.nordeclair.fr/217370/article/2019-02-08/croix-le-contribuable-va-payer-pour-le-derapage-du-maire
– Terrain occupé par les Roms à Isles-lès-Villenoy : les déchets enfin retires. In: Actu.fr. 07.02.2019. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/isles-les-villenoy_77232/nettoyage-terrain-occupe-roms-isles-villenoy_21357830.html
– Bobigny : un délai accordé aux familles roms de la rue de Paris. In: Le Parisien. 04.02.2019. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis-93/bobigny-un-delai-accorde-aux-familles-roms-de-la-rue-de-paris-04-02-2019-8004165.php [link-preview url=”https://www.liberation.fr/debats/2019/02/04/est-ce-ainsi-que-les-gitans-nous-parlent_1707304 “]

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Valls, Barcelona, and Roma

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Manuel Valls, former French Prime Minister, is courting the votes of Roma – yes really. He who expulsed 27’000 of them while in France …

– Valls utiliza a los gitanos de la Mina para hacer campaña y se le vuelve en contra. In: El Nacional. 04.02.2019. https://www.elnacional.cat/es/barcelona/valls-gitanos-mina-campana_351231_102.html [link-preview url=”https://www.elnacional.cat/es/barcelona/valls-gitanos-mina-campana_351231_102.html”]

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Not much this week in France on Roma. A video on their history and origins is probably one of the better ones to circulate in that country, except when they divide Roma into three groups (Sinti/Manouches; Kale; Roma), and that their maps of distributions misses quite a few regions. Oh well, France seems oblivious of history when it comes to Roma.
Other than that, in the North, an article about an integration centre; a new squat in Angers, in Western France; and a protest in Juvigny, in the Alps, about a planned Roma camp.

– D’où viennent les Roms et qui sont-ils ? Réponses dans cette vidéo. In: Positivr. 28.01.2019. https://positivr.fr/qui-sont-les-roms-histoire/
– Lambersart Un SAS Roms pour « sortir les familles de la logique de survie » In: La Voix du Nord. 02.02.2019. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/531525/article/2019-02-02/un-sas-roms-pour-sortir-les-familles-de-la-logique-de-survie-22
– Angers. Les Roms se sont réinstallés rue du Maine, la Ville redemande leur expulsion. In: Oust France. 01.02.2019. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/angers-49000/angers-les-roms-se-sont-reinstalles-rue-du-maine-la-ville-redemande-leur-expulsion-6207525
– Des habitants lancent une pétition contre le camp de Roms imposé par l’État. In: Le Dauphiné. 28.01.2019. https://www.ledauphine.com/haute-savoie/2019/01/28/des-habitants-lancent-une-petition-contre-le-camp-de-roms-impose-par-l-etat [link-preview url=”https://positivr.fr/qui-sont-les-roms-histoire/ “]

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Not many news in France on Roma this week. An article in Libération is somewhat disturbing. While it is called “No one has Roma friends, I asked myself why”, it nevertheless perpetuates clichés which is what the French press is doing all the time. Other than that, the usual news. In Western France, Roma children need to go to school; the site of a former camp was cleaned up in Nantes; near Paris, a squat was damaged by fire; and in the North, several housing projects, also targeted at Roma will be funded.

– «Personne n’a d’amis roms, je me suis demandé pourquoi». In: Libération. 23.01.2019. https://www.liberation.fr/france/2019/01/23/personne-n-a-d-amis-roms-je-me-suis-demande-pourquoi_1704951
– Vertou. Une trentaine d’enfants Roms à scolariser. In: Ouest France. 24.01.2019. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/vertou-44120/vertou-une-trentaine-d-enfants-roms-scolariser-6193822
– Coups de tractopelle pour une première opération de nettoyage à l’Est de Nantes. In: Ouest France. 24.01.2019. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/coups-de-tractopelle-l-est-de-nantes-6193778
– Dammarie-les-Lys : un squat endommagé par un incendie. In: Le Parisien. 22.01.2019. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-et-marne-77/dammarie-les-lys-un-squat-endommage-par-un-incendie-22-01-2019-7993941.php
– Lille : Un jury citoyen a voté, 18 projets d’habitants seront financés en 2019. In: La Voix du Nord. 25.01.2019. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/527202/article/2019-01-25/un-jury-citoyen-vote-18-projets-d-habitants-seront-finances-en-2019 [link-preview url=”https://www.liberation.fr/france/2019/01/23/personne-n-a-d-amis-roms-je-me-suis-demande-pourquoi_1704951 “]

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Seems that most of the news is centred around Nantes in Western France this week: Reflections on the camps and what to do with them, a camp that is threatened, and a clean-up that has not yet been done. In Lilles, there is no will to actually resolve the issue of the Roma camps. Near Paris, a camp has been burning while another was abandoned before an announced closure. In Montpellier, a camp that was not yet closed makes the headlines, while in Eastern France, the press warns against a “false” accident con trick that involves Roma.

– Nantes Bidonvilles roms : beaucoup reste à faire. In: Presse Océan. 15.01.2019. https://www.presseocean.fr/actualite/nantes-bidonvilles-roms-beaucoup-reste-a-faire-15-01-2019-291624
– Roms : une trentaine de familles menacées d’expulsion à Vertou. In: ACTU.fr. 19.01.2019. https://actu.fr/pays-de-la-loire/vertou_44215/roms-une-trentaine-familles-menacees-dexpulsion-vertou_20934561.html
– VIDÉO. Ce quartier à l’est de Nantes qui attend toujours d’être nettoyé. In: Ouest France. 18.01.2019. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/ce-quartier-l-est-de-nantes-qui-attend-toujours-d-etre-nettoye-6179551
– Lille « Il n’y a pas, ici, la volonté de trouver des solutions durables » pour les Roms. In: La Voix du Nord. 19.01.2019. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/523838/article/2019-01-19/il-n-y-pas-ici-la-volonte-de-trouver-des-solutions-durables-pour-les-roms
– Bondoufle : un incendie a détruit une partie du camp de Roms de La Marinière. In: Le Parisien. 14.01.2019. http://www.leparisien.fr/essonne-91/bondoufle-un-incendie-en-cours-dans-le-camp-de-roms-de-la-mariniere-14-01-2019-7988151.php
– Un camp de Roms en flammes depuis hier soir à Bondoufle. In: Évasion. 14.01.2019. https://www.evasionfm.com/actualite-40902-un-camp-de-roms-en-flammes-depuis-hier-soir-a-bondoufle.html
– Ris-Orangis : un campement rom évacué en bordure de la N 7. In: Yahoo. 16.01.2019. https://fr.news.yahoo.com/ris-orangis-campement-rom-évacué-bordure-n-7-195333265.html
– Malgré les promesses, le bidonville de Celleneuve n’a toujours pas disparu à Montpellier. In: France Bleu. 15.01.2019. https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/societe/malgre-les-promesses-le-bidonville-de-celleneuve-n-a-toujours-pas-disparu-a-montpellier-1546956592
– Sarthe : attention aux arnaques aux faux accidents dans le secteur de Sablé. In: France Bleu. 16.01.2019. https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/societe/sarthe-attention-aux-arnaques-aux-faux-accidents-dans-le-secteur-de-sable-1547647234 [link-preview url=”https://www.presseocean.fr/actualite/nantes-bidonvilles-roms-beaucoup-reste-a-faire-15-01-2019-291624 “]

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Very few news on Roma this week in France. A successful approach to Integration in Rezé, in Western France; a potential camp closure near Grenoble; and an exhibition also on Roma in Béziers.

– Rezé. « Les 130 Roms de Rezé s’intègrent peu à peu. In: Ouest France. 10.01.2019. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/reze-44400/reze-les-130-roms-de-reze-s-integrent-peu-peu-6166258
– Expulsion d’un camp de Roms à Fontaine en Isère : la justice rendra sa décision le 6 février.. In: FR3. 09.01.2019. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/isere/grenoble/expulsion-camp-roms-fontaine-isere-justice-rendra-sa-decision-6-fevrier-1604249.html
– ACTUALITÉS : BEZIERS – EXPOSITION DE PHOTOGRAPHIE – REGARDS MIGRÉS À LA MAISON DE LA RÉGION. In: Herault Tribune. https://www.herault-tribune.com/articles/198909/beziers-exposition-de-photographie-regards-migres-a-la-maison-de-la-region/ [link-preview url=”https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/reze-44400/reze-les-130-roms-de-reze-s-integrent-peu-peu-6166258 “]

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An exhibition in France remembers the fate of Roma during Worl War Two in the country, something that was done by the French themselves, and warns against discrimination.

– WW2 ‘Nomad Internment’ exhibition warns against institutionalised discrimination. In: RTL. 09.01.2019. http://en.rfi.fr/culture/20190108-shoah-memorial-paris-ww2-nomad-internment-exhibition-warns-against [link-preview url=”http://en.rfi.fr/culture/20190108-shoah-memorial-paris-ww2-nomad-internment-exhibition-warns-against”]

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