Seems that the French policies of systematic expulsions are not only inefficient, they are also expensive…
A militant activist beat up a homeless man to steal his puppy, claiming it was drugged. Well, maybe, but how did he know beforehand? And the proof is still outstanding. Cherry on the cake, the militant claims that Rroma drug their animals, and even some of them eat cats.
This is not limited to Rroma, and it seems that while cat eaters are found among all populations, idiots, bigots, and racists are too.
SHAME…
France continues its seemingly never ending circle. How about changing it an investing energies into something more constructive? In Montreuil, 117 families were expulsed; in Wissous, in the North of France, benevoles are helping children to get to school, all the while shadowed by the worries about a fire in the camps there; in Savoy, a Rroma camo was destroyed by a fire; in Lille, Rroma have a three months reprieve; in Tourcoing, in the North of France, Rroma were served an eviction letter; while the association Eurrom tries to integrate Rroma;
Less news in France, probably due to the refugees… In Tourcoing, in the North, Rroma are expulsed; as in Asnières near Paris; while in Lille, Rroma express their opinion on the insertion villages; and in Roubaix, also in the North, the value of a house decrease if you have Rroma neighbours…
Local residents in a suburb of Grenoble, France, took justice in their own hands and expulsed a Rroma family which was squatting an abandoned house. Police condoned the act and escorted the Rroma away.
DANGEROUS … Justice should be left to the courts and police, not to the crowds.
Several politicians are asking for a national conference to mobilise means and people for Rroma as they have been now for refugees. And the Communist Party (by the way, the one that closed the camp in la Courneuve) is asking for a regional conference to better distribute Rroma in the various towns around Paris.
France was put at the same level as Bulgaria by a UN report slamming those two countries for forced evictions of Rroma.
SHAME!!!
France has been slammed by the UN for the systematic eviction of Rroma camps. The UN stresses that a more inclusive and integrative policy might be a better alternative.
17 Rroma are on trial in Paris for having pick-pocketed tourists in the capital. Some of them are accused to have transferred back as much as 700’000 EUR. A lot of money.
Again, is it relevant that they are Rroma? If guilty, they are criminals. Ethnicity has nothing to do with this. At most, the fact that they had very little other opportunities in their home countries.
The French Front National got caught in a fake Twitter account story used to spread racists tweets, among them (see the bottom of the article) against Rroma.
SHAME!
In an interview, a representative of the UNHCR slammed France for having chosen the worst possible solution in closing the camp in la Courneuve.
Well said!
In spite of all fears following the blockade of the highway, the funerals of the Rroma victims of the shooting in the North of France in Royes happened without any problems. Once again, the Hype of the press … Notice the picture !!!!
More of the same in France: A fire in a camp near Lyon, with wounded firemen; in Sucy, the mayor who had been accused of discrimination has been freed; in Tourcoing, Rroma are expulsed; in Lille, the expulsion order is being reviewed by a judge; in Choisy, Rroma were prevented creating a camps; in Nantes, Rroma children are enrolled in school, in spite of their upcoming eviction; and one of the young Rroma expulsed from La Courneuve is being casted in a reality show.
An appeal to the government to enrol Rroma children who live in camps. This is a fundamental right!
In Montreuil, north of Paris, a new integration policy is being put in place.
About time!
Xavier Bertrand, deputy mayor of Saint-Quentin in the North of France affirmed that travellers had military weapons. The former ministers wants to disarm them to prevent violence like the recent murder in a camp in the north of France.
This is definitively DAFT! But the Figaro went a step further…
While saying that no, travellers have no military weapons, it manages to say that all Rroma are stealing and dealing with stolen goods. Nice generalisation.
UNACCEPTABLE!
Following Saturday’s blocking of the A1 highway by Rroma, the French Press is full of articles on that action. Stress is on why they were allowed to do so, and on the costs. The real question namely why it went that far doesn’t seem to be asked by anyone.
An article in the Figaro is attempting to clarify the distinction between Travellers (Gens du Voyage in French), Rroma, and other “Tsiganes”…
While the Figaro is right to say that Traveller is a legal statute, at least in France, for the rest, the Figaro is utterly confused …
Let’s put it straight: Not all Travellers are Rroma, only a small portion of Rroma are travelling, and Rroma encompasses many different groups who often, like the Sinti prefer to use their group’s name instead of the generic Rroma one.
The British tabloid press had a field day protesting against the “Roma gypsies” who blocked the A1 last Saturday. We wonder why they feel the need to write “Roma gypsies”, after all, these are usually referring to the same people.
Time for the British tabloid press to review how they report on minorities…
Besides the closure of the Rroma camp in la Courneuve and the shooting in the North of France, there have been other news on France this week. A camp had to make space for an integration project in Deuil la Barre; life goes on in the North in Lille; and eexpulsed Rroma who had to leave their integration village are spending their 35th night in tents in St. Ouen.
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