A report from Hamburg about the expulsion of Rroma refugees based on the “safe countries” policies of the German government.
SHAME!
Germany: Expulsions of Rroma
Category Archives: Germany
Sinti and Rroma in Schoolbooks
An initiative by the government of Hessen aims at teaching children about Sinti and Rroma in Germany, and the overall role of discrimination and the need to fight against segregation.
Good!
- Sinti und Roma im Schulunterricht. Lehrmittel zu “Deutschland und die Rolle des Antiziganismus“. In: Osthessen News. 28.01.2016. http://osthessen-news.de/n11522380/lehrmittel-zu-deutschland-und-die-rolle-des-antiziganismus.html
Germany and Asylum Seekers
Germany new “fast track” asylum methods that are being introduced will not be positive for Rroma from the Balkan. They are at risk of being rejected and deported much faster than before.
BAD.
- Germans try assembly-line method on asylum requests. In: Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette. 30.01.2016. http://www.nwaonline.com/news/2016/jan/30/germans-try-assembly-line-method-on-asy/?news-world
Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 27th is the Holocaust Remembrance day. Germany is now chairing the OSCE and has put the advancements of the Rroma cause at the centre of their activities.
- International Holocaust Remembrance Day Reminds Us of Need to Combat Anti-Semitism. In: Friedl News. 24.01.2016. https://www.friedlnews.com/article/international-holocaust-remembrance-day-reminds-us-of-need-to-combat-anti-semitism
Family Deported
A well integrated Rroma family was deported back to Serbia as part of the “safe country” policy in Germany.
SHAME!
- Vorzeige-Familie nach Serbien abgeschoben. In: NDR. 23.01.2016. https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/oldenburg_ostfriesland/fluechtlinge/Vorzeige-Familie-nach-Serbien-abgeschoben,abschiebung518.html
Documentation Centre in Hamburg
A new documentation centre on the site of the former Hannover Railway station will document the plight of Jews, Rroma, and Sinti who were deported from there during the Nazi times.
- Sprenger, Daniel. Doku-Zentrum soll an NS-Deportationen erinnern. In: NDR.de. 07.01.2015. https://www.ndr.de/kultur/geschichte/schauplaetze/Doku-Zentrum-soll-an-NS-Deportationen-erinnern,lohsepark128.html
- Doku-Zentrum erinnert an die Deportierten. In: Bild. 07.01.2016. http://www.bild.de/regional/hamburg/roma/und-sinti-gedenkstaette-44060252.bild.html
- Gedenkort Hannoverscher Bahnhof nimmt Gestalt an. In: Hamburger Abendblatt. 07.01.2016. http://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/article206896863/Gedenkort-Hannoverscher-Bahnhof-nimmt-Gestalt-an.html
60 Years Ago
A commemoration of a judgement by Germany highest court 60 years ago. On January 7th, 1956, Germany highest court ruled that Rroma and Sint were not persecuted on racial grounds by Nazi Germany and thus were not entitled to reparations.
SHAMEFUL DAY!
- Bommarius, Christian. “Wehe aber allen Armen in der Fremde”. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. 07.01.2016. http://www.fr-online.de/kultur/sinti-und-roma–wehe-aber-allen-armen-in-der-fremde-,1472786,33466014.html
New Arab Magazine in Germany
Abwab – the Doors in Arabic – is a new magazine in Germany aimed at its Arabic migrant population. In one article, they mention racism, especially also against Rroma, and explain the German sensitivities on this topic due to their Nazi past.
Unfortunately, it does not address the fact that many of those new migrants share biased views against Rroma too, even when these are Moslems.
- ‘The Doors’: The new magazine ‘Abwab’. In: DW. 01.01.2016. http://www.dw.com/en/the-doors-the-new-magazine-abwab/a-18954761
All Stay
An action was started in Germany against the deportation of refugees from “safe-countries” who have been in Germany for a long time.
PLEASE SUPPORT!
- Abschiebestopp nach §60, Forderung nach Bleiberecht für Hikmet, bedingungsloses Bleiberecht für Roma aus den Balkanländern. In: Sharf-Links.de. 21.12.2015. http://www.scharf-links.de/47.0.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=54319&cHash=431cff30a7
Workshop in Greven (Germany) with Rroma Youth
A workshop in Greven, Germany focused on the integration of young Rroma in society. While the aim is definitively to be praised, the suggestions, an orchestra, fall again in the stereotypes. Pity …
- Perspektiven für junge Roma. In: Wesstphalische Nachrichten. 22.11.2015. http://www.wn.de/Muensterland/Kreis-Steinfurt/Greven/2214719-Workshop-mit-Davit-Berisha-Perspektiven-fuer-junge-Roma
Prime Time TV in Germany: Sinti …
A new prime time movie showcases Sinti on prime time in Germany. We haven’t seen it, but the plot has a few of the standard stereotypes … Unfortunately.
- Meckertante trifft auf lebenslustigen Sinti-Clan. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. 13.12.2015. http://www.sueddeutsche.de/medien/filmkritik-alte-meckertante-1.2780734
German Incitation to Racial Hatred
A German citizen (handicapped) has been condemned in Germany for incitation to racial hatred for having published comments stating “when will further Gypsy cars burn” and a few others on his webpage …
GOOD!
- Wätzol, Jan. Der Hetzer im Rollstuhl vor Gericht. In: Bild. 17.12.2015. http://www.bild.de/regional/leipzig/rechtsextremismus/hetzer-im-rollstuhl-vor-gericht-43830188.bild.html
- Godazgar, Peter. Geldstrafe für Online-Pöbelei. In: Mitteldeuschte Zeitung. 16.12.2015. http://www.mz-web.de/halle-saalekreis/hetze-gegen-sinti-und-roma-geldstrafe-fuer-online-poebelei,20640778,32941002.html
Germany Expulsions: a Rroma View
An interview of Kenan Emini, president of the Roma anti-discrimination Network Göttigen on the forced repatriation of Rroma to so-called sagfe countries such as Kosovo.
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In eine gefährliche Zukunft: Leiter des Roma Anti-Diskriminierungsnetzwerkes über Abschiebung. In: Ostthüringer Zeitung. 09.12.2015. http://gera.otz.de/web/lokal/politik/detail/-/specific/In-eine-gefaehrliche-Zukunft-Leiter-des-Roma-Anti-Diskriminierungsnetzwerkes-ue-1936862078
Racist Statements
A new book by Tanja Kambouri in Germany, entitled “Deutschland im Blaulicht. Notruf einer Polizistin” [Germany in blue light. Emergency calls of a policewoman], contains statements that are simply not acceptable. The book states for example that “Sinti und Roma sind meist Großfamilien mit fehlender Bereitschaft, sich zu integrieren” [Most Sinti and Roma are large families that show no readiness to integrate].
SIMPLY NOT ACCEPTABLE … This shows a clear lack of understanding of the Rroma minority and clear racist prejudices.
- Bertsch, Matthias. “Diese Gewalt geht meist von jungen Muslimen aus”. In: Deutchland Funk. 07.12.2015. http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/erfahrungen-einer-polizistin-diese-gewalt-geht-meist-von.1310.de.html?dram:article_id=339103
Romani Rose receives the Jochen Bock Price
Romani Rose, the president of the German Council of Sinti and Roma was awarded the Jochen Bock Price for 2015. This distinction is meant to recognise courage in the civil society.
Well Done!
- Romani Rose mit „Jochen Bock Preis 2015“ geehrt. In: Focus. 12.12.2015. http://www.focus.de/regional/erfurt/gesellschaft-romani-rose-mit-jochen-bock-preis-2015-geehrt_id_5150552.html
- Romani Rose erhält «Jochen Bock Preis 2015 » für Zivilcourage. In: Thüringer Allgemeine. 11.12.2015. http://www.thueringer-allgemeine.de/web/zgt/suche/detail/-/specific/Romani-Rose-erhaelt-Jochen-Bock-Preis-2015-fuer-Zivilcourage-481459095
Rroma and Sinti after the War …
It did not stop with the War… The review of a book on the fate of Rroma and Sinti in Germany after 1945. Many of the persecutions did indeed continue well into the 21st century.
- Unheimliche Kontinuität. In: Junge Welt. 10.12.2015. https://www.jungewelt.de/2015/12-10/001.php
Kosovo Rroma: Two families must return
A German court in Göttingen decided that two families of Rroma from the Kosovo must return as they did not integrate in Germany.
SHAME!
First, the Germans recognised the ethnic cleansing of Kosovo and de-facto expulsion of all minorities, with less than 10% of the original Rroma still living there, and now, 16 years after the facts, people are sent back.
PROTEST!
- A Court in Göttingen decided that two Roma families must return to Kosovo, as they failed to integrate into the German society. In: New Europe. 10.12.2015. http://neurope.eu/article/roma-families-living-in-germany-for-many-years-may-return-to-kosovo/
- Gericht in Göttingen: Roma-Familien dürfen nach 17 Jahren in Deutschland abgeschoben werden. In: Der Spiegel. 09.12.2015. http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/goettingen-roma-familien-duerfen-nach-17-jahren-abgeschoben-werden-a-1066873.html
Rroma Pride: The case of a Boxer
The tale of a research on a Rroma Boxer in Germany and its impact on today’s Rroma.
Well Done!
- Schultze, Rainer. The most meaningful impacts can be small-scale. In: The Times Higher Education. 03.12.2015. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/comment/the-most-meaningful-impacts-can-be-small-scale
Germany and Rroma
An article on the increasing anti-Tisganism in Germany.
Scary!
- Lausberg, Michael. Wir haben ein zunehmendes Problem: Antiziganismus. In: MiGaZin. 02.12.2015. http://www.migazin.de/2015/12/02/vergasen-wir-haben-ein-zunehmendes-problem-antiziganismus/
It would be cool …
It would be cool if I could say I am a Sinto – in the words of a 13 years old Sinto from Germany who is currently participating in a theatre group. Yes, would be really cool…
- „Es wäre schon cool, wenn ich sagen könnte: Ich bin Sinto, und die sagen: Ja!“ In: Regensburg-Digital. 20.11.2015. http://www.regensburg-digital.de/es-waere-schon-cool-wenn-ich-sagen-koennte-ich-bin-sinto-und-die-sagen-ja/20112015/
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