Following the creation of an online platform to discuss with the Rroma community, Austria’s government is trying to improve the education for Rroma in the country.
Good!
– Regierung will Bildungssituation der Roma verbessern. In: Der Standart. 29.09.2016. http://derstandard.at/2000045128684/Regierung-will-Bildungssituation-der-Roma-verbessern [link-preview url=”http://derstandard.at/2000045128684/Regierung-will-Bildungssituation-der-Roma-verbessern”]
An interview of one of the cast of the play “Glasgow Girls” currently running in the UK and, among the girls in the play casts a young Rromni from Kosovo and her plight as a refugee in Scottland.
– Interview with Roanna Davidson from the cast of Glasgow Girls. In: London Theatre. 26.09.2016. https://www.londontheatre1.com/news/148085/interview-roanna-davidson-cast-glasgow-girls/ [link-preview url=””]
A reportage on living ina camp, on improvising a house and on scavenging materials to build it and to live in. But also on the fact that this work is always repeated as they are regularly expelled.There sure has to be a better solution…- MURS EN MOQUETTE ET TOITS EN CONTREPLAQUÉ : ON A CONSTRUIT UN BIDONVILLE AVEC DES ROMS. In: Street Press. 26.09.2016. http://www.streetpress.com/sujet/1474644933-construction-bidonville-roms [link-preview url=”http://www.streetpress.com/sujet/1474644933-construction-bidonville-roms”]
The UK released comprehensive statistics about the performance and capabilities of 1st year school children. As is the case in the UK, ethnicity is also recorded. Rroma and travellers’ children are doing particularly badly in this context. Not surprising if one consider that (a) most Rroma are very recent migrants from Eastern Europe and Balkans and (b) integrated Rroma almost never reveal their identity openly.
– Phonics results rise again but writing falls behind at KS1. In: Schools Week. 29.09.2016. http://schoolsweek.co.uk/phonics-results-rise-again-but-writing-falls-behind-at-ks1/ [link-preview url=”http://schoolsweek.co.uk/phonics-results-rise-again-but-writing-falls-behind-at-ks1/”]
Montreuil again, where people who were expelled this summer still haven’t found proper housing; in Troyes, the plight of Rroma who haven’t found a place to stay; in Angers, the owner of a building squatted by Rroma cut them the water; in Strasbourg, in the East, they may have closed the camps, but the Rroma are still there; in Marseille, Rroma are again expelled; in the North, two Rroma are condemned for beating up a Romanian who threw racist insults at them; and finally, also in the North, Rroma who were expelled from a site are back.
– Montreuil : les soutiens des Roms veulent se faire entendre. In: Le Parisien. 30.09.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/montreuil-93100/montreuil-les-soutiens-des-roms-veulent-se-faire-entendre-30-09-2016-6164793.php
– Montreuil: 60 jours à la rue dans la France «généreuse et solidaire» In: Mediapart. 26.09.2016. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/260916/montreuil-60-jours-la-rue-dans-la-france-genereuse-et-solidaire-0
– Montreuil : des économies annoncées pour redresser l’office HLM. In: Le Parisien. 29.09.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/montreuil-93100/montreuil-des-economies-annoncees-pour-redresser-l-office-hlm-29-09-2016-6161805.php
– De nouvelles familles roms en errance boulevard Jules-Guesde à Troyes. In: L’Est Éclair. 02.10.20-16. http://www.lest-eclair.fr/570524/article/2016-10-02/de-nouvelles-familles-roms-en-errance-boulevard-jules-guesde-a-troyes
– Immeuble squatté : le bailleur coupe l’eau. In: Ouest France. 29.09.2016. http://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/angers-49000/immeuble-squatte-le-bailleur-coupe-l-eau-4528480
– Strasbourg se débarrasse des bidonvilles, pas des Roms. In: Boursorama.com. 29.09.2016. http://www.boursorama.com/actualites/strasbourg-se-debarrasse-des-bidonvilles-pas-des-roms-507c0e4cce5ca06cc3fc6a5a02f4ae2d
– Roms : interpellée pour héberger, la Ville de Marseille fait expulser. In: La Marseillaise. 28.09.2016. http://www.lamarseillaise.fr/marseille/societe/52812-roms-interpellee-pour-heberger-la-ville-de-marseille-fait-expulser
– « Je ne voulais pas de Roms dans la famille » In: La Voix du Nord. 01.10.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/52721/article/2016-10-01/je-ne-voulais-pas-de-roms-dans-la-famille
– Les Roms de la friche Bidermann de retour à Sainte-Henriette. In: La Voix du Nord. 29.09.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/51789/article/2016-09-29/les-roms-de-la-friche-bidermann-de-retour-sainte-henriette [link-preview url=”http://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/angers-49000/immeuble-squatte-le-bailleur-coupe-l-eau-4528480″]
Several articles this week on the schooling of Rroma migrants. According to the press, one in 5 mayor in France is “reticent” to take Rroma children in school. More than half of the young adults living in camps have totally dropped out of school. Luckily there are also volunteers who teach reading in writing to young children in the camps themselves. For a country that prides itself to have “universal” access to school, SHAME.
– INFO LCI – PRÈS D’UNE MAIRIE SUR CINQ RÉTICENTE À SCOLARISER DES ENFANTS ROMS. In: Infos LCI. 02.09.2016. http://www.lci.fr/societe/exclu-lci-pres-d-une-mairie-sur-cinq-reticente-a-scolariser-des-enfants-roms-2005583.html
– Combien d’enfants roms vivant en bidonville sont privés d’école ? In: Libération. 28.09.2016. http://www.liberation.fr/france/2016/09/28/combien-d-enfants-roms-vivant-en-bidonville-sont-prives-d-ecole_1513296
– Scolarisation des Roms : un collectif enquête et interpelle l’Etat et les maires. In: Le Parisien. 27.09.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/champs-sur-marne-77420/scolarisation-des-roms-un-collectif-enquete-et-interpelle-l-etat-et-les-maires-27-09-2016-6155361.php
– Plus de la moitié des ados vivant en bidonvilles sont déscolarisés. In: Mediapart. 27.09.2016. https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/270916/plus-de-la-moitie-des-ados-vivant-en-bidonvilles-sont-descolarises?onglet=full
– LEÇON DE FRANÇAIS AVEC DES ENFANTS ROMS DANS L’ÉCOLE DES BIDONVILLES. In: Infos LCI. 02.10.2016. http://www.lci.fr/societe/avec-les-enfants-roms-dans-l-ecole-des-bidonvilles-2005565.html [link-preview url=”http://www.lci.fr/societe/exclu-lci-pres-d-une-mairie-sur-cinq-reticente-a-scolariser-des-enfants-roms-2005583.html
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Rroma have been protesting in Milan the closure of a social emergency centre in the city that has been helping Rroma migrants in the city.No replacement and no integration strategy has been put in place by the authorities.- Rom, il polo di via Lombroso verso la chiusura. In: Il Giorno. 01.10.2016. http://www.ilgiorno.it/milano/cronaca/via-lombroso-rom-1.2557247 [link-preview url=”http://www.ilgiorno.it/milano/cronaca/via-lombroso-rom-1.2557247″]
The Austrian government is asking all Rroma to answer questions to housing, social issues, work and is setting up a platform where the government can dialogue with Rroma.- Roma sollen ihre Zukunft online diskutieren. In: Der Standart. 28.09.2016. http://derstandard.at/2000045060449/Roma-sollen-Zukunft-der-Volksgruppe-online-diskutieren- https://www.romadialogplattform.gv.at/romadialog/de/home [link-preview url=”http://derstandard.at/2000045060449/Roma-sollen-Zukunft-der-Volksgruppe-online-diskutieren-“]
Germany’s president visited Babi Yar on the anniversary of the start of the massacre.
After this initial shooting of Jews, many Rroma were also executed there.
May they all rest in peace.
– Babyn Yar: Germany remembers victims. In: DW. 29.09.2016. http://www.dw.com/en/babyn-yar-germany-remembers-victims/a-35927209 [link-preview url=”http://www.dw.com/en/babyn-yar-germany-remembers-victims/a-35927209″]
Romani Rose thanked Angela Merkel for her policy on refugees and greeted the creation of a new institute for Roma art and culture in Berlin.- Romani Rose bedankt sich bei Kanzlerin Merkel begrüßt Einrichtung eines Roma Instituts. In: Berliner Zeitung. 27.09.2016. http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik/romani-rose-bedankt-sich-bei-kanzlerin-merkel-begruesst-einrichtung-eines-roma-instituts-24815368?dmcid=sm_fb [link-preview url=”http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik/romani-rose-bedankt-sich-bei-kanzlerin-merkel-begruesst-einrichtung-eines-roma-instituts-24815368?dmcid=sm_fb”]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel officially recognised and honoured Romani Rose’s life work for Sinti and Rroma. Born in 1946, he relentlessly fought for the recognition and the rights of Sinti and Rroma.
Well Done!
– Anerkennung von Sinti und Roma: Romani Rose für Lebensleistung geehrt. In: Rhein Neckar Zeitung. 29.08.2016. http://www.rnz.de/politik/hintergrund_artikel,-Anerkennung-von-Sinti-und-Roma-Romani-Rose-fuer-Lebensleistung-geehrt-_arid,224701.html
– Ausgegrenzt: Roma und Sinti. In: WAZ. 28.09.2016. http://www.derwesten.de/staedte/gladbeck/ausgegrenzt-roma-und-sinti-aimp-id12233531.html [link-preview url=”http://www.rnz.de/politik/hintergrund_artikel,-Anerkennung-von-Sinti-und-Roma-Romani-Rose-fuer-Lebensleistung-geehrt-_arid,224701.html”]
Toulouse will host two days of workshops on Rroma with conferences, some insights in Rromanes, and discussions.
– Jeudi 20 & Vendredi 21 octobre : rencontres avec Slavka Radenez pour inaugurer la nouvelle édition de Rencont’roms nous ! https://rencontromsnous.com/2016/09/15/jeudi-20-vendredi-21-octobre-rencontres-avec-slavka-radenez-pour-inaugurer-la-nouvelle-edition-de-rencontroms-nous/ [link-preview url=””]
The president of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma, Romani Rose, accused Andreas Scheuer, the general Secretary of the CSU in Germany of racism. Scheuer has proposed to give preference to give preference to Christian refugees and migrants.
Romani Rose rightly accuses him of playing with “racist resentment” which is extremely dangerous.
– Zentralrat der Sinti und Roma wirft Scheuer Rassismus vor. In: Focus. 26.09.2016. http://www.focus.de/regional/bayern/parteien-zentralrat-der-sinti-und-roma-wirft-scheuer-rassismus-vor_id_5990827.html
– Zentralrat der Sinti und Roma wirft Scheuer Rassismus vor. In: Schwäbische. 26.09.2016. http://www.schwaebische.de/region/bayern_artikel,-Zentralrat-der-Sinti-und-Roma-wirft-Scheuer-Rassismus-vor-_arid,10534114.html [link-preview url=”http://www.focus.de/regional/bayern/parteien-zentralrat-der-sinti-und-roma-wirft-scheuer-rassismus-vor_id_5990827.html
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An illegal Rroma camp was closed in Germany near Kassel. Most of the residents were from Bulgaria and Romania.
– Stadt räumt illegalen Zeltplatz: Rumänen und Bulgaren hatten dort ihr Quartier. In: HNA. 23.09.2016. https://www.hna.de/kassel/bettenhausen-ort94136/stadt-raeumt-illegalen-zeltplatz-rumaenen-bulgaren-hatten-dort-quartier-6779730.html [link-preview url=””]
Manheim currently hosts the third culture week of Rroma and Sinti – RomnoKher.
In this context, the mayor of Herboltzheim, Ernst Schilling, was awarded a prize for his engagement for Roma and Sinti.
More of it, please.
– Bürgermeister Ernst Schilling wird für sein Engagement für Sinti und Roma geehrt. In: Badische Zeitung. 23.09.2016. http://www.badische-zeitung.de/herbolzheim/buergermeister-ernst-schilling-wird-fuer-sein-engagement-fuer-sinti-und-roma-geehrt–127506500.html [link-preview url=”http://www.badische-zeitung.de/herbolzheim/buergermeister-ernst-schilling-wird-fuer-sein-engagement-fuer-sinti-und-roma-geehrt–127506500.html”]
Appart from the news on the town of Saint-Ouen ordered to enrol Rroma children in school, the news is (unfortunately as usual). Still no solution for the Rroma who were expulsed in Monteruil, this is spite of a lot of mobilisation; the Rroma who occupied the island of the impressionists in Chatou have left; in Western France, the prefect of the Loire Atlantique discussed possible means of integrating Rroma in Nantes; in Bordeaux, a camp was closed; in Albi, in the South, no solution has yet been found to the Albanian asylum seekers; in the North, in Hautbourdin, the Rroma can stay; a positive story on an association helping young Rroma to learn near Paris; a mayor complaining of having to enrol Rroma children in classes (again); and finally, a really BAD story on beggars and human trafficking re-inforcing all stereotypes.
– Montreuil. Familles Roms expulsées: impasse et voie de secours. In: Mediapart. 19.09.2016. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/190916/montreuil-familles-roms-expulsees-impasse-et-voie-de-secours
– Montreuil. Rue fée d’herbes. In: Mediapart. 21.09.2016. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/210916/montreuil-rue-fee-dherbes
– Chatou : les Roms ont quitté l’île des Impressionnistes. In: Le Parisien. 22.09.20126. http://www.leparisien.fr/chatou-78400/chatou-les-roms-ont-quitte-l-ile-des-impressionnistes-22-09-2016-6142403.php
– Roms : le préfet reçoit les 24 maires de la métropole nantaise. In: Ouest France. 23.09.2016. http://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/roms-le-prefet-recoit-les-24-maires-de-la-metropole-nantaise-4511520
– Mérignac : ce jeudi, un camp de Roms bulgares a été évacué et des gens du voyage se sont installés. In: Ouest France. 22.09.2016. http://www.sudouest.fr/2016/09/22/merignac-ce-jeudi-un-camp-de-roms-bulgares-a-ete-evacue-et-des-gens-du-voyage-se-sont-installes-2510242-3001.php
– Grand ménage d’automne dans les squats de Bordeaux Métropole. In: Rue89. 22.09.2016. http://rue89bordeaux.com/2016/09/grand-menage-dautomne-dans-les-squats-de-bordeaux-metropole/
– Albi : la Préfecture a mis à disposition des hébergements d’urgence pour les demandeurs d’asile Roms Albanais. In: Le Tarn Libre. 22.09.2016. http://www.letarnlibre.com/2016/09/22/4779-albi-prefecture-mis-disposition-hebergements-urgence-pour-demandeurs-asile-roms-albanais.html
– Le Département débouté en appel : les Roms sont autorisés à rester. In: La Voix du Nord. 19.09.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/47085/article/2016-09-19/le-departement-deboute-en-appel-les-roms-sont-autorises-rester
– Antenne scolaire mobile/ Les petits Roms en route pour l’école. In: JSD. 19.09.2016. http://www.lejsd.com/content/les-petits-roms-en-route-pour-lécole
– D’après le maire, les enfants du 115 lui coûtent trop cher. In: Le Parisien. 22.09.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/seine-saint-denis-93/d-apres-le-maire-les-enfants-du-115-lui-coutent-trop-cher-22-09-2016-6139667.php
– Embauchés pour cueillir des pommes en Belgique, ils finissent mendicants. In: La Voix du Nord. 20.09.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/47639/article/2016-09-20/embauches-pour-cueillir-des-pommes-en-belgique-ils-finissent-mendiants [link-preview url=”http://www.leparisien.fr/chatou-78400/chatou-les-roms-ont-quitte-l-ile-des-impressionnistes-22-09-2016-6142403.php”]
The town of Saint-Ouen, in the North of Paris, has been ordered to enroll Rroma children in its schools. Its mayor had recently refused to enrol them on the premises that the town was already facing other problems and could not cope with these children…
Several associations went to court and won.
WELL DONE!
– La ville de Saint-Ouen devra scolariser les enfants roms. In: Le Point. 24.09.2016. http://www.lepoint.fr/societe/la-ville-de-saint-ouen-devra-scolariser-les-enfants-roms-23-09-2016-2070960_23.php
– La mairie de Saint-Ouen bientôt mise en demeure après son refus de scolariser des enfants Roms. In: Libération. 23.09.2016. http://www.liberation.fr/direct/element/la-mairie-de-saint-ouen-bientot-mise-en-demeure-apres-son-refus-de-scolariser-des-enfants-roms_48132/
– Seine-Saint-Denis : la ville de Saint-Ouen devra scolariser les enfants Roms. In: FranceInfos. 24.09.2016. http://www.francetvinfo.fr/societe/education/seine-saint-denis-la-ville-de-saint-ouen-devra-scolariser-les-enfants-roms_1839715.html
– REFUS DE SCOLARISER DES ENFANTS ROMS : LE MAIRE DE SAINT-OUEN MIS EN DEMEURE. In: LCI. 23.09.2016. http://www.lci.fr/societe/refus-de-scolariser-des-enfants-roms-le-maire-de-saint-ouen-mis-en-demeure-par-la-prefecture-2004354.html
– A Saint-Ouen, bataille autour de la scolarisation d’enfants Roms. In: FR3 FranceInfo. 19.09.2016. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/paris-ile-de-france/seine-saint-denis/saint-ouen-93-bataille-autour-de-la-scolarisation-d-enfants-roms-1089197.html
– Non-scolarisation d’un Rom: le maire de Saint-Ouen ne peut “digérer toute la misère du monde”. In: L’Echo Républicain. 20.09.2016. http://www.lechorepublicain.fr/france-monde/actualites/economie-politique/politique/2016/09/20/non-scolarisation-d-un-rom-le-maire-de-saint-ouen-ne-peut-digerer-toute-la-misere-du-monde_12079444.html [link-preview url=”http://www.lepoint.fr/societe/la-ville-de-saint-ouen-devra-scolariser-les-enfants-roms-23-09-2016-2070960_23.php
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An exhibition on the persecution of Sinti and Rroma will open in Munich on October 27th and will continue until the end of January 2017.
– München · Sonderausstellung ab 27. Oktober: Die Verfolgung der Sinti und Roma. In: München Wochen Anzeiger. http://www.wochenanzeiger.de/article/181621.html [link-preview url=”http://www.wochenanzeiger.de/article/181621.html”]
An article about the evictions in France and the fate of the Rroma from Montreuil, seen from India. The trend continues, Rroma are the first Indian Disapora!
– French Govt treats us like Dogs: says one mother of evicted Roma children. In: NewsGram. 21.09.2016. http://www.newsgram.com/french-govt-treats-us-like-dogs-says-one-mother-of-evicted-roma-children/ [link-preview url=”http://www.newsgram.com/french-govt-treats-us-like-dogs-says-one-mother-of-evicted-roma-children/”]
The forced evictions of Rroma in France leave children vulnerable, not to mention interferes seriously with their schooling.
– Forced evictions leave Roma children vulnerable in France, say campaigners. In: Reuters. 20.09.2016. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-roma-idUSKCN11R00U [link-preview url=”http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-roma-idUSKCN11R00U”]
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