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Heidelberg: Rroma Exhibition

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A large exhibition of work from Rroma artists is taking place in Heidelberg’s castle. It is organised by the Künstlerbund und Dokumentations- und Kulturzentrum Deutscher Sinti und Roma, and the gallery Galerie Kai Dikhas from Berlin is also participating.

– Sinti- und Roma-Künstler stellen mit Künstlerbund Heidelberg im Ottheinrichsbau aus. In: Rhein Neckar Zeitung. 11.10.2016. http://www.rnz.de/kultur-tipps/kultur-regional_artikel,-Sinti-und-Roma-Kuenstler-stellen-mit-Kuenstlerbund-Heidelberg-im-Ottheinrichsbau-aus-_arid,227378.html [link-preview url=”http://www.rnz.de/kultur-tipps/kultur-regional_artikel,-Sinti-und-Roma-Kuenstler-stellen-mit-Kuenstlerbund-Heidelberg-im-Ottheinrichsbau-aus-_arid,227378.html”]

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Italy: A book on Rroma

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A new book “the good little virgin of via Ormea” by Algerian born author Amara Lakhous details the tensions between Rroma and the general population in the Italian city of Turin. An young Italian girl is accusing two Rroma boys of rape and a journalist strives to find out the truth.

– ‘Good Little Virgin’: Clashes among many Italies. In: Phillie.com. 07.10.2016. http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20161009__Good_Little_Virgin___Clashes_among_many_Italies.html [link-preview url=”http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20161009__Good_Little_Virgin___Clashes_among_many_Italies.html”]

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France: Living with Rroma

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A French writer and theatre women spent the summer with Rroma in Strasbourg’s streets and camps. From this experience, she wrote short stories she will be reading in public on October 14th in that city.

– Dans l’intimité des Roms de Strasbourg avec Claire Audhuy. In: Rue 89 Strasbourg. 06.10.2016. http://www.rue89strasbourg.com/claire-audhuy-roms-de-strasbourg-112583 [link-preview url=”http://www.rue89strasbourg.com/claire-audhuy-roms-de-strasbourg-112583″]

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Germany, Bulgaria, and Prostitution

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The story of a Bulgarian Rromni forced into prostitution by Bulgarian men – ethnicity not specified. Sad but this unfortunately happens. Let’s hope the men will be condemned appropriately.

– 19-Jährige flüchtet aus Zwangsprostitution. In: LZ.de. 08.10.2016. http://www.lz.de/lippe/detmold/20940910_19-Jaehrige-fluechtet-aus-Zwangsprostitution.html [link-preview url=”http://www.lz.de/lippe/detmold/20940910_19-Jaehrige-fluechtet-aus-Zwangsprostitution.html”]

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Kosovo: The Forgotten Rroma

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An article about the forgotten victims of the Kosovo War: the Rroma. This time about the Rroma refugees in Montenegro.
As a reminder, there are currently less than 10% of the Rroma in Kosovo than the country had before the war.

– Les Roms, oubliés de la guerre du Kosovo. In: Ouest France. 05.10.2016. http://www.ouest-france.fr/europe/kosovo/les-roms-oublies-de-la-guerre-du-kosovo-4535226 [link-preview url=”http://www.ouest-france.fr/europe/kosovo/les-roms-oublies-de-la-guerre-du-kosovo-4535226″]

France News Western Europe

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In France, more of the same but this week with many news about criminality: Montreuil again, with the Rroma being evicted yet another time; in Ivry, near Paris, the story of Rroma being on the way to integration; in Western France, expulsed Rroma will be relocated; also in the West, associations fear the impact of the winter on Rroma; in Roubaix, in the North, 40 Rroma were expulsed; then an article on how to help young Rroma to get into school. Then Rroma passing themselves as Syrian Refugees; Rroma stopping cars and banging on windows to ask for money; and finally, a young Rom condemned for the rape of an English tourist.

– Montreuil : les familles roms évacuées de la place Jean-Jaurès. In: Le Parisien. 03.10.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/montreuil-93100/montreuil-les-familles-roms-evacuees-de-la-place-jean-jaures-03-10-2016-6172551.php
– Montreuil. Familles Roms expulsées : vive l’égalité ! In: Mediapart. 08.10.2016. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/081016/montreuil-familles-roms-expulsees-vive-legalite
– Montreuil ou l’irresponsabilité des responsables politiques. In: Mediapart. 06.10.2016. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/061016/montreuil-ou-lirresponsabilite-des-responsables-politiques
– Ivry : les familles Roms du camp Truillot sur le chemin de la reinsertion. In: Le Parisien. 04.10.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/ivry-sur-seine-94200/ivry-les-familles-roms-du-camp-truillot-sur-le-chemin-de-la-reinsertion-04-10-2016-6175349.php
– Les familles roms seront relogées au Pont-des-Marais, à Treillières. In: Ouest France. 04.10.2016. http://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/les-familles-roms-seront-relogees-au-pont-des-marais-treillieres-4535386
– A Indre, l’association Romsi redoute l’hiver pour les Roms. In: Ouest France. 06.10.2016. http://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/indre-l-association-romsi-redoute-l-hiver-pour-les-roms-4540140
– Une quarantaine de Roms qui squattaient une maison expulsés ce matin. In: La Voix du Nord. 07.10.;2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/55892/article/2016-10-07/une-quarantaine-de-roms-qui-squattaient-une-maison-expulses-ce-matin
– Comment améliorer la scolarisation des jeunes roms ? In: Respect Mag. 08.10.2016. http://www.respectmag.com/24336-comment-ameliorer-la-scolarisation-des-jeunes-roms
– ARNAQUE : DES ROMS SE FONT PASSER POUR DE FAUX RÉFUGIÉS SYRIENS. In: Minute News. 04.10.2016. http://www.minutenews.fr/actualite/societe/arnaque-roms-se-passer-de-faux-refugies-syriens-184239.html
– Paris : ces arnaques pratiquées par les Roms dans la rue. In: Planet.fr. 03.10.2016. http://www.planet.fr/societe-paris-ces-arnaques-pratiquees-par-les-roms-dans-la-capitale.1194856.29336.html
– Des “Roms” ont intercepté des voitures dans l’Oesling. In: 5 Minutes.lu. 06.10.2016. http://5minutes.rtl.lu/grande-region/laune/963277.html
Cergy-le-Haut : jugés pour le viol d’une jeune Anglaise dans le RER A. In: Le Parisien. 05.10.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/ableiges-95450/cergy-le-haut-juges-pour-le-viol-d-une-jeune-anglaise-dans-le-rer-a-05-10-2016-6178345.php [link-preview url=”http://www.leparisien.fr/montreuil-93100/montreuil-les-familles-roms-evacuees-de-la-place-jean-jaures-03-10-2016-6172551.php”]

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Stumbling Stones

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There are 33 new Stumbling Stones in Köln, among them one commemorating the deportation of Rroma and Sinti.

– 33 neue Stolpersteine in Köln, In: Köln Nachrichten. 07.10.2016. http://koeln-nachrichten.de/lokales/neues-aus-koeln/33-neue-stolpersteine-in-koeln/ [link-preview url=”http://koeln-nachrichten.de/lokales/neues-aus-koeln/33-neue-stolpersteine-in-koeln/”]

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Virginia Raggi, the new Five Stars mayor of Rome is getting more and more flak on her administration of the city and amongst this, about the Rroma camps. In spite of her promises, she continues the previous administration’s policy and continues to finance the camps, even planning to expand them.
For this, she is being criticised by the Rroma roganisations.

– ROM, ROCCA (FDI): SULLA GESTIONE DAL CAMPIDOGLIO NON CAMBIA NULLA. In: Roma Daily News. 07.10.2016. http://www.romadailynews.it/politica/rom-rocca-fdi-sulla-gestione-dal-campidoglio-non-cambia-nulla-0295118
– Roma, Associazione 21 luglio: “Con Giunta Raggi la stagione dei campi rom non è finita” In: Rep TV. http://video.repubblica.it/edizione/roma/roma-associazione-21-luglio-con-giunta-raggi-la-stagione-dei-campi-rom-non-e-finita/254348/254560 [link-preview url=”http://www.romadailynews.it/politica/rom-rocca-fdi-sulla-gestione-dal-campidoglio-non-cambia-nulla-0295118″]

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Two long articles and analysis on the fact that in spite of promises, the new mayor of Rome, Virginia Raggi and her party the five stars movement, are reneging on their electoral promises to close the camps around Rome.
SHAME!

– Rom, i campi non chiudono, “21 luglio”: “Ecco il sistema a 5 stelle” In: R. Italia. 05.10.2016. http://www.repubblica.it/solidarieta/diritti-umani/2016/10/05/news/rom_i_campi_non_chiudono_21_luglio_ecco_il_sistema_a_5_stelle_-149182944/
– ROM, COME SARANNO I ‘VILLAGGI A 5 STELLE’ DELLA GIUNTA RAGGI. In: BCRMagazine. 05.10.2016. https://www.bcrmagazine.it/201635111/rom-come-saranno-i-villaggi-a-5-stelle-della-giunta-raggi.php [link-preview url=”http://www.repubblica.it/solidarieta/diritti-umani/2016/10/05/news/rom_i_campi_non_chiudono_21_luglio_ecco_il_sistema_a_5_stelle_-149182944/”]

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Roma: 5 Stars and Rroma Camps

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The new 5 Stars Mayor of Rome, Virginia Raggi, had promised to close the Rroma camps that surround the capital and which are financed by the city (with lots of corruption …).
Instead, the city has just put out a new tender for a new camp to be built for 12 Mio Euro.
SHAME and broken promises.

– Roma, la Raggi spende 12 milioni per i campi rom. In: Il Giornale. 05.10.2016. http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/roma-raggi-spende-12-milioni-i-campi-rom-1314896.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/roma-raggi-spende-12-milioni-i-campi-rom-1314896.html”]

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Austria: Government wants to Improve Education

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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”]

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Glasgow Girls

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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=””]

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France: What Living in a Camp Means

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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”]

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UK: 1st Year Pupils’ Statistics

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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/”]

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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″]

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France: School and Rroma Migrants

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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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Italy: Protests in Milan

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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″]

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Austria: Rroma Dialog Online

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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-“]

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Babi Yar

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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″]

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Romani Rose: Thanks!

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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”]

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