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Germany and Minorities

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Scary when the majority of the primary school children in Germany do not know what “Jew” and “Roma” mean …

– Majority of primary school students in Germany can’t explain meaning of ‘Jew’ or ‘Roma’: Study. In: The Local DE. 06.11.2018. https://www.thelocal.de/20181106/mayority-of-primary-school-students-in-germany-cant-explain-meaning-of-jew-or-gypsy-study [link-preview url=”https://www.thelocal.de/20181106/mayority-of-primary-school-students-in-germany-cant-explain-meaning-of-jew-or-gypsy-study”]

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Germany and Sint and Roma

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An article on the very late recognition of the Holocaust by Germany, and on the Civil Right movement that made it happen in the 1980’s in Germany.

– Gejagt, entwurzelt, rassistisch erfasst. In: DEutschlandfunk. 01.11.2018. https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/sinti-und-roma-in-deutschland-gejagt-entwurzelt-rassistisch.976.de.html?dram%3Aarticle_id=399592&fbclid=IwAR2ApaTsez0UeqwSh0zbajlSrF7aY5YQcKNtINqH2sB5oDcdPTvPKUZkiV8 [link-preview url=”https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/sinti-und-roma-in-deutschland-gejagt-entwurzelt-rassistisch.976.de.html?dram%3Aarticle_id=399592&fbclid=IwAR2ApaTsez0UeqwSh0zbajlSrF7aY5YQcKNtINqH2sB5oDcdPTvPKUZkiV8″]

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Ukraine – House Arrests

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Four people are under house arrest in Lviv for the murder against a Rom last June. This definitively seems mild in comparison of the crime. Several of the perpetrators are minors and go to school. They also only face mild penalties (3 to 7 years of jail).

– Убивство рома на Львівщині: 4 підозрюваних під домашнім арештом, але ходять до школи. In: Hromadske. 31.10.2018. https://hromadske.ua/posts/sud-na-lvivshini-proviv-pidgotovche-zasidannya-u-spravi-pro-napad-na-romiv
– Суд провів підготовче засідання у справі про напад на табір ромів у Львові. In: 112.ua. 31.10.2018. https://ua.112.ua/suspilstvo/sud-proviv-pidhotovche-zasidannia-u-spravi-pro-napad-na-tabir-romiv-u-lvovi-468048.html
– У справі про напад на ромів у Львові провели підготовче засідання. In: UNN. 31.10.2018. https://www.unn.com.ua/uk/news/1760352-u-spravi-pro-napad-na-romiv-u-lvovi-proveli-pidgotovche-zasidannya [link-preview url=”https://hromadske.ua/posts/sud-na-lvivshini-proviv-pidgotovche-zasidannya-u-spravi-pro-napad-na-romiv “]

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Life in France

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A testimony of a Romanian Roma couple who lived in France for the last 15 years.

– HEUREUSE COMME UNE ROM EN FRANCE. In: Amnesty International. 03.11.2018. https://www.amnesty.fr/discriminations/actualites/8-avenue-lenine [link-preview url=”https://www.amnesty.fr/discriminations/actualites/8-avenue-lenine”]

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Minority and Minority

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The description of social tensions between two minorities – Roma and Pakistani – in the North of England. This is bad and dangerous.

– ‘A time bomb’: how social tensions are rising in a corner of northern England. In: The Guardian. 03.11.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/nov/03/roma-tire-shouldering-blame-boiling-pot-communities [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/nov/03/roma-tire-shouldering-blame-boiling-pot-communities”]

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French Chronicle …

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Very few news on Roma in the French Press this week. First, a map of Lille, in the North of France on the Roma camps to understand the expulsions during the summer of 2018. It clearly shows that the closure of two large camps resulted in many more smaller ones being created. So much for expulsions … Near Paris, a manifestation for Roma who live in a camp that may be closed; the winter pause of expulsions saving a camp; and a clean-up action following a closure. Finally, in Avignon, three Roma schoolchildren live under a tent.

– Comprendre, en une carte, les effets des évacuations de bidonvilles roms cet été. In: La Voix du Nord. 29.10.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/478507/article/2018-10-29/comprendre-en-une-carte-les-effets-des-evacuations-de-bidonvilles-roms-cet-ete
– Ermont : rassemblement en soutien aux Roms menacés d’expulsion. In: Le Parisien. 01.11.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/val-d-oise-95/ermont-rassemblement-en-soutien-aux-roms-menaces-d-expulsion-01-11-2018-7933197.php
– La trêve hivernale, ultime répit pour les Roms de La Riche. In: La Nouvelle République. 31.10.2018. https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/indre-et-loire/commune/la-riche/la-treve-hivernale-ultime-repit-pour-les-roms-de-la-riche
– Vigneux-sur-Seine : après le départ des Roms, la ville va devoir dépenser 200.000 euros. In: Evasion FM. 31.10.2018. https://www.evasionfm.com/actualite-39082-vigneux-sur-seine-apres-le-depart-des-roms-la-ville-va-devoir-depenser-200-000-euros.html
– À Saint-Chamand, trois écoliers roms vivent sous une tente. In: Le Dauphiné. 03.11.2018. https://www.ledauphine.com/vaucluse/2018/11/03/a-saint-chamand-trois-ecoliers-roms-vivent-sous-une-tente [link-preview url=”https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/indre-et-loire/commune/la-riche/la-treve-hivernale-ultime-repit-pour-les-roms-de-la-riche “]

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Oxford and Germany

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Alice Weidel, of the German far right party AfD pulled out of an event at the Oxford Union following a controversy on her appearance there due to racists comments she has made in Germany. For example there were reports that Weidel had written that Germany was being “overrun by culturally alien peoples such as Arabs, Sinti and Roma”.

– Far-right German politician pulls out of Oxford Union event. In: The Guardian. 02.11.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/02/far-right-german-politician-pulls-out-of-oxford-union-event [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/02/far-right-german-politician-pulls-out-of-oxford-union-event”]

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Ethnic Killings

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The list of known ethnic killings or Roma in 2017 and 2018.
May they rest in peace.

– ETHNIC KILLINGS CLAIMED FIFTEEN ROMA IN 2017/18. In: The Norwich Radical. 02.11.2018. https://thenorwichradical.com/2018/11/02/ethnic-killings-claimed-fifteen-roma-in-2017-18/ [link-preview url=”https://thenorwichradical.com/2018/11/02/ethnic-killings-claimed-fifteen-roma-in-2017-18/”]

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More Support

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The German State of Baden Wuertemberg will be granting more support to Sinti and Rom going forward.
Good!

– Mehr staatliche Förderung für Sinti und Roma. In: Badische Neueste Nachrichten. 31.10.2018. https://bnn.de/nachrichten/suedwestecho/mehr-staatliche-foerderung-fuer-sinti-und-roma [link-preview url=”https://bnn.de/nachrichten/suedwestecho/mehr-staatliche-foerderung-fuer-sinti-und-roma”]

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Side Effect

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Another side effect of the upcoming Brexit: Travellers may be at risk of deportation if they do not possess the right documents…
No comments

– Roma gypsies warned over risk of deportation after Brexit without paperwork proving residency. In: The Independent. 01.11.2018. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-roma-gypsies-travellers-windrush-immigration-paperwork-a8613606.html [link-preview url=”https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-roma-gypsies-travellers-windrush-immigration-paperwork-a8613606.html”]

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Prize

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The European Roma Right Centre (ERRC) was awarded Clifford Chance Access to Justice award. This award is granted yearly to various NGOs providing legal help.

– Help for the Roma. In: The Times. 01.11.2018. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/edward-fennell-law-diary-help-for-the-roma-f2d9xb6mq [link-preview url=”https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/edward-fennell-law-diary-help-for-the-roma-f2d9xb6mq”]

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Tajani

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Following the derogatory remarks by the EU parliament president Tajani, the Alliance against Antigypsyism is asking him for a clear position against antigypsyism. He had stated that the minimal income that the new government wants to introduce in Italy would land in the pockets of Roma.
Among the prominent signatories: Romani Rose of the German Council of Sinti and Roma.

– Alliance against Antigypsyism demands clear commitment of EP President Tajani against antigypsyism. In: European Interest. 29.10.2018. https://www.europeaninterest.eu/article/alliance-antigypsyism-demands-clear-commitment-ep-president-tajani-antigypsyism/ [link-preview url=”https://www.europeaninterest.eu/article/alliance-antigypsyism-demands-clear-commitment-ep-president-tajani-antigypsyism/”]

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Northern Ireland – Tensions

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This is not pretty, in parallel with an increase of Roma settling in Ballymea, Northern Ireland, there is an increase of racism and animosity against Roma.
Bad.

– Ballymena tensions over rise in Roma community. In: BBC. 26.10.2018. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-45979270 [link-preview url=”https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-45979270″]

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French Chronicle …

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More news this week in France on Roma. First, a fire in a Roma camp near Paris. The camp had already made the headline as it was filmed with a drone, showing the piles of garbage accumulated there. In Bondy, also near Paris, a Roma camp blocks a construction site. In Meulin, 50 Roma were evacuated from their squat in a former hospital. Also near Paris, in Bonneuil, another camp was evacuated. In Nantes, in Western France, a camp was closed, leaving 150 Roma in the street. In Strasbourg, new families occupied the site of a camp that was closed two months ago. In the North, a camp will not be evacuated prior to the winter respite. Also in the North, an insertion village is still not ready. In Eastern France near Geneva, a new squat of Roma angers local officials. Finally, more about the abuse of social benefits by Roma in the North of France.

– Essonne. Un camp de Roms ravagé par un incendie. In: Actu.fr. 24.10.2018. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/ris-orangis_91521/essonne-camp-roms-ravage-par-incendie_19211014.html
– Bondoufle-Ris : Un incendie s’est déclaré dans le campement de Roms de l’hippodrome. In: Le Républicain de l’Essonne. 23.10.2018. https://www.le-republicain.fr/a-la-une/bondoufle-ris-un-incendie-sest-declare-dans-le-campement-de-roms-de-lhippodrome
– Circulation très perturbée sur la Francilienne au niveau de Ris-Orangis à cause d’un incendie dans un camp de Roms. In: France Bleu. 23.10.2018. https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/circulation-tres-perturbee-sur-la-francilienne-au-niveau-de-ris-orangis-a-cause-d-un-incendie-1540276014
– Incendie à proximité du bidonville de l’ex-hippodrome de Ris-Orangis. In: Essonne Info. 26.10.2018. https://www.essonneinfo.fr/91-essonne-info/125078/incendie-proximite-bidonville-hippodrome-ris-orangis/
– Bondy : Le chantier retardé par un camp de Roms, la mairie aide les occupants. In: Le Parisien. 25.10.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis-93/bondy-le-chantier-retarde-par-un-camp-de-roms-la-mairie-aide-les-occupants-25-10-2018-7928091.php
– Melun : cinquante Roms évacués de l’hôpital Marc-Jacquet. In: Le Parisien. 24.10.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/melun-77000/melun-cinquante-roms-evacues-de-l-hopital-marc-jacquet-24-10-2018-7927323.php
– Bonneuil : le bidonville rom évacué dans le calme. In: Le Parisien. 26.10.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/val-de-marne-94/bonneuil-le-bidonville-rom-evacue-dans-le-calme-26-10-2018-7929006.php
– Nantes. Après l’expulsion du camp de Roms, la confusion règne. In: Ouest France. 24.10.2018. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/nantes-apres-l-expulsion-du-camp-de-roms-la-confusion-regne-6035015
– Nantes Île de Nantes : plus de 150 Roms évacués par les forces de l’ordre. In: Ouest France. 23.10.2018. https://www.presseocean.fr/actualite/nantes-plus-de-150-roms-evacues-sur-lile-de-nantes-ce-matin-23-10-2018-284954
– Des familles roms dorment à nouveau dehors au Neuhof. In: Rue 89 – Strasbourg. 25.10.2018. https://www.rue89strasbourg.com/des-familles-roms-dorment-a-nouveau-dehors-au-neuhof-144015
– Pourquoi le camp de roms pourrait s’installer pour l’hiver au Sartel. In: Nord Éclair. 23.10.2018. http://www.nordeclair.fr/198256/article/2018-10-23/pourquoi-le-camp-de-roms-pourrait-s-installer-pour-l-hiver-au-sartel
– Les trois familles Roms n’intégreront pas le « sas » pendant les vacances. In: La Voix du Nord. 26.10.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/477151/article/2018-10-26/les-trois-familles-roms-n-integreront-pas-le-sas-pendant-les-vacances
– Squat d’un moulin par des Roms : le coup de gueule des élus. In: Le Dauphiné. 25.10.2018. https://www.ledauphine.com/haute-savoie/2018/10/25/squat-d-un-moulin-par-des-roms-le-coup-de-gueule-des-elus
– Un Rom soupçonné d’agressions sexuelles sur mineurs impliqué dans une fraude à la CAF. In: Sputnik News. 22.10.2018. https://fr.sputniknews.com/international/201810221038606263-rom-agressions-sexuelles-caf/
– Fraude : 1,7 million d’euros d’allocations sociales détournées vers la Roumanie. In: Le Figaro. 22.10.2018. http://www.lefigaro.fr/social/2018/10/22/20011-20181022ARTFIG00138-un-reseau-detourne-17-million-d-euros-d-allocations-sociales.php [link-preview url=”https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/ris-orangis_91521/essonne-camp-roms-ravage-par-incendie_19211014.html “]

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Media and Roma

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Another article about the anty-Gypsyism in the media. All too true, unfortunately.

– ANTIZIGANISMUS IN DEN MEDIEN – ROMAFEINDLICHKEIT IST WEITERHIN EIN PROBLEM. In; Belltower. 26.10.2018. http://www.belltower.news/artikel/antiziganismus-den-medien-–-romafeindlichkeit-ist-weiterhin-ein-problem-14405 [link-preview url=”http://www.belltower.news/artikel/antiziganismus-den-medien-–-romafeindlichkeit-ist-weiterhin-ein-problem-14405″]

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Salvini Again …

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This time he is fuming against the EU Commissioner Vera Jurova on her comments about hate speech in Italy against Roma. And what does he say:
“Why doesn’t the lady come and visit a Roma camp in Rome or Milan and see the weapons, the illegality, the exploited children and the stolen goods?”
Thanks for the generalisation …

– Matteo Salvini: Commissioner’s Roma remarks are ‘nonsense again from Brussels’. In: Politico. 26.10.2018. https://www.politico.eu/article/matteo-salvini-italy-vera-jourova-roma-commissioner-remarks-are-nonsense-again-from-brussels/ [link-preview url=”https://www.politico.eu/article/matteo-salvini-italy-vera-jourova-roma-commissioner-remarks-are-nonsense-again-from-brussels/”]

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The President???????

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The Italian President of the European Parliament today showed he doesn’t deserve his job. On an interview with the RAI, he stated that the planned Italian citizen income was not well thought of as it would end in the pockets of Roma!!!
PLEASE WRITE TO HIM!

– Rights group slams Parliament President Tajani over Roma comments. In: Politico. 25.10.2018. https://www.politico.eu/article/antonio-tajani-parliament-president-roma-comments-slammed-rights-group/ [link-preview url=”https://www.politico.eu/article/antonio-tajani-parliament-president-roma-comments-slammed-rights-group/”]

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A New Memorial

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A new memorial on the memory of murdered Sinti was inaugurated in a suburb of Mainz.
It is also meant to warn against new developments and increasing racism against Roma and Sinti.

– Das unvergessene Leid der Sinti-Familien. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine. 22.10.2018. http://www.faz.net/aktuell/rhein-main/gedenken-an-ermordete-sinti-familien-waehrend-der-nazi-aera-15849833.html
– Mahnmal für die Sinti mit bewegender Zeremonie In Okriftel eingeweiht. In: Höchster Kreisblat. 22.10.2018. http://www.kreisblatt.de/lokales/main-taunus-kreis/Mahnmal-fuer-die-Sinti-mit-bewegender-Zeremonie-In-Okriftel-eingeweiht;art676,3142230 [link-preview url=”http://www.faz.net/aktuell/rhein-main/gedenken-an-ermordete-sinti-familien-waehrend-der-nazi-aera-15849833.html “]

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