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Travellers

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Aerial pictures from a very large traveller camp in the UK. And of course a rant from the Daily Mail…

– Full extent of Europe’s biggest traveller site is revealed in aerial pictures of Essex camp meant for just 50 caravans on protected green belt land. In: The Daily Mail. 22.07.2018. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5979223/Europes-biggest-traveller-site-revealed-aerial-shots-Essex-camp-protected-green-belt-land.html [link-preview url=”http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5979223/Europes-biggest-traveller-site-revealed-aerial-shots-Essex-camp-protected-green-belt-land.html”]

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Book Review

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A review of a new book on Roma and Travellers in the UK. Frankly, the use of Gypsy in the title and in the description is not appropriate.

– Review: Gypsies: An English History by David Cressy — an outstanding study of a much-maligned minority. In: The Times. 22.07.2018. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/review-gypsies-an-english-history-by-david-cressy-an-outstanding-study-of-a-much-maligned-minority-977232gh3 [link-preview url=”https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/review-gypsies-an-english-history-by-david-cressy-an-outstanding-study-of-a-much-maligned-minority-977232gh3″]

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Denmark and Begging

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A year passed since Denmark banned begging. They arrested and condemned 52 people for begging, all foreigners. 32 of them were from Romania.
The law was clearly slated against Roma.

– Le Danemark fait le bilan de sa loi anti-mendicité. In: La Croix. 16.07.2018. https://www.la-croix.com/Monde/Europe/Le-Danemark-fait-bilan-loi-anti-mendicite-2018-07-16-1200955438 [link-preview url=”https://www.la-croix.com/Monde/Europe/Le-Danemark-fait-bilan-loi-anti-mendicite-2018-07-16-1200955438″]

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Returning Refugees

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An excellent reportage on the fate of refugees that were forced to go back to their home country from Germany. Especially in Kosovo, their fate is bad.

– Die Heimatlosen. In: Der Spiegel. 21.07.2018. http://www.spiegel.de/lebenundlernen/schule/abschiebung-von-deutschland-in-den-kosovo-die-heimatlosen-a-1217584.html [link-preview url=”http://www.spiegel.de/lebenundlernen/schule/abschiebung-von-deutschland-in-den-kosovo-die-heimatlosen-a-1217584.html”]

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French Chronicle …

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A young 24 years old pregnant Romni was arrested and jailed in Nice for having maltreated her other two children. Roma associations are vehemently protesting – saying she was jailed for being poor.
On the more positive side, Jeanine Bouvier is working hard to get Roma children into schools in Marseilles.
Near Paris, Roma who were evacuated from a camp that was closed are now lodged into a sports centre… And the Roma in Melun living in the former hospital can stay as a judge prevented their evacuation. Finally, in the North of France, Roma in Lille can stay for a bit longer.

– Bianca, la Rom, est en prison parce qu’elle est pauvre. In: Nice Matin. 22.07.2018. http://www.nicematin.com/justice/bianca-la-rom-est-en-prison-parce-qu-elle-est-pauvre-247655
– Une mère condamnée à un an de prison pour maltraitance sur ses enfants, des associations dénoncent “un procès de la misère”. In: Nice Matin. 21.07.2018. http://www.nicematin.com/justice/une-mere-condamnee-a-un-an-de-prison-pour-maltraitance-sur-ses-enfants-des-associations-denoncent-un-proces-de-la-misere-247469
– Elle scolarise les enfants roms de Marseille. In: L’Express. 21.07.2018. https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/societe/jane-bouvier-met-les-enfants-roms-de-marseille-a-l-ecole_2026319.html
– Lagny-sur-Marne. Des Roms hébergés dans le gymnase Leclerc. In: Actu.fr. 19.07.2018. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/lagny-sur-marne_77243/lagny-sur-marne-roms-heberges-dans-gymnase-leclerc_17850002.html
– Lagny-sur-Marne : des Roms abrités au gymnase Leclerc. In: Le Parisien. 19.07.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/lagny-sur-marne-77400/lagny-sur-marne-des-roms-abrites-au-gymnase-leclerc-19-07-2018-7826523.php
– Melun/Vaux-le-Pénil. La justice rejette la demande d’expulsion des Roms installés à l’ancien hôpital Marc-Jacquet. In: Actu.fr. 19.07.2018. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/melun_77288/melunvaux-penil-justice-rejette-demande-dexpulsion-roms-installes-lancien-hopital-marc-jacquet_17852619.html
– Mises sous pression, les familles roms de la rue de Bavay gagnent un répit. In: La Voix du Nord. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/420666/article/2018-07-21/mises-sous-pression-les-familles-roms-de-la-rue-de-bavay-gagnent-un-repit [link-preview url=”https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/societe/jane-bouvier-met-les-enfants-roms-de-marseille-a-l-ecole_2026319.html “]

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Damian Le Bas’ Book

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A review of Damian Le Bas’ “Stopping Places”.

– From Cornish lay-bys to Oxford University, Damian Le Bas has created a cinematic portrayal of Gypsy Britain. In: Prospects. 18.07.2018. https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/arts-and-books/gypsy-britain-the-people-the-language-the-persecutions [link-preview url=”https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/arts-and-books/gypsy-britain-the-people-the-language-the-persecutions”]

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Italy: Protests

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The Roma Sinti and Caminanti (RSC) and Roma Nation Association (ANR) with authorization from the Rome Police Headquarters, have started a permanent demonstration in front of Camping River. The demonstration continued till Friday 20 July 2018, and is a protest against the planned destruction of the Camping River Site as ordered by Rome’s mayor Virginia Raggi.

– Roma, Camping River | Nazione Rom: nuovo ricorso contro l’ordinanza del sindaco Raggi. In: Agora Vox. 19.07.2018. http://www.agoravox.it/Roma-Camping-River-Nazione-Rom.html
– Roma, Raggi va in Romania verifica 14 rimpatri rom Camping River. In: Ask a News. 19.07.2018. http://www.askanews.it/cronaca/2018/07/19/roma-raggi-va-in-romania-verifica-14-rimpatri-rom-camping-river-pn_20180719_00267/ [link-preview url=”http://www.agoravox.it/Roma-Camping-River-Nazione-Rom.html “]

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Casamonica

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The arrests continue in Rome in the Roma family that was a notorious mafia clan. The news went beyond Italy. Only good article is the one from the Corriere della Sera which clearly shows this has nothing to do with Roma and all to do with the mafia.

– Gangster wife risks all to shop Gypsy kings of cocaine trade. In: The Times. 19.07.2018. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/gangster-wife-risks-all-to-shop-gypsy-kings-of-cocaine-trade-wng27thh0
– Casamonica, la pentita del clan: «Io, picchiata e umiliata da quelle belve». In: Corriere della Sera. 19.07.2018. https://roma.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/18_luglio_18/casamonica-pentita-io-picchiata-umiliata-quelle-belve-cerreoni-79ad92b6-8ac5-11e8-8e77-5f617f178436.shtml
– Casamonica: Debora Cerreoni racconta le logiche del clan. In: Roma Today. 19.07.2018. https://www.romatoday.it/cronaca/debora-cerreoni-casamonica.html
– Porta Furba è roccaforte dei Casamonica: i dettagli. In: Roma Today. 17.07.2018. http://www.romatoday.it/cronaca/casamonica-porta-furba.html [link-preview url=”https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/gangster-wife-risks-all-to-shop-gypsy-kings-of-cocaine-trade-wng27thh0 “]

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Roma, Rome, and the Mafia

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The wife of one of the leaders of the notorious Roma mafia clan that reigned in Rome is repentant and is giving testimony to the police.
The clan was notorious an engaged in a whole range of criminal activities including extorsion, drugs, and prostitution.

– Colpo ai Casamonica: ad incastrarli la testimonianza della prima donna pentita. In: Democratica. 17.07.2018. https://www.democratica.com/focus/casamonica-raid-blitz-roma-mafia-capitale/
– Roma, 33 arresti nel clan Casamonica Il giudice: «Metodo mafioso» In: Corriere della Sera. 17.07.2018. https://roma.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/18_luglio_16/casamonica-31-arresti-clan-giudice-droga-usura-estorsione-metodo-mafioso-1fee178a-892d-11e8-b6ba-4bfe4aefe0a3.shtml [link-preview url=”https://www.democratica.com/focus/casamonica-raid-blitz-roma-mafia-capitale/ “]

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Roma, Rome, and the Mafia

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The wife of one of the leaders of the notorious Roma mafia clan that reigned in Rome is repentant and is giving testimony to the police.
The clan was notorious an engaged in a whole range of criminal activities including extorsion, drugs, and prostitution.

– Colpo ai Casamonica: ad incastrarli la testimonianza della prima donna pentita. In: Democratica. 17.07.2018. https://www.democratica.com/focus/casamonica-raid-blitz-roma-mafia-capitale/
– Roma, 33 arresti nel clan Casamonica Il giudice: «Metodo mafioso» In: Corriere della Sera. 17.07.2018. https://roma.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/18_luglio_16/casamonica-31-arresti-clan-giudice-droga-usura-estorsione-metodo-mafioso-1fee178a-892d-11e8-b6ba-4bfe4aefe0a3.shtml [link-preview url=”https://www.democratica.com/focus/casamonica-raid-blitz-roma-mafia-capitale/ “]

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Leipzig: Exhibition

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An exhibition in Leipzig is showing photographs of Sinti taken in central Germany between 1932 and 1939. Hanns Weltzel, the photographer knew the families and published some of his work in the Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society in 1935.

– Ausstellung zu Sinti und Roma im Felsenkeller. In: Leipziginfo. 14.07.2018. https://www.leipziginfo.de/aktuelles/artikel/leipzig/2018/07/ausstellung-zu-sinti-und-roma-im-felsenkeller/ [link-preview url=”https://www.leipziginfo.de/aktuelles/artikel/leipzig/2018/07/ausstellung-zu-sinti-und-roma-im-felsenkeller/”]

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French Chronicle …

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A French politician from Marine Le Pen’s extreme right party “Rassemblement National” – formerly the Front National – has published a video of himself in front of a Roma camp claiming success in his fight so that at long last “Marseilles finally becomes Marseille again”.
Other news are more usual. A camp closed and a few families re-housed in Champs-sur-Marne near Paris; the fate of squatters in Melun-Vaux-le-Pénil will be fixed this week; a family of Roma is housed in a temporary housing site in the North; and in Toulouse, the city ponders what to do after having evacuated a camp.

– Marseille : Stéphane Ravier, les Roms, sa com’. In: FR3 France Info. 12.07.2018. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/marseille/marseille-stephane-ravier-roms-sa-com-1511391.html
– Champs-sur-Marne : 70 Roms évacués des bidonvilles ce mercredi matin. In: Le Parisien. 11.07.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-et-marne-77/champs-sur-marne-70-roms-evacues-des-bidonvilles-ce-mercredi-matin-11-07-2018-7816782.php
– Champs-sur-Marne : un gymnase réquisitionné pour héberger en urgence les Roms. In: Le Parisien. 13.07.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-et-marne-77/champs-sur-marne-un-gymnase-requisitionne-pour-heberger-en-urgence-40-roms-13-07-2018-7818687.php
– Champs-sur-Marne : une aide de l’Etat pour abriter cinq familles roms. In: Le Parisien. 11.07.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-et-marne-77/champs-sur-marne-une-aide-de-l-etat-pour-abriter-cinq-familles-roms-11-07-2018-7816851.php
– Melun-Vaux-le-Pénil : le sort des squatteurs de l’ancien hôpital fixé ce vendredi. In: Le Parisien. 12.08.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/vaux-le-penil-77000/melun-vaux-le-penil-le-sort-des-squatteurs-de-l-ancien-hopital-fixe-ce-vendredi-12-07-2018-7817907.php
– La famille Lingurar a emménagé dans le Sas Roms de la commune. In: La Voix du Nord. 14.07.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/416656/article/2018-07-14/la-famille-lingurar-emmenage-dans-le-sas-roms-de-la-commune
– CAMPEMENTS DES IZARDS ET CHEMIN DE LA BUTTE : QUELLES SOLUTIONS APRÈS L’ÉVACUATION ? In: Le Journal Toulousain. 12.07.2018. https://www.lejournaltoulousain.fr/societe/campements-des-izards-et-chemin-de-la-butte-57702 [link-preview url=”https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/marseille/marseille-stephane-ravier-roms-sa-com-1511391.html “]

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Minorities in Mannheim

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The situation of Roma and Sinti in Mannheim, Germany is not always good. There is a clear lack of money to help the poorest members of the minority, and their academic achievements are often low.

– Geld und Bildung fehlen. In: Morgenweb. 14.07.2018. https://www.morgenweb.de/mannheimer-morgen_artikel,-mannheim-geld-und-bildung-fehlen-_arid,1282271.html [link-preview url=”https://www.morgenweb.de/mannheimer-morgen_artikel,-mannheim-geld-und-bildung-fehlen-_arid,1282271.html”]

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Italy: Conviction

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Four people were found guilty of racial hatred for having set a Roma camp on fire in 2011 near Turin.
Good, but really slow …

– 4 guilty of race hate in Roma camp fire. In: Ansa. 13.07.2018. http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2018/07/13/4-guilty-of-race-hate-in-roma-camp-fire_0d80a84e-8a99-4d4f-996d-7f1bd93a6245.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2018/07/13/4-guilty-of-race-hate-in-roma-camp-fire_0d80a84e-8a99-4d4f-996d-7f1bd93a6245.html”]

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Sinti and Roma Protest

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Sinti from the Tirol protested against the counting of Roma in Lombardy and against Salvini’s proposal.

– Sinti: Integration statt Zählung. In: STOL. 12.07.2018. https://www.stol.it/Artikel/Politik-im-Ueberblick/Lokal/Sinti-Integration-statt-Zaehlung [link-preview url=”https://www.stol.it/Artikel/Politik-im-Ueberblick/Lokal/Sinti-Integration-statt-Zaehlung”]

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Lombardy and Roma

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The Gouverneur of the Lombardy province of Italy who ordered a count of the Roma sees this as the “will of the people”… REALLY???? And how do you count an ethnic group?

– Gouverneur der Lombardei sieht in Roma-Zählung Willen des Volkes. In: Der Standart. 09.07.2018. https://derstandard.at/2000083097055/Gouverneur-der-Lombardei-sieht-in-Roma-Zaehlung-Willen-des-Volkes [link-preview url=”https://derstandard.at/2000083097055/Gouverneur-der-Lombardei-sieht-in-Roma-Zaehlung-Willen-des-Volkes”]

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AfD and Roma

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Two more articles on the AfD proposal to count Roma in Sachsen, and that luckily they got slapped for it. But still, in Germany, with the Nazi precedent, the mere fact that they proposed it is bad.

– AfD will Sinti und Roma zählen lassen – und bekommt harte Abfuhr. In: HuffPost (DE). 10.07.2018. https://www.huffingtonpost.de/entry/afd-sinti-roma-abfuhr_de_5b445b43e4b07aea7543705c
– AfD will Sinti und Roma zählen lassen – Sachsen: „Erhebung ethnischer Daten verboten“. In: Sputnik News. 10.07.2018. https://de.sputniknews.com/politik/20180710321486183-afd-sinti-roma-zahlungen/ [link-preview url=”https://www.huffingtonpost.de/entry/afd-sinti-roma-abfuhr_de_5b445b43e4b07aea7543705c “]

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Germany and Counting Roma

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The AfD party did not come through with their proposal for counting Roma in Sachsen.
The real shame is that they proposed it …

– ERFASSUNG VON SINTI UND ROMA IN SACHSEN? ABFUHR FÜR DIE AFD. In: Tag 24. 10.07.2018. https://www.tag24.de/nachrichten/sebastian-gemkow-afd-dresden-erfassung-von-sinti-roma-in-sachsen-abfuhr-fuer-die-afd-carsten-huetter-678733 [link-preview url=”https://www.tag24.de/nachrichten/sebastian-gemkow-afd-dresden-erfassung-von-sinti-roma-in-sachsen-abfuhr-fuer-die-afd-carsten-huetter-678733″]

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Slovakia and Others

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A new program was launched in several countries. It aims to develop initiatives that further the public dialogue and abolish the increasingly sharp divides between Roma na d the rest of the population as well as and deducing radicalization in a polarised society in seven countries (Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Germany).

– Ako práčovňa na Horehroní rieši problémy nezamestnanosti Rómov. In: TV SME. 04.07.2018. https://tv.sme.sk/v/36852/ako-pracovna-na-horehroni-riesi-problemy-nezamestnanosti-romov.html [link-preview url=”https://tv.sme.sk/v/36852/ako-pracovna-na-horehroni-riesi-problemy-nezamestnanosti-romov.html”]

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French Chronicle …

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The usual lot of news in France this week: A few Roma near Paris were re-lodged in social housing, while in another suburb, the authorities walled an abandoned house for fear it could be squatted. In the North, a camp has not been growing, meaning that the future insertion centre will not need to grow either. Also in the North, a camp was set on fire and its residents lodged a complaint with the police. In the Western part of the country, a camp in La Riche will be closed before the winter. Also in the Western part of the country, some Roma will be re-lodged. In Saint Etienne, in the centre, three Roma men who had broken into an abandoned house and were arrested were relaxed. In Grenoble, Roma who were the victims of a criminal fire are being relodged in a sport centre, while others were expulsed from a squat. In Marseilles, a squat will be closed, and people will not be re-lodged. In Montpellier, French Gitans are protesting against a fure camp for Roma.

– Saint-Denis : des familles roms emménagent dans une résidence sociale. In: Le Parisien. 05.07.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis-93/saint-denis-des-familles-roms-emmenagent-dans-une-residence-sociale-05-07-2018-7808397.php
– La mairie de Thorigny-sur-Marne mure une maison abandonee. In: Actu.fr. 04.07.2018. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/thorigny-sur-marne_77464/la-mairie-thorigny-sur-marne-mure-une-maison-abandonnee_17593667.html
– Le camp de Roms n’a pas grossi et le futur Sas d’insertion ne croîtra en aucun cas. In: La Voix du Nord. 06.07.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/411341/article/2018-07-06/le-camp-de-roms-n-pas-grossi-et-le-futur-sas-d-insertion-ne-croitra-en-aucun-cas
– Le sas d’insertion pour les Roms se situera rue Auguste-Bonte, à côté du caniparc. In: La Voix du Nord. 01.07.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/407982/article/2018-07-01/le-sas-d-insertion-pour-les-roms-se-situera-rue-auguste-bonte-cote-du-caniparc
– Après l’incendie qui a détruit leur camp, les Roms vont porter plainte contre X. In: Nord Éclair. 04.07.2018. http://www.nordeclair.fr/172898/article/2018-07-04/apres-l-incendie-qui-detruit-leur-camp-les-roms-vont-porter-plainte-contre-x
– Roms de La Riche : face aux expulsions l’État fera du “ cas par cas ”. In: La Nouvelle République. 06.07.2018. https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/indre-et-loire/commune/la-riche/roms-de-la-riche-face-aux-expulsions-l-etat-fera-du-cas-par-cas
– La justice ordonne sous quatre mois l’expulsion de familles installées dans des conditions insalubres à La Riche. In: France Bleu. 03.07.2018. https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/les-roms-de-la-riche-ont-quatre-mois-pour-quitter-leur-campement-1530625061
– La Riche : expulsion sous 4 mois pour les Roms. In: La Nouvelle République. 03.07.2018. https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/indre-et-loire/commune/la-riche/la-riche-expulsion-sous-4-mois-pour-les-roms
– Roms des Iles Noires : “un diagnostic avant des relogements”. In: La Nouvelle République. 05.07.2018. https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/indre-et-loire/commune/la-riche/roms-des-iles-noires-un-diagnostic-avant-les-relogements
– Ils avaient forcé la porte d’un immeuble désaffecté à Saint-Etienne : les trois pères de famille Roms relaxes. In: Le Progrès. 08.07.2018. https://www.leprogres.fr/loire-42/2018/07/05/ils-avaient-force-la-porte-d-un-immeuble-desaffecte-a-saint-etienne-les-trois-peres-de-famille-roms-relaxes
– MISE À L’ABRI DE FAMILLE ROMS À SAINT-ETIENNE : LES PRÉVENUS RELAXÉS. In: Activ Radio. 05.07.2018. http://www.activradio.com/mise-a-labri-de-famille-roms-les-prevenus-relaxes/
– VISÉES PAR UN INCENDIE, PUIS EXPULSÉES D’UN SQUAT, DES FAMILLES ROMS ONT ÉTÉ RELOGÉES DANS UN GYMNASE. In: Place Grenet.07.07.2018. https://www.placegrenet.fr/2018/07/07/visees-par-un-incendie-puis-expulsees-dun-squat-des-familles-roms-ont-ete-relogees-dans-un-gymnase/199728
– Quatorze familles roms évacuées du squat de la rue Diderot. In: Le Dauphiné. https://www.ledauphine.com/isere-sud/2018/07/05/quatorze-familles-roms-evacuees-du-squat-de-la-rue-diderot
– Les associations dénoncent l’expulsion d’un squat roms prévue le 9 juillet sans relogement. In: Marsactu. 06.07.2018. https://marsactu.fr/bref/les-associations-denoncent-lexpulsion-dun-squat-roms-prevue-le-9-juillet-sans-relogement/
– Futur village rom à Montpellier : le porte-voix de la communauté gitane en colère. In: Le Midi Libre. 05.07.2018. https://www.midilibre.fr/2018/07/05/futur-village-rom-a-montpellier-le-porte-voix-de-la-communaute-gitane-en-colere,4645028.php [link-preview url=”https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/thorigny-sur-marne_77464/la-mairie-thorigny-sur-marne-mure-une-maison-abandonnee_17593667.html “]

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