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Italy: REALLY??? In the Italian Press …

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Mateo Salvini, the interior minister and leader of the Rightist League wants a census of Roma…
He should be reminded that this is not 1930, and we’d be interested to know how he will do this… Genetics? Social approach? Or other method?
The Press in Italian on this…

– Salvini shock: “Censimento sui rom, quelli italiani purtroppo ce li dobbiamo tenere”. Scontro nel governo, Di Maio: “Incostituzionale”. In: La Republica. 18.06.2018. http://www.repubblica.it/politica/2018/06/18/news/salvini_rom_censimento-199319863/
– Rom e sinti, quanti sono in Italia. “Ecco il censimento”. In: Il Quotidiano. 18.06.2018. https://www.quotidiano.net/cronaca/censimento-rom-salvini-1.3987101
– Il Censimento Rom ci porta indietro nella storia. La risposta dei nomadi, la reazione del Pd e di Leu. In: Il Faro di Roma. 18.06.2018. http://www.farodiroma.it/il-censimento-rom-ci-porta-indietro-nella-storia-la-risposta-dei-nomadi-la-reazione-del-pd-e-di-leu/ [link-preview url=”https://www.quotidiano.net/cronaca/censimento-rom-salvini-1.3987101 “]

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Roma Philharmonic

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After a long suspense, the Roma Philharmonic finally succeeded in playing the “Requiem for Auschwitz” in the context of the Wiesbaden weeks on Roma culture and against anti-Tsiganism.
Good that it finally worked out!

– Roma- und Sinti-Philharmoniker: ein Orchester für Millionen. In: Hessenschau 17.06.2018. https://www.hessenschau.de/kultur/roma–und-sinti-philharmoniker-ein-orchester-fuer-millionen,roma-sinti-philharmoniker-100.html
– Riccardo M Sahiti dirigiert am Dienstag im Staatstheater Wiesbaden das „Requiem für Auschwitz“. In: Echo Online. 17.06.2018. http://www.echo-online.de/freizeit/kunst-und-kultur/musik/riccardo-m-sahiti-dirigiert-am-dienstag-im-staatstheater-wiesbaden-das-requiem-fuer-auschwitz_18853218.htm [link-preview url=”https://www.hessenschau.de/kultur/roma–und-sinti-philharmoniker-ein-orchester-fuer-millionen,roma-sinti-philharmoniker-100.html “]

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Sweden and Begging

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Really bad article. All stereotypes, and untruths.

– INVASION OF ROMA FORCED SWEDEN TO COME UP WITH A LICENSE FOR BEGGING. In: Siver Telegram. 16.06.2018. https://sivtelegram.media/invasion-of-roma-forced-sweden-to-come-up-with-a-license-for-begging/24558/ [link-preview url=”https://sivtelegram.media/invasion-of-roma-forced-sweden-to-come-up-with-a-license-for-begging/24558/”]

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French Chronicle …

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Bad news this week… A Roma camp near Grenoble was burnt down. It was a criminal act. Several NGOs are accusing the state of non-assistance of people in danger. Near Paris, in Triel sur Seine, a camp was closed, and several Roam were arrested following a fight. In Thorigny sur Marne, the mayor is trying to resolve the case of a squat. In Saint Etienne, in the Centre of France, Roma are in court for having broken into a derelict building for lodging. In Nice, in the south, a weird story of two children abducted by their own family. In Saint Thibaut, an illegal dump was cleaned out. In the North, a project for the insertion of Roma is encountering opposition, and in Angers, a new house is used to lodge Roma from a camp that was closed recently.

– Grenoble : des jeunes mettent le feu à un camp de Roms dans le quartier Mistral. In: France Bleu. 10.06.2018. https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/grenoble-des-jeunes-incendient-un-camp-de-roms-dans-le-quartier-mistral-1528653528
– Grenoble : incendies criminels dans un camp de Roms situé dans le quartier Mistral. In: FR3. 11,06.2018. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/isere/grenoble/grenoble-incendies-criminels-camp-roms-situe-quartier-mistral-1492291.html
– Camp de Roms brûlé : l’élan de solidarité a fait place au rejet. In: Le Dauphiné Libéré. 12.06.2018. https://www.ledauphine.com/isere-sud/2018/06/11/camp-de-roms-brule-l-elan-de-solidarite-a-fait-place-au-rejet
– INCENDIE DU CAMP ROM À MISTRAL : DES ASSOCIATIONS ACCUSENT LES AUTORITÉS DE « NON-ASSISTANCE À PERSONNE EN DANGER ». In: Place Grenet. 16.06.2018. https://www.placegrenet.fr/2018/06/16/incendie-du-camp-rom-a-mistral-des-associations-accusent-les-autorites-de-non-assistance-a-personne-en-danger/196748
– Grenoble : des Roms chassés du quartier Mistral, leurs cabanons incendiés. In” Le Dauphiné Libéré. 10.06.2018. https://www.ledauphine.com/isere-sud/2018/06/10/grenoble-des-roms-chasses-du-quartier-mistral-leurs-cabanons-incendies
– Triel-sur-Seine : les Roms installés en bordure de la D 1 ont été expulses. In: Le Parisien. 14.06.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/yvelines-78/triel-sur-seine-les-roms-installes-en-bordure-de-la-d-1-ont-ete-expulses-14-06-2018-7772394.php
– Yvelines. Le camp de Roms de Triel-sur-Seine évacué par la police. In: Actu.fr. 14.06.2018. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/triel-sur-seine_78624/yvelines-camp-roms-triel-sur-seine-evacue-par-police_17298615.html
– Bagarre au camp de Roms. In: La Gazette. 13.06.2018. https://lagazette-yvelines.fr/2018/06/13/bagarre-au-camp-de-roms/
– Saint-Etienne : l’errance des Roms s’étale à la barre du tribunal. In: Le Progrès. 14.06.2018. https://www.leprogres.fr/loire-42/2018/06/14/saint-etienne-l-errance-des-roms-s-etale-a-la-barre-du-tribunal
– Nice : deux enfants enlevés par leur famille devant le palais de justice. In: France TV Info. 14.06.2018. https://www.francetvinfo.fr/societe/roms/nice-deux-enfants-d-origine-rom-enleves-par-leur-famille-devant-le-palais-de-justice_2801873.html
– Au tribunal, deux enfants roms enlevés par leur famille. In: Nice Matin. 15.06.2018. http://www.nicematin.com/justice/au-tribunal-deux-enfants-roms-enleves-par-leur-famille-238438
– Saint-Thibault-des-Vignes / Pomponne ► Nettoyage de la décharge et du camp rom, dimanche : cent tonnes de déchets attendent les écologistes. In: Mag Journal. 15.06.2018. http://www.magjournal77.fr/saint-thibault-des-vignes-pomponne-nettoyage-de-la-decharge-et-du-camp-rom-dimanche-cent-tonnes-de-dechets-attendent-les-ecologistes/
– Saint-Thibault. 100 tonnes de déchets à retirer sous la Francilienne. In Actu.fr. 15.06.2018. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/saint-thibault-des-vignes_77438/saint-thibault-100-tonnes-dechets-retirer-sous-francilienne_17324073.html
– Thorigny-sur-Marne ► Maison squattée : le maire n’a pas vraiment convaincu les riverains. In: Mag Journal. 15.06.2018. http://www.magjournal77.fr/thorigny-sur-marne-maison-squattee-le-maire-na-pas-vraiment-convaincu-les-riverains/
– Sas d’insertion pour les familles Roms: pas (encore) de terrain mais un début de polémique. In: La Voix du Nord. 15.06.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/397790/article/2018-06-15/sas-d-insertion-pour-les-familles-roms-pas-encore-de-terrain-mais-un-debut-de
– Angers. À la Roseraie, un nouveau squat pour les réfugiés. In: Ouest France. 13.06.2018. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/angers-49000/angers-la-roseraie-un-nouveau-squat-pour-les-refugies-5820641 [link-preview url=”https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/grenoble-des-jeunes-incendient-un-camp-de-roms-dans-le-quartier-mistral-1528653528 “]

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Vienna Roma Festival

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An interview of Simonida Selimović about her, and about the Roma festival in Vienna.

– „Wir sind Roma – na und?“. In: Die Presse. 14.05.2018. https://diepresse.com/home/leben/mensch/5446507/Wir-sind-Roma-na-und [link-preview url=”https://diepresse.com/home/leben/mensch/5446507/Wir-sind-Roma-na-und”]

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Charlie Hebdo …

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Quite a bit of critique for Charlie Hebdo who published a cartoon of Simona Halep likening her to scrap metal collectors, a job which in France is assimilated to Roma.
By the way, the outrage is not about the racist portraying of Roma – it is about associating Simona Halep and thus Romanians to Roma… No further commentaries.

– Charlie Hebdo angers Romanians with ‘racist’ Simona Halep tennis cartoon. In: Deutsche Welle. 15.06.2018. http://www.dw.com/en/charlie-hebdo-angers-romanians-with-racist-simona-halep-tennis-cartoon/a-44245833
– Charlie Hebdo cartoon of Romania’s Halep sparks outrage. In: The Washington Post. 15.06.2018. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/charlie-hebdo-cartoon-of-romanias-halep-sparks-outrage/2018/06/15/a49016f6-7081-11e8-b4d8-eaf78d4c544c_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.3d53072ae08b
– Charlie Hebdo cartoon of Simona Halep sparks outrage. In: Sportsnet. 15.06.2018. https://www.sportsnet.ca/tennis/charlie-hebdo-cartoon-simona-halep-sparks-outrage/ [link-preview url=”https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/charlie-hebdo-cartoon-of-romanias-halep-sparks-outrage/2018/06/15/a49016f6-7081-11e8-b4d8-eaf78d4c544c_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.3d53072ae08b “]

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A Ciambra

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The Italian movie “A Ciambra” continues its success story. The movie, produced by Martin Scorsese is set amongst Roma in Southern Italy.

– The Ciambra review – rush of storytelling and style. In: The Guardian. 13.06.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jun/13/the-ciambra-review-rush-of-storytelling-and-style [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jun/13/the-ciambra-review-rush-of-storytelling-and-style”]

Greece News Western Europe

Greece: Killer in Jail

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The killer of a 13 years old Roma girl has been placed in custody. He claims it has been an accident.
Well – he drove to the Roma camp and fired a deadly shot …

– Roma girl’s killer transferred to Korydallos jail. In: Ekatimerini. 14.06.2018. http://www.ekathimerini.com/229657/article/ekathimerini/news/roma-girls-killer-transferred-to-korydallos-jail [link-preview url=”http://www.ekathimerini.com/229657/article/ekathimerini/news/roma-girls-killer-transferred-to-korydallos-jail”]

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Roma and Children Exploitation

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A UK project aimed at children exploitation specifically tailored for Roma. Good in itself, as a project, but bad in the sense that it links exploitation with Roma whereas the child exploitation is the result of poverty and exclusion.
This needs to be said.

– The Thornbury Centre to run child sexual exploitation project for Roma Gypsy community. In: The Telegraph and Argus. 13.06.2018. http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/16285113.Community_centre_to_run_child_sexual_exploitation_project_for_Roma_Gypsy_community/ [link-preview url=”http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/16285113.Community_centre_to_run_child_sexual_exploitation_project_for_Roma_Gypsy_community/”]

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Mafia

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Again … Several Roma were arrested south of Rome for various criminal activities. They are member of a mafia clan which engaged into many criminal activities including vote rigging.

– Roma mafia clans targeted in Latina op. In: Ansa. 12.06.2018. http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2018/06/12/roma-mafia-clans-targeted-in-latina-op-3_1ade74ef-d6e6-4443-9ce0-cce5fb630b25.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2018/06/12/roma-mafia-clans-targeted-in-latina-op-3_1ade74ef-d6e6-4443-9ce0-cce5fb630b25.html”]

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Greece: Murder

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A young Roma girl was killed in central Greece. Allegedly, it was an accident.

– Shepherd accused of killing Roma girl placed under tight security. In: Ekathimerini. 12.06.2018. http://www.ekathimerini.com/229540/article/ekathimerini/news/shepherd-accused-of-killing-roma-girl-placed-under-tight-security [link-preview url=”http://www.ekathimerini.com/229540/article/ekathimerini/news/shepherd-accused-of-killing-roma-girl-placed-under-tight-security”]

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Racial Bias

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An article from a journalist on Damian Le Bas and on racial bias.

– Saira Khan: I am guilty of a Big Fat Gypsy own goal as another ethnic myth is shattered. In: The Mirror. 09.06.2018. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/saira-khan-am-guilty-big-12672665 [link-preview url=”https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/saira-khan-am-guilty-big-12672665″]

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French Chronicle …

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The news this week in France are dominated by criminality. A ring of Bulgarian Roma was arrested near Toulouse for having exploited people for mendicity, allegedly holding them like slaves and even torturing them. Bad indeed. Near Paris, other Roma are being investigated for the theft of over a million Euros of smartphones. Finally, a large fight in a Roma camp in Triel sur Seine resulted in 6 arrestations.
Then, in Nice, a rightist politician wants to forbid begging. This has never been a solution and is totally ineffective. This is pure demagogism.
The rest of the news are the usual ones: In the North, some land is being set aside for Roma; in Tours, some Bulgarian Roma camping by the river will be expulsed; and near Paris, Roma are squatting an empty house, much to the anger of neighbours.

– Mendiants violentés, esclavagisme, torture… Ce qu’on sait sur le réseau démantelé à Toulouse. In: Actu.fr. 08.06.2018. https://actu.fr/occitanie/toulouse_31555/mendiants-violentes-esclavagisme-torture-ce-quon-sait-sur-reseau-demantele-toulouse_17199842.html
– Toulouse : démantèlement d’un réseau de Roms bulgares exploitant des mendicants. In: Europe 1. 08.06.2018. http://www.europe1.fr/societe/toulouse-demantelement-dun-reseau-de-roms-bulgares-exploitant-des-mendiants-3676148
– Réseau de mendicité et traite d’êtres humains : opération de police dans un camp de Roms à Toulouse. In: Actu.fr. 05.06.2018. https://actu.fr/occitanie/toulouse_31555/reseau-mendicite-traite-etre-humains-operation-police-camp-roms-toulouse_11816177.html
– Vaste opération de police à Toulouse. In: Toulouse 7. 05.06.2018. https://www.toulouse7.com/2018/06/05/vaste-operation-de-police-a-toulouse/
– Seine-et-Marne et Oise : six Roms mis en examen pour un million d’euros de smartphones volés. In: Le Parisien. 05.06.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-et-marne-77/seine-et-marne-six-roms-mis-en-examen-pour-un-million-d-euros-de-smartphones-voles-05-06-2018-7754601.php
– Triel-sur-Seine : violente bagarre au camp de Roms, craintes de représailles. In: Temps Réel 78. 08.06.2018. https://tr78.fr/triel-sur-seine-violente-bagarre-au-camp-de-roms-craintes-de-represailles
– Nice: Dans les rues, la mendicité sera bientôt interdite. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 06.06.2018. https://www.20minutes.fr/societe/2284683-20180606-nice-rues-mendicite-bientot-interdite
– Nice : Christian Estrosi va prendre un arrêté contre la mendicité. In: Europe 1. 06.06.2018. http://www.europe1.fr/societe/nice-christian-estrosi-va-prendre-un-arrete-contre-la-mendicite-3673064
– Bientôt un terrain, mis à disposition par la ville, pour les familles roms du Pont-Royal. In: La Voix du Nord. 08.06.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/393106/article/2018-06-08/bientot-un-terrain-mis-disposition-par-la-ville-pour-les-familles-roms-du-pont
– Les Roms des Iles Noires condamnés à l’expulsion ? In: La Nouvelle République. 09.06.2018. https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/indre-et-loire/commune/la-riche/les-roms-des-iles-noires-condamnes-a-l-expulsion
– Thorigny-sur-Marne. Une maison abandonnée est squattée, les riverains vivent « l’enfer ». In: Actu.fr. 07.06.2018. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/thorigny-sur-marne_77464/thorigny-sur-marne-une-maison-abandonnee-est-squattee-riverains-vivent-lenfer_17145526.html [link-preview url=”https://actu.fr/occitanie/toulouse_31555/mendiants-violentes-esclavagisme-torture-ce-quon-sait-sur-reseau-demantele-toulouse_17199842.html “]

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Wiesbaden Culture Weeks

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Another event during the culture weeks in Wiesbaden. A speech against discrimination.

– Wiesbadener Kulturwochen gegen Antiziganismus: Rinaldo Strauß vom Landesverband Deutscher Sinti und Roma spricht über Diskriminierung. In: Wiesbadener Tagblatt. 06.06.2018. http://www.wiesbadener-tagblatt.de/freizeit/kunst-und-kultur/musik/wiesbadener-kulturwochen-gegen-antiziganismus-rinaldo-strauss-vom-landesverband-deutscher-sinti-und-roma-spricht-ueber-diskriminierung_18820287.htm [link-preview url=”http://www.wiesbadener-tagblatt.de/freizeit/kunst-und-kultur/musik/wiesbadener-kulturwochen-gegen-antiziganismus-rinaldo-strauss-vom-landesverband-deutscher-sinti-und-roma-spricht-ueber-diskriminierung_18820287.htm”]

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Concert and Workshop

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A workshop with school children on stereotypes and a concert in Germany with Dotschy Reinhardt.

– Klischees und Wirklichkeit von Sinti und Roma. In: SWP. 06.06.2018. https://www.swp.de/suedwesten/staedte/ehingen/stigmatisierung-entgegentreten-26905554.html
– Sinti-Klänge im historischen Spiegelsaal. In: Schwäbische. 06.06.2018. https://www.schwaebische.de/landkreis/alb-donau-kreis/obermarchtal_artikel,-sinti-klänge-im-historischen-spiegelsaal-_arid,10881141.html [link-preview url=”https://www.swp.de/suedwesten/staedte/ehingen/stigmatisierung-entgegentreten-26905554.html “]

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Exhibition

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In the context of the culture weeks in Wiesbaden, an exhibition is being held in Wiesbaden.

– Ausstellung „Der Weg der Sinti und Roma“ im Wiesbadener Stadtmuseum. In: Echo. 01.06.2018. http://www.echo-online.de/freizeit/kunst-und-kultur/ausstellungen/ausstellung-der-weg-der-sinti-und-roma-im-wiesbadener-stadtmuseum_18804993.htm [link-preview url=”http://www.echo-online.de/freizeit/kunst-und-kultur/ausstellungen/ausstellung-der-weg-der-sinti-und-roma-im-wiesbadener-stadtmuseum_18804993.htm”]

Italy News Western Europe

Italy – REALLY????

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In case anyone doubted … The new government’s program includes a racist proposal to remove Roma children – and only them from their families if they are not being sent to school. This is not far from what has been done under the fascist racial laws of 1938.

– Against the System. In: Commonwealth Magazine. 06.06.2018. https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/against-system [link-preview url=”https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/against-system”]

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Damian Le Bas

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An article about racism and Damian Le Bas. Good reading!

– ‘You can’t disregard pure racism’: Gypsy writer Damian Le Bas on the prejudice against Travellers. In: The Guardian. 06.06.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/06/racism-gypsy-damian-le-bas-travellers-stopping-places [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/06/racism-gypsy-damian-le-bas-travellers-stopping-places”]

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Italy and Special Laws

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In the wake of the swearing in of the new government in Italy with the interior ministry going to the head of the Ligue, Matteo Salvini, all are expecting special laws against Roma that Salvini has clamoured for.
Luckily at least some people seem to remember and fight against this!

– Segre says will oppose special Roma laws. In: Ansa. 05.06.2018. http://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2018/06/05/segre-says-will-oppose-special-roma-laws-3_1f22fac8-5cd3-47bf-9ca1-a7552d09be26.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2018/06/05/segre-says-will-oppose-special-roma-laws-3_1f22fac8-5cd3-47bf-9ca1-a7552d09be26.html”]

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UK: Pilot Projects

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Six new pilot projects aimed at the Roma and Travellers communities are being launched in the UK. They range from school to health.
Small, but a start.

– SIX PILOT PROJECTS ANNOUNCED TO SUPPORT GYPSY, ROMA AND TRAVELLER COMMUNITIES. In: Care Appointment. 03.06.2018. https://www.careappointments.co.uk/care-news/england/item/44289-six-pilot-projects-announced-to-support-gypsy-roma-and-traveller-communities [link-preview url=”https://www.careappointments.co.uk/care-news/england/item/44289-six-pilot-projects-announced-to-support-gypsy-roma-and-traveller-communities”]

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