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Voluntary Return

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The rate of voluntary returns in Germany has drastically decreased during the year. Germany is still deporting Roma refugees from Serbia, Bosnia, Montenegro and even Kosovo back to their countries following the declaration of these as “safe countries”.
Safe maybe, but not necessarily for Roma.

– Die Zahl der freiwilligen Ausreisen geht stark zurück. In: MDR Aktuell. 22.12.2017. https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/politik/regional/rueckgang-freiwillige-ausreisen-100.html [link-preview url=”https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/politik/regional/rueckgang-freiwillige-ausreisen-100.html”]

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Sido Movie

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The Central Council of German Sinti and Roma likes Sido’s movie “A bride seldom comes alone” and invited the Rapper to a conference on antitsiganism.

– Zentralrat Deutscher Sinti und Roma mag den aktuellen Film des Rappers. In: Stimme. 21.12.2017. http://www.stimme.de/deutschland-welt/panorama/tlsch/stars/star_zitat/Zentralrat-Deutscher-Sinti-und-Roma-mag-den-aktuellen-Film-des-Rappers;art136657,3959727 [link-preview url=”http://www.stimme.de/deutschland-welt/panorama/tlsch/stars/star_zitat/Zentralrat-Deutscher-Sinti-und-Roma-mag-den-aktuellen-Film-des-Rappers;art136657,3959727″]

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Theatre Critique

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While discussing the latest European Theatre price, there is a critique of a play called “Roma Armee Fraktion” which made the headlines in Berlin and in Austria.

– Europäischer Theaterpreis: Gibt es kein revolutionäres, echtes Theater mehr? In: Die Presse. 19.12.2017. https://diepresse.com/home/kultur/news/5341136/Europaeischer-Theaterpreis_Gibt-es-kein-revolutionaeres-echtes [link-preview url=”https://diepresse.com/home/kultur/news/5341136/Europaeischer-Theaterpreis_Gibt-es-kein-revolutionaeres-echtes”]

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75 Years Ago

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An article in English on the Auschwitz laws issued by Himmler that started the deportation and Holocaust for Sinti and Roma.

– Remembering Himmler’s ‘Auschwitz decree’ to exterminate Roma and Sinti. In: Deutsche Welle. 16.12.2017. http://www.dw.com/en/remembering-himmlers-auschwitz-decree-to-exterminate-roma-and-sinti/a-41824830 [link-preview url=”http://www.dw.com/en/remembering-himmlers-auschwitz-decree-to-exterminate-roma-and-sinti/a-41824830″]

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How Bad Can it Get?

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Reading this article, one cannot but ask how bad journalism can get. It seems this is a very deep pit indeed. This article manages to present all stereotypes, mixes travellers and Roma and well, is of really bad taste …
What else can one expect from this paper…

– It’s a big fat gypsy Christmas! Granddaughter of Traveller king Paddy Doherty’s delight as Santa brings her a new CHALET (and schoolgirl wants it to be just as bling as her grandpa’s). In: Daily Mail. 14.12.2017. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5156507/Gypsy-king-Paddy-Doherty-lavishes-gifts-family.html [link-preview url=”http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5156507/Gypsy-king-Paddy-Doherty-lavishes-gifts-family.html”]

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French Chronicle …

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Less evictions in France, due to the winter pause, but lots of activities regarding Roma. Discussions on Roma in Marseilles, where politicians of various sides violently disagreed; in Nimes, Roma and unemployment are the greatest worries; in Celleneuve, a suburb of Montpellier, residents managed to force a debate on a Roma camp; in Nantes, in the West, Roima are being integrated, which is good; and in Grenoble, in the Alps, an evening was devoted to reducing stereotypes on Roma. Finally, near Paris, a camp was closed.

– Marseille : le sort des Roms se fraye un chemin dans l’hémicycle. In: La Marseillaise. 12.12.2017. http://www.lamarseillaise.fr/marseille/politique/65929-le-sort-des-roms-se-fraye-un-chemin-dans-l-hemicycle
– NÎMES APL, chômage et Roms, les sujets sensibles du Gard. In: Objectif Gard. 10.12.2017. http://www.objectifgard.com/2017/12/10/nimes-apl-chomage-et-roms-les-sujets-sensibles-du-gard/
– Camp Roms de Celleneuve : les riverains de Bionne obtiennent une réunion publique. In: Métropolitain. 11.12.2017. https://e-metropolitain.fr/2017/12/11/camp-rom-de-celleneuve-riverains-de-bionne-obtiennent-reunion-publique/
– Près de Nantes, le pari de l’insertion des Roms. In: La Croix. 13.12.2017. https://www.la-croix.com/France/Exclusion/Pres-Nantes-pari-linsertion-Roms-2017-12-13-1200899075
– Une soirée contre les préjugés avec Roms Action. In: Le Dauphiné. 11.12.2017. http://www.ledauphine.com/isere-sud/2017/12/11/une-soiree-contre-les-prejuges-avec-roms-action
– Ris-Orangis : un camp de Roms évacué le long de la N 104. In: Le Parisien. 14.12.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/essonne-91/ris-orangis-un-camp-de-roms-evacue-le-long-de-la-n-104-14-12-2017-7452981.php [link-preview url=”https://e-metropolitain.fr/2017/12/11/camp-rom-de-celleneuve-riverains-de-bionne-obtiennent-reunion-publique/ “]

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75 Years Ago

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Seventy-five years ago, the Nazis issued the Auschwitz laws (Auschwitz Erlass) which gave the order for the deportation of Sinti and Roma and sent them to their death.
This day is being commemorated across Germany.

– Bundesrat erinnert an Holocaust an Sinti und Roma. In: Deutsche Welle. 15.12.2017. http://www.dw.com/de/bundesrat-erinnert-an-holocaust-an-sinti-und-roma/a-41813827
– Gestern ist heute und morgen. In: TAZ. 15.12.2017. http://www.taz.de/!5467795/
– Gedenken: Das Schicksal der Sinti und Roma. In: Nordbayrischer Kurier. 15.12.2017. http://www.nordbayerischer-kurier.de/nachrichten/gedenken-das-schicksal-der-sinti-und-roma_628619
– Gedenken an ermordete Sinti und Roma in der Nazizeit. In: Deutschlandfunk. 15.12.2017. http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/bundesrat-gedenken-an-ermordete-sinti-und-roma-in-der.1939.de.html?drn:news_id=827536
– Landeshauptstadt gedenkt ermordeten Sinti und Roma. In: Westdeutsche Zeitung. 14.12.2017. http://www.wz.de/lokales/duesseldorf/landeshauptstadt-gedenkt-ermordeten-sinti-und-roma-1.2576276 [link-preview url=”http://www.dw.com/de/bundesrat-erinnert-an-holocaust-an-sinti-und-roma/a-41813827 “]

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Vienna: 3rd Report on Antitziganism

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Romano Centro published yesterday its third report on Antitziganism in Austria. A must read and well done!

– Wien | Video | Dritter Antiziganismus-Bericht erschienen. In: Romblog. 14.12.2017.
http://www.romblog.at/2017/12/14/wien-video-3-antiziganismus-bericht-erschienen/ [link-preview url=”http://www.romblog.at/2017/12/14/wien-video-3-antiziganismus-bericht-erschienen/”]

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Fight

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We will not leave this country to the Nazis. It is our country too!
An appeal from Romani Rose, chariman of the German Council of Sinti and Roma.

– https://www.facebook.com/BeLapoBi/photos/a.252191191905274.1073741828.237921856665541/387364668387925/?type=3&theater [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/BeLapoBi/photos/a.252191191905274.1073741828.237921856665541/387364668387925/?type=3&theater”]

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Greece: Measles

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There have been more than 700 cases of measles among Roma in Greece so far this year, a testimony to the fact that the vaccination rates among Roma are very low.

– Roma at high risk of measles due to low vacination rates. In: Ekathimerini. 13.12.2017. http://www.ekathimerini.com/224120/article/ekathimerini/news/roma-at-high-risk-of-measles-due-to-low-vacination-rates [link-preview url=”http://www.ekathimerini.com/224120/article/ekathimerini/news/roma-at-high-risk-of-measles-due-to-low-vacination-rates”]

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Greece: Clashes

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There were severe clashes between the police and Roma north of Athens following the death of a 62 years old Rom in police custody.

– Nine officers injured after Roma clashes. In: Ekathimerini. 13.12.2017. http://www.ekathimerini.com/224165/article/ekathimerini/news/nine-officers-injured-after-roma-clashes [link-preview url=”http://www.ekathimerini.com/224165/article/ekathimerini/news/nine-officers-injured-after-roma-clashes”]

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Roma in Scotland

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According to the EU, Roma arriving in Scotland are being unfairly targeted by border control.
Not surprising, unfortunately.

– Roma arriving in Scotland being ‘targeted unfairly’. In: The Herald. 12.12.2017. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15715277.Roma_arriving_in_Scotland_being____targeted_unfairly___/ [link-preview url=”http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15715277.Roma_arriving_in_Scotland_being____targeted_unfairly___/”]

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Cirque Romanes

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A NYT article on the Cirque Romanes – a Roma circus at home in Paris since almost 20 years. They moved two years ago in the posh 16th arrondissement in Paris and have faced problems ever since.

– A Roma Circus Makes a Home, and Builds Bridges, in Paris. In: The New York Times. 11.12.2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/11/world/europe/roma-circus-paris.html [link-preview url=”https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/11/world/europe/roma-circus-paris.html”]

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75 Years Ago

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On December 16th, a commemoration on the 75th anniversary of the “Auschwitz Decree” by Hermann Goering ordering the deportation and thus annihilation of the Sinti and Roma will be held on the site of the former Sachsenhausen camp.

– Gedenken an ermordete Sinti und Roma. In: ND. 11.12.2017. https://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/1072930.gedenken-an-ermordete-sinti-und-roma.html [link-preview url=”https://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/1072930.gedenken-an-ermordete-sinti-und-roma.html”]

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Study on Reparation

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A study and an Interview with a researcher who looked into the policies of the German state regarding reparations for Roma and Sinti after 1945 in Germany.
Needless to say, the picture is not pretty.

– Sinti und Roma: „Nicht aus Gründen der Rasse verfolgt“? In: Badische Nachricten. 10.12.2017. https://bnn.de/lokales/karlsruhe/sinti-und-roma-nicht-aus-gruenden-der-rasse-verfolgt [link-preview url=”https://bnn.de/lokales/karlsruhe/sinti-und-roma-nicht-aus-gruenden-der-rasse-verfolgt”]

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Roma in the UK

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Roma seem to be the new scapegoats of society in the UK: An article on the Roma community in Glasgow.

– The Roma are yet again scapegoats for society’s ills. In: The Guardian. 10.12.2017. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/10/roma-again-scapegoats-for-ills-of-society [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/10/roma-again-scapegoats-for-ills-of-society”]

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French Chronicle …

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This week’s actualities is dominated by the tragic death of a man in a fine in a Roma camp in Marseilles, in the South of France. Another squat burned and another 70 Roma were evacuated in the same city. In Perpignan, also in the South of France, a fire broke in a camp but there is help for those Roma. Other news include closure of a camp in Nimes, in the South; the closure of the petite ceinture camp in Paris and its cleanup; a fire in a camp just before its evacuation near Paris in Pierrefitte; while in the Centre, in St. Genis les Ollières, Roma found work and in the West in Rezé, 30 Roma families were re-lodged.

– Marseille : mort d’un homme de 35 ans dans l’incendie d’un camp de Roms. In: Paris Match. 09.12.2017. http://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Faits-divers/Marseille-mort-d-un-homme-de-35-ans-dans-l-incendie-d-un-camp-de-Roms-1413920
– Marseille. Un mort dans l’incendie d’un campement de Roms. In: Ouest France. 09.12.2017. https://www.ouest-france.fr/provence-alpes-cote-dazur/marseille-13000/marseille-un-mort-dans-l-incendie-d-un-campement-de-roms-5435515
– Un mort dans l’incendie d’un camp de Roms à Marseille. In: L’Est Républicain. 09./12.2017. http://www.estrepublicain.fr/faits-divers/2017/12/09/un-mort-dans-l-incendie-d-un-camp-de-roms-a-marseille
– Marseille : un homme meurt dans l’incendie d’un camp de Roms. In: CNews. 09.12.2017. http://www.cnewsmatin.fr/france/2017-12-09/marseille-un-homme-meurt-dans-lincendie-dun-camp-de-roms-770665
– Marseille : un homme retrouvé mort dans un important feu de camp de roms. In: Toulouse 7. 09.12.2017. https://www.toulouse7.com/2017/12/09/marseille-homme-retrouve-mort-important-feu-de-camp-de-roms/
– Un homme retrouvé mort après l’incendie d’un camp de roms à Marseille. In: Nice Matin. 09.12.2017. http://www.nicematin.com/faits-divers/un-homme-retrouve-mort-apres-lincendie-dun-camp-de-roms-a-marseille-191111
– Marseille. Évacuation de Roms après un incendie dans un entrepôt. In: Ouest France. 06.12.2017. https://www.ouest-france.fr/provence-alpes-cote-dazur/marseille-13000/marseille-evacuation-de-roms-apres-un-incendie-dans-un-entrepot-5428112
– Marseille : des Roms évacués après un incendie. In: FR3. 07.12.2017. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/marseille/marseille-roms-evacues-apres-incendie-1379863.html
– Perpignan: la solidarité s’organise pour les familles roms dont le camp a été détruit par un incendie. In: L’Indépendant. 05.12.2017. http://www.lindependant.fr/2017/12/05/perpignan-la-solidarite-s-organise-pour-les-familles-roms-dont-le-camp-a-ete-detruit-par-un-incendie,3076612.php
– Nîmes : les familles Roms installées au Pied-Ferme bientôt expulsées ? In: Midi Libre. 10.12.2017. http://www.midilibre.fr/2017/12/09/nimes-les-familles-roms-installees-au-pied-ferme-bientot-expulsees,1600550.php
– Paris: Le campement de Roms de la petite ceinture à nouveau démantelé. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 28.11.2017. http://www.20minutes.fr/paris/2177243-20171128-paris-campement-roms-petite-ceinture-nouveau-demantele
– Pierrefitte : le camp de Roms brûle juste avant l’expulsion. In: Le Parisien. 03.12.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/info-paris-ile-de-france-oise/pierrefitte-le-camp-de-roms-brule-juste-avant-l-expulsion-03-12-2017-7430424.php
– Saint-Genis-les-Ollières : les familles Roms ont trouvé du travail. In: Le Progrès. 04.12.2017. http://www.leprogres.fr/actualite/2017/12/04/village-d-insertion-les-familles-roms-ont-eu-des-experiences-professionnelles
– Rezé : 30 familles Roms relogées sur deux campements. In: FR3. 08.12.2017. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/pays-de-la-loire/loire-atlantique/reze/reze-30-familles-roms-relogees-deux-campements-1380789.html [link-preview url=”https://www.ouest-france.fr/provence-alpes-cote-dazur/marseille-13000/marseille-un-mort-dans-l-incendie-d-un-campement-de-roms-5435515 “]

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Stumbling Stones in Vienna

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A series of stumbling stones commemorating victims of the Holocaust, among them Roma, are set up in Vienna.
At a time where Vienna is again taking a sharp right turn, this is a reminder of what such policies can lead to.

– Vienna’s Dark WWII History is Literally Embedded in its Streets. In: Vice. 08.12.2017. https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/7xw84a/viennas-dark-wwii-history-is-literally-embedded-in-its-streets [link-preview url=”https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/7xw84a/viennas-dark-wwii-history-is-literally-embedded-in-its-streets”]

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More on Sido

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Many more articles about Sido and the movie “A Bride Seldom Comes Alone”.

– «Ich bin auch gutmütig». In: Berner Zeitung. 05.12.2017. https://www.bernerzeitung.ch/kultur/kino/ich-bin-auch-gutmuetig/story/27097718
– Rapper und Schauspieler Sido: “Ich habe Sinti-Wurzeln”. In: Berliner Morgenpost. 06.12.2017. https://www.morgenpost.de/kultur/tv/article212757561/Rapper-und-Schauspieler-Sido-Ich-habe-Sinti-Wurzeln.html
– Rapper Sido spielt Hauptrolle in ARD-Komödie ‘Eine Braut kommt selten allein’. In: VIP. 07.12.2017. https://www.vip.de/cms/rapper-sido-spielt-hauptrolle-in-ard-komoedie-eine-braut-kommt-selten-allein-4135552.html
– Eine Braut kommt selten allein. In: Stern. 06.12.2017. https://www.stern.de/kultur/tv/tv-tipp-eine-braut-kommt-selten-allein-7778172.html
– Sido wird TV-Star: “Familie ist wichtiger als mein Job”. In: Der Kurrier. 04.12.2017. https://kurier.at/stars/rapper-sido-die-familie-ist-mir-wichtiger-als-mein-job/300.724.280 [link-preview url=”https://www.bernerzeitung.ch/kultur/kino/ich-bin-auch-gutmuetig/story/27097718 “]

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Sido Movie

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A movie called “A Bride Seldom Comes Alone” where the German Sinto Rapper Sido plays one of the main characters.
The movie uses quite a few clichés – large families, migrants, etc. – and for that reason it is already the source of controversy.

– Eine Braut kommt selten allein. In: Fous. 06.12.2017. http://www.focus.de/kultur/kino_tv/leute-eine-braut-kommt-selten-allein_id_7943197.html [link-preview url=”http://www.focus.de/kultur/kino_tv/leute-eine-braut-kommt-selten-allein_id_7943197.html”]

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