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German Federal Police

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Really??? A German Federal policeman held a conference in the Interior Ministry in Berlin and apparently qualified Roma as “criminal gangs” also insulting other minorities.
Bad!

– Berliner Bundespolizist soll Roma als „Verbrecher-Clans“ bezeichnet haben. In: Berliner Zeitung. 31.08.2017. http://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/berliner-bundespolizist-bezeichnet-roma-oeffentlich-als-verbrecher-clans
– Vortrag im Ministerium erzürnt Sinti und Roma. In: Frankfurter Allgemeiner. 01.09.2017, http://www.fr.de/politik/kriminelle-grossfamilien-vortrag-im-ministerium-erzuernt-sinti-und-roma-a-1342553 [link-preview url=”http://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/berliner-bundespolizist-bezeichnet-roma-oeffentlich-als-verbrecher-clans “]

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A View from France

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A personal view from a French Sinto on the origins and relationship between the various Roma groups. Apart the view that all Roma were travelling, quite interesting.

– Pour en finir avec le débat sur l’origine des Tziganes. In: Huffington Post (FR). 03.09.2017. http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/alexandre-romanes/pour-en-finir-avec-le-debat-sur-lorigine-des-tziganes_a_23187950/ [link-preview url=”http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/alexandre-romanes/pour-en-finir-avec-le-debat-sur-lorigine-des-tziganes_a_23187950/”]

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Education

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Young Romnja are bucking the trend and are going to university in the UK.
Good!

– Gypsy women breaking education barriers with uni degrees. In: BBC. 03.09.2017. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-40728470 [link-preview url=”http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-40728470″]

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Italy: Roma Protest

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Roma organisations in Italy protested against the sanitary condition in a camp in Castel Romano. The resident of this camp are exposed to numerous infectious diseases and live in deplorable conditions.
Yet another one of those camps that should have been closed since a long time.

– Castel Romano, rom denunciano emergenza sanitaria. In: Il Corriere della Citta. 01.09.2017. http://www.ilcorrieredellacitta.com/primo-piano/castel-romano-rom-denunciano-emergenza-sanitaria.html
– Rom scatenati denunciano Minniti e Raggi: “A Castel Romano ci lasciano morire”. In: Affari Italiani. 28.08.2017. http://www.affaritaliani.it/roma/rom-scatenati-denunciano-minniti-raggi-a-castel-romano-ci-lasciano-morire-496176.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ilcorrieredellacitta.com/primo-piano/castel-romano-rom-denunciano-emergenza-sanitaria.html “]

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Disneyland Roma …

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The affair of the Romanian Roma who picked the pockets of the tourists in the Paris Disneyland filled the pages of the French press. They have now been sentenced to prison with penalties ranging from 2 to 6 years. The titles and comments highlight how a few Roma can manage to get an entire minority discredited.

– Un vaste réseau de pickpockets roumains devant la justice. In: Le Figaro. 29.08.2017. http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2017/08/29/01016-20170829ARTFIG00008-un-vaste-reseau-de-pickpockets-roumains-devant-la-justice.php
– Disneyland Paris : un réseau de pickpockets qui détroussaient des touristes devant la justice. In: FranceInfo. 29.08.2017. http://www.francetvinfo.fr/faits-divers/justice-proces/disneyland-paris-un-reseau-de-pickpockets-qui-detroussaient-des-touristes-devant-la-justice_2347371.html
– Un clan de pickpockets qui volaient les touristes de Disneyland devant les juges. In: La Croix. 29.08.2017. http://www.la-croix.com/France/Justice/clan-pickpockets-volaient-touristes-Disneyland-devant-juges-2017-08-29-1200872660
– Le clan des pickpockets de Disneyland Paris face aux juges. In: Le Parisien. 29.08.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/chessy-77700/seine-et-marne-un-reseau-de-pickpockets-roumains-face-aux-juges-28-08-2017-7219143.php
– Début du procès d’un gang d’enfants roumains à Disneyland. In: Europe 1. 29.08.2017. http://www.europe1.fr/societe/debut-du-proces-du-gang-des-enfants-roumains-a-disneyland-3422030
– Un clan de pickpockets roumains devant la justice. In: Le Point. 29.08.2017. http://www.lepoint.fr/faits-divers/un-clan-de-pickpockets-roumains-devant-la-justice-29-08-2017-2152907_2627.php
– Pickpockets de Disneyland: un clan jugé pour avoir poussé ses enfants à voler. IUn: L’Express. 29.08.2017. http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/societe/justice/pickpockets-de-disneyland-un-clan-juge-pour-avoir-pousse-ses-enfants-a-voler_1938684.html
– Douze voleurs à la tire devant le tribunal de Meaux. In: FranceInfo FR3. 29.08.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/paris-ile-de-france/seine-et-marne/douze-voleurs-tire-devant-tribunal-meaux-1318181.html
– Le clan des pickpockets de Disneyland Paris devant la justice. In: BFM TV. 29.08.2017. http://www.bfmtv.com/police-justice/le-clan-des-pickpockets-de-disneyland-paris-devant-la-justice-1244981.html
– Ils envoyaient leurs enfants détrousser les touristes à Disneyland : un million d’euros de prejudice. In: Actu.fr. 29.08.2017. https://actu.fr/faits-divers/ils-envoyaient-leurs-enfants-detrousser-touristes-disneyland-million-deuros-prejudice_11655459.html
– Meaux: Les pickpokets de Disneyland devant la justice. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 29.08.2017. http://www.20minutes.fr/paris/2122875-20170829-meaux-pickpokets-disneyland-devant-justice
– Disneyland Paris : ouverture du procès d’un clan de pickpockets roumains qui détroussaient les tourists. In: Actu Orange. 29.08.2017. https://actu.orange.fr/france/disneyland-paris-ouverture-du-proces-d-un-clan-de-pickpockets-roumains-qui-detroussaient-les-touristes-CNT000000MNdDU.html
– Ils envoyaient leurs enfants faire les poches des touristes près de Disneyland: 12 roumains devant la justice. In: News SFR. 29.08.2017. https://news.sfr.fr/actualites/societe/ils-envoyaient-leurs-enfants-faire-les-poches-des-touristes-pres-de-disneyland-12-roumains-devant-la-justice.html
– Un clan de pickpockets roumains qui détroussaient des touristes devant la justice. In: Le Point. 27.08.2017. http://www.lepoint.fr/societe/un-clan-de-pickpockets-roumains-qui-detroussaient-des-touristes-devant-la-justice-27-08-2017-2152466_23.php
– LE GANG DES PICKPOCKETS DE DISNEY JUGÉ À MEAUX ! In: Voltage. 29.08.2017. http://www.voltage.fr/news/le-gang-des-pickpockets-de-disney-juge-a-meaux-32809
– Ils envoyaient leurs enfants faire les poches des touristes étrangers aux abords de Disneyland Paris. In: Actu.fr. 28.09.2017. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/chessy_77111/ils-envoyaient-leurs-enfants-faire-poches-touristes-etrangers-abords-disneyland-paris_11655949.html
– Des pickpockets roumains qui détroussaient des touristes devant la justice. In: L’Alsace. 27.08.2017. http://www.lalsace.fr/actualite/2017/08/27/des-pickpockets-roumains-qui-detroussaient-des-touristes-devant-la-justice
– De deux à six ans de prison pour les pickpockets roumains de Disneyland Paris. In: Actu.fr. 01.09.2017. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/chessy_77111/de-deux-six-ans-prison-pickpockets-roumains-disneyland-paris_11713720.html
– Tension au procès des pickpockets roumains. In: Le Monde. 31.08.2017. http://abonnes.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2017/08/30/tension-au-proces-des-pickpockets-roumains_5178415_3224.html [link-preview url=”https://actu.fr/faits-divers/ils-envoyaient-leurs-enfants-detrousser-touristes-disneyland-million-deuros-prejudice_11655459.html “]

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French Chronicle …

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The holidays are over in France. A lot of news in the press about Roma.
First, near Paris, a new Roma camp was opened on the future site of the Paris St. Germain Football club training site, resulting in many articles; then, the camp on the former train tracks of the Petite Ceinture will again be dismantled (again); near Paris, a camp was dismantled in the Essone; and again near Paris, Roma left a mess behind after having left their camp.
In the North of France, a camp was closed and dismantled near Lille, and another one is “disturbing” the reconstruction of a church. Disturbingly, in the North, an article stating that Roms are Romanian beggars while Travellers are the locals …
Finally, in Western France an illegal camp angers residents and in Angers, Roma will be expulsed for the 24th time!

– Poissy : un camp de Roms sur le futur centre d’entraînement du Paris Saint-Germain. In: France Info FR3. 31.08.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/paris-ile-de-france/yvelines/poissy-camp-roms-futur-centre-entrainement-du-paris-saint-germain-1319577.html
– Poissy : des Roms sur les terrains du PSG. In: Le Parisien. 31.08.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/poissy-78300/poissy-des-roms-s-installent-sur-les-terrains-du-psg-31-08-2017-7225902.php
– Un groupe de Roms s’installe sur le terrain du futur centre d’entraînement du PSG. In: RT. 31.08.2017. https://francais.rt.com/france/42684-groupe-roms-sinstalle-sur-terrain-du-futur-centre-entrainement-psg
– Une centaine de Roms s’installent sur le futur centre du PSG à Poissy. In: Evasion.fm. 01.09.2017. https://www.evasionfm.com/actualite-27587-une-centaine-de-roms-s-installent-sur-le-futur-centre-du-psg-a-poissy.html?version=essonne
– Poissy : un camp de Roms sur le site du futur centre d’entraînement du PSG. In: France Bleu. 01.09.2017. https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/societe/poissy-un-camp-de-roms-sur-le-site-du-futur-centre-d-entrainements-du-psg-1504287042
– Paris : le bidonville de la petite ceinture de nouveau expulsé ? In: Le Parisien. 29.08.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75018/paris-le-bidonville-de-la-petite-ceinture-de-nouveau-expulse-29-08-2017-7221897.php
– Le bidonville de l’hippodrome a été détruit. In: Essonne Info. 01.09.2017. https://www.essonneinfo.fr/91-essonne-info/114403/bidonville-de-lhippodrome-a-ete-detruit/
– Bondoufle : le bidonville de l’hippodrome a été évacué. In: Le Parisien. 30.08.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/bondoufle-91070/bondoufle-le-bidonville-de-l-hippodrome-a-ete-evacue-30-08-2017-7223847.php
– Isles-lès-Villenoy catastrophé après le départ de 350 Roms. In: Le Parisien. 01.09.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/isles-les-villenoy-77450/isles-les-villenoy-catastrophe-apres-le-depart-de-350-roms-01-09-2017-7228875.php
– Isles-lès-Villenoy. Après sept mois, les 350 Roms ont déserté le camp. In: La Marne. 29.08.2017. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/isles-les-villenoy_77232/isles-villenoy-apres-sept-mois-350-roms-ont-deserte-camp_11679002.html
– Le camp de Roms de la plaine de la Poterne démantelé. In: La Voix du Nord. 29.08.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/210168/article/2017-08-29/le-camp-de-roms-de-la-plaine-de-la-poterne-demantele
– Lille : un nouveau camp Rom démantelé plaine de la Poterne. In: France Info. FR3. 29.08.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/hauts-de-france/nord-0/lille/lille-nouveau-camp-rom-demantele-plaine-poterne-1318537.html
– «L’occupation de notre terrain gêne la reconstruction de notre église» In: La Voix du Nord. 30.08.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/210433/article/2017-08-30/l-occupation-de-notre-terrain-gene-la-reconstruction-de-notre-eglise
– Les riverains informés, ce jeudi, sur la nouvelle aire d’accueil des gens du voyage. In: La Voix du Nord. 30.08.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/210819/article/2017-08-30/les-riverains-informes-ce-jeudi-sur-la-nouvelle-aire-d-accueil-des-gens-du
– Bouguenais. Le campement sauvage met les riverains en colère. In: Ouest France. 31.08.2017. http://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/bouguenais-44340/le-campement-sauvage-met-les-riverains-en-colere-5215320
– A Angers, des Roms sont menacés d’une vingt-quatrième expulsion. In: Mediapart. 31.08.2017. https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/310817/angers-des-roms-sont-menaces-d-une-vingt-quatrieme-expulsion?onglet=full [link-preview url=”https://francais.rt.com/france/42684-groupe-roms-sinstalle-sur-terrain-du-futur-centre-entrainement-psg “]

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Disneyland Roma

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The trial of the Romanian Roma (and a few others) who picked the pockets of tourists in the Disneyland near Paris (and apparently made 1 Mio EUR) is in full swing. According to the journalist, it is worthy of a Kusturica movie.
The article is good with one exception – the use of “clan” in this context. One family is definitively not a clan – and this term is abused in the European Press in the context of Roma.

– Tension au procès des pickpockets roumains. In: Le Monde. 31.08.2017. http://abonnes.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2017/08/30/tension-au-proces-des-pickpockets-roumains_5178415_3224.html [link-preview url=”http://abonnes.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2017/08/30/tension-au-proces-des-pickpockets-roumains_5178415_3224.html”]

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Italy: Roma 101

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A workshop in Italy with the local Roma, the Abbruzzesi. Led by Santino Spinelli who recorded the language of this group of Roma.

– Roma Culture 101: Opening Minds With Song, Talk and Laughter. In: The New York Times. 29.08.2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/29/world/europe/roma-culture-school-bias.html [link-preview url=”https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/29/world/europe/roma-culture-school-bias.html”]

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How not to Report

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A report on pickpockets in Paris’ Disneyland seen through the eyes of Romanians. Quote: “Seven women and five men, most of whom are Roma people from Romania who were sending their children to steal from tourists’ pockets in the Disneyland Paris” This is rather amusing, as it seems that there are also non-Roma who are sending their children to steal …
Anyway, theft is not an ethnic characteristic.

– Roma pickpockets from Romania stole EUR 1 mln from Disneyland Paris tourists. In Romania Insider. 28.08.2017. https://www.romania-insider.com/roma-pickpockets-romania-disneyland-paris/ [link-preview url=”https://www.romania-insider.com/roma-pickpockets-romania-disneyland-paris/”]

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Anina Ciuciu

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This time, the interview in English …

– French Roma woman eyes seat in Senate elections. In: France 24. 29.08.2017. http://www.france24.com/en/20170829-france-roma-woman-anina-ciuciu-eyes-seat-senate-elections [link-preview url=”http://www.france24.com/en/20170829-france-roma-woman-anina-ciuciu-eyes-seat-senate-elections”]

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The Faces of the Perpetrators …

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A series of photos of German soldiers forced to watch footage of concentration camps… They gry, the said they didn’t fight for that – but actually one knows that the Wehrmacht saw it happen and participated in summary executions …

– Nemeckým vojakom bolo do plaču, keď videli teror v koncentračných táboroch. Svetoznáma fotografia zobrazuje znechutené tváre. In: Refresher.sk. 27.08.2017. https://refresher.sk/46508-Nemeckym-vojakom-bolo-do-placu-ked-videli-teror-v-koncentracnych-taboroch-Svetoznama-fotografia-zobrazuje-znechutene-tvare [link-preview url=”https://refresher.sk/46508-Nemeckym-vojakom-bolo-do-placu-ked-videli-teror-v-koncentracnych-taboroch-Svetoznama-fotografia-zobrazuje-znechutene-tvare”]

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Tory MP and Roma

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A new Tory MP for Moray, UK, is severely biased against travellers are Roma. He apologised for saying that dealing with travellers “would be a number one priority as prime minister” but continued to state that [roadside encampments] are a “blight on our community” and current laws and protections make it difficult to get “get rid of them”.
One can only wonder what he meant by “getting rid of them” …

– If not here, then where? On Douglas Ross’ war against the Gypsy/Traveller community in Moray. In: Open Democracy UK. 28.08.2017. https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/lynne-tammi/if-not-here-then-where-on-douglas-ross-ethnic-war-against-gypsytraveller-community-i [link-preview url=”https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/lynne-tammi/if-not-here-then-where-on-douglas-ross-ethnic-war-against-gypsytraveller-community-i”]

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Brussells – New Camp

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Roma opened a new makeshift camp in Brussels this week. This French trend is slowly expanding to Belgium.

– Un camp de Roms découvert porte de Ninove à Bruxelles (vidéo). In: Le Soir (BE). 28.08.2017. http://www.lesoir.be/111201/article/2017-08-28/un-camp-de-roms-decouvert-porte-de-ninove-bruxelles-video [link-preview url=”http://www.lesoir.be/111201/article/2017-08-28/un-camp-de-roms-decouvert-porte-de-ninove-bruxelles-video”]

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Another Interview with Anina Ciuciu

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Anina Ciuciu gave another interview last week to the French press. She is a candidate in the Senatorial elections in France and could become the first elected Romni in the French Senate.

– Anina Ciuciu, 27 ans, première candidate rom aux sénatoriales. In: France 24. 24.08.2017. http://www.france24.com/fr/20170823-anina-ciuciu-premiere-candidate-rom-senatoriales-senat-portrait-seine-saint-denis-eevl [link-preview url=”http://www.france24.com/fr/20170823-anina-ciuciu-premiere-candidate-rom-senatoriales-senat-portrait-seine-saint-denis-eevl”]

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French Chronicle …

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Very few news this week on Roma in France. An article about Roma from the Kosovo who had to appear in front of a judge in Angers, in Western France; in Montpellier, the mayor is asking the French state for support to control a Roma camp in the city; in Lille, one of the largest camps has been closed; and finally, Roma pickpockets in Disneyland near Paris.

– L’errance des Roms passe par le tribunal. In: Ouest France. 25.08.2017. http://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/angers-49000/l-errance-des-roms-passe-par-le-tribunal-5207765
– Camps de Roms à Montpellier : Philippe Saurel perd patience. In: Midi Libre. 27.08.2017. http://www.midilibre.fr/2017/08/26/camps-de-roms-a-montpellier-philippe-saurel-perd-patience,1552029.php
– Lille: Démantèlement du camp de Roms de Pont-Royal. In: 20 Minutesd (FR). 22.08.2017. http://www.20minutes.fr/lille/2119675-20170822-lille-demantelement-camp-roms-pont-royal
– Le camp de Roms de Pont-Royal a été évacué ce mardi matin. In: La Voix du Nord. 22.08.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/207166/article/2017-08-22/le-camp-de-roms-de-pont-royal-ete-evacue-ce-mardi-matin
– Des pickpockets roumains qui détroussaient des touristes devant la justice. In: Dernières Nouvelles d’Alsace. http://www.dna.fr/actualite/2017/08/27/des-pickpockets-roumains-qui-detroussaient-des-touristes-devant-la-justice [link-preview url=”http://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/angers-49000/l-errance-des-roms-passe-par-le-tribunal-5207765″]

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Germany: The Story of the Family Weiss

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A story about a Sinti family in Post War Germany. This shows what Roma had to face in the aftermath of the War and Holocaust in Germany.

Die unerzählte Geschichte der Familie Weiß. In: Dewezet. 25.08.2017. https://www.dewezet.de/hintergrund/hintergrund-seite_artikel,-die-unerzaehlte-geschichte-der-familie-weiss-_arid,2397270.html [link-preview url=”https://www.dewezet.de/hintergrund/hintergrund-seite_artikel,-die-unerzaehlte-geschichte-der-familie-weiss-_arid,2397270.html”]

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Pilgrimage in Lourdes

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The annual pilgrimage of the French travellers (Manouches et Gitans) in Lourdes closed yesterday., It is held from the 19th to the 24th of August.

– Le pèlerinage des gens du voyage à Lourdes. In: Aleteia. 24.08.2017. https://fr.aleteia.org/2017/08/24/le-pelerinage-des-gens-du-voyage-a-lourdes/ [link-preview url=”https://fr.aleteia.org/2017/08/24/le-pelerinage-des-gens-du-voyage-a-lourdes/”]

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Response to Slavery

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The UK press had a field day when the details of the slavery case were highlighted last week. A family of travellers held people in squalid conditions as de-facto slaves.
Here is the response to this act from the Traveller Community.

– ‘Traveller slavery’ and the press – a TT response. In: The Travellers’ Times. 21.08.2017. http://travellerstimes.org.uk/Blogs–Features/Traveller-slavery-and-the-press–a-TT-response.aspx [link-preview url=”http://travellerstimes.org.uk/Blogs–Features/Traveller-slavery-and-the-press–a-TT-response.aspx”]

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UK – Really?

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The trend against travellers in the UK seems to be growing.
Bad.

– Anti-traveller trench dug in Stapleford. In: BBC News. 18.08.2017. http://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-cambridgeshire-40977124/anti-traveller-trench-dug-in-stapleford [link-preview url=”http://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-cambridgeshire-40977124/anti-traveller-trench-dug-in-stapleford”]

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Germany: Max Birkenfelder

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The Holocaust survivor, Max Birkenfelder, died at the age of 79. Hi family spent four years in the Radom Ghetto in Poland, where they were forced to work under extreme conditions.
May he rest in peace!

– Als Kind Erschießungen erlebt. In: Maheimer Morgen. 18.08.2017. https://www.morgenweb.de/schwetzinger-zeitung_artikel,-schwetzingen-als-kind-erschiessungen-erlebt-_arid,1098227.html [link-preview url=”https://www.morgenweb.de/schwetzinger-zeitung_artikel,-schwetzingen-als-kind-erschiessungen-erlebt-_arid,1098227.html”]

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