Portugal Archives - rroma.org https://rroma.org/category/news-western-europe/portugal/ Sun, 08 Sep 2024 09:07:06 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png Portugal Archives - rroma.org https://rroma.org/category/news-western-europe/portugal/ 32 32 Portugal: Integration through Evangelism https://rroma.org/portugal-integration-through-evangelism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=portugal-integration-through-evangelism Sun, 08 Sep 2024 09:07:06 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=25073 A small town in Portugal is trying evangelism tto integrate Roma there. This is dangerous, as evangelism has a tendency […]

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]]> A small town in Portugal is trying evangelism tto integrate Roma there. This is dangerous, as evangelism has a tendency to erase traditions.

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]]> Portugal and Chega https://rroma.org/portugal-and-chega/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=portugal-and-chega Sun, 02 Jul 2023 07:29:35 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=20786 In Portugal, the Chega! (That’s enough!), which currently has 12 seats in parliament, is now considered the third political force […]

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]]> In Portugal, the Chega! (That’s enough!), which currently has 12 seats in parliament, is now considered the third political force in the country, with 13.2% of the voting intentions in the latest polls. Although none of its members currently sit in the European Parliament, the party could gain three to four.

In a similar vein to neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups, Chega’s ideology is described as anti-immigrant, anti-women, anti-LGBTQIA+, anti-Roma, anti-Muslim and conspiratorial, according to a report by the Global Project Against hate and extremism (Global Project against Hate and Extremism, GPAHE).

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]]> Portugal and Roma https://rroma.org/portugal-and-roma-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=portugal-and-roma-3 Sat, 03 Dec 2022 09:41:29 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=18770 The Portuguese president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa in a speech on Portugal’s Independence Day commemorated the contribution of Roma who […]

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]]> The Portuguese president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa in a speech on Portugal’s Independence Day commemorated the contribution of Roma who fought for Portugal’s independence. Bruno Gonçalves, the vice president of the Roma organisation “Letras Nómadas” said that “for the first time in five centuries someone has had the courage to remember that the Portuguese are also Roma, who fought, who were also in historical records that often do not appear in textbooks or educational programmes”.

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]]> Portugal, Football, and Roma https://rroma.org/portugal-football-and-roma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=portugal-football-and-roma Wed, 31 Aug 2022 05:51:38 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=17786 Ricardo Quaresma, a Portuguese Rom and a star footballer is strongly engaged in helping the Roma community in Portugal. His […]

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]]> Ricardo Quaresma, a Portuguese Rom and a star footballer is strongly engaged in helping the Roma community in Portugal. His fame certainly helps, but as they say right now in Portugal, can one man end 500 years of racism and discrimination. Not an easy task.

Racism against the Roma community is firmly anchored in Portugal, and it is enough that one Rom steals to brand all Roma as thieves, something that alas, is not only the case in that country.

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]]> Portugal and Roma https://rroma.org/portugal-and-roma-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=portugal-and-roma-2 Sat, 29 Jan 2022 09:17:58 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=14949 A new project for integration of migrants and Roma in Portugal. Typical: Throwing Roma in the same pot as migrant […]

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]]> A new project for integration of migrants and Roma in Portugal. Typical: Throwing Roma in the same pot as migrant makes them alien in a country they have been for 600 years.

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]]> Portugal and Roma https://rroma.org/portugal-and-roma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=portugal-and-roma Sat, 29 Jan 2022 09:11:29 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=14941 The Extreme Right Party Chega uses Roma as scapegoats ahead of the elections. They really stir up racism against Roma […]

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]]> The Extreme Right Party Chega uses Roma as scapegoats ahead of the elections. They really stir up racism against Roma right now.

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]]> Portugal and Frogs https://rroma.org/portugal-and-frogs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=portugal-and-frogs https://rroma.org/portugal-and-frogs/#respond Tue, 05 Feb 2019 07:32:43 +0000 https://rroma.org/en/portugal-and-frogs/ Why do shopkeepers put frogs in their shops in Portugal? Well, it is to keep Roma out. An article in […]

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]]> Why do shopkeepers put frogs in their shops in Portugal? Well, it is to keep Roma out.
An article in Al Jazeera on the prevalent racism against Roma in Portugal.

– Portuguese shopkeepers using ceramic frogs to ‘scare away’ Roma. In: Al Jazeera. 04.02.2019. https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/portuguese-shopkeepers-ceramic-frogs-scare-roma-190203235953102.html [link-preview url=”https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/portuguese-shopkeepers-ceramic-frogs-scare-roma-190203235953102.html”]

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]]> https://rroma.org/portugal-and-frogs/feed/ 0 Do We Need That? https://rroma.org/do-we-need-that/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=do-we-need-that https://rroma.org/do-we-need-that/#respond Fri, 01 Feb 2019 09:54:21 +0000 https://rroma.org/en/do-we-need-that/ Gory story in the Sun and the Daily Mail of a woman attacked by Roma who apparently believed sh had […]

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]]> Gory story in the Sun and the Daily Mail of a woman attacked by Roma who apparently believed sh had an affair with a married Rom.
In any case, this is not what we need …

– GYPSY ‘JUSTICE’. Brit was stripped, stabbed and scalped in ‘ritual shaming’ over alleged affair with a married man by gypsies in Portugal. In: The Sun. 31.01.2019. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8326415/brit-stabbed-scalped-ritual-shaming-gypsies/
– British waitress, 22, is stabbed and stripped naked before her hair is cut off in horror attack ‘by gypsy family who accused her of having an affair with one of their clan’ in Portugal. In: The Daily mail. 01.02.2019. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6655819/British-waitress-22-stabbed-scalped-stripped-naked.html [link-preview url=”https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8326415/brit-stabbed-scalped-ritual-shaming-gypsies/ “]

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]]> https://rroma.org/do-we-need-that/feed/ 0 Portugal: Roma and Politics https://rroma.org/portugal-roma-and-politics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=portugal-roma-and-politics https://rroma.org/portugal-roma-and-politics/#respond Thu, 03 May 2018 06:14:32 +0000 http://rroma.org/en/portugal-roma-and-politics/ An EU program has been helping Roma to enter politics at every level of the Portugese government. Roma in Portugal […]

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]]> An EU program has been helping Roma to enter politics at every level of the Portugese government.
Roma in Portugal are still very much discriminated and stereotypes against them are deeply ingrained.

– Portuguese gypsies “prepare to enter parliament”. In: The Portugal Resident. 30.04.2018. http://portugalresident.com/portuguese-gypsies-“prepare-to-enter-parliament” [link-preview url=”http://portugalresident.com/portuguese-gypsies-“prepare-to-enter-parliament””]

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]]> https://rroma.org/portugal-roma-and-politics/feed/ 0 Portugal and Integration https://rroma.org/portugal-and-integration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=portugal-and-integration https://rroma.org/portugal-and-integration/#respond Thu, 20 Apr 2017 06:03:23 +0000 http://rroma.org/de/portugal-and-integration/ The Portuguese government announced plans at the municipal level to better integrate its Rroma minority. According to a EU survey […]

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]]> The Portuguese government announced plans at the municipal level to better integrate its Rroma minority. According to a EU survey of Rroma in Europe, also conducted in Portugal, 71 percent of Rroma in that country suffered discrimination within the past five years, and 47 percent in the 12 months preceding the study. This is one of the worst results of the countries surveyed.

– Government announces municipal plans to better integrate gypsy communities. In: The Portugal News Online. 12.04.2017. http://theportugalnews.com/news/government-announces-municipal-plans-to-better-integrate-gypsy-communities/41649 [link-preview url=”http://theportugalnews.com/news/government-announces-municipal-plans-to-better-integrate-gypsy-communities/41649″]

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