Sheffield hospital reports that they have encountered over 100 cases of young Roma with hearing problems. The issue seems to be inherited as many of these children have relatives who also have hearing problems.
– High number of Roma children with hearing problems. In: The Star. 14.03.2018. https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/high-number-of-roma-children-with-hearing-problems-1-9062675 [link-preview url=”https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/high-number-of-roma-children-with-hearing-problems-1-9062675″]
Uzhgorod City Council’s press service reported that the city has adopted a program for the construction of new neighbourhoods for Transcarpathian Roma. The program is being implemented in accordance with the plan of measures for the implementation of the Strategy for Protection and Integration into the Ukrainian Roma Society until 2020, developed by the Cabinet, the website of the representative authority said.
Nice, let’s hope this is not a new segregated area.
– В Ужгороде построят жилые кварталы для закарпатских ромов. In: UBR. https://ubr.ua/market/real-estate/v-uzhhorode-postrojat-zhilye-kvartaly-dlja-zakarpatskikh-romov-3866017 [link-preview url=”https://ubr.ua/market/real-estate/v-uzhhorode-postrojat-zhilye-kvartaly-dlja-zakarpatskikh-romov-3866017″]
Last Saturday saw a special mass in London’s Westminster Cathedral for Travellers. It was attended by Travellers from all over the UK.
– Hundreds attend Mass for Traveller Community at Westminster Cathedral. In: ICN. 26.02.2018. https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/34415 [link-preview url=”https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/34415″]
A portrait of a young Scottish traveller activist. We need more of this.
– “We are finally finding our voice to speak up and stand up for ourselves and our rights!” In: Youth Traveller Times. 19.02.2018. https://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/ytt/news/2018/02/we-are-finally-finding-our-voice-speak-and-stand-ourselves-and-our-rights [link-preview url=”https://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/ytt/news/2018/02/we-are-finally-finding-our-voice-speak-and-stand-ourselves-and-our-rights”]
An article on Fabian Le Bas who died in December last year.
– The Birth of Gypsy Dada: On the Life and Legacy of Damian Le Bas (1963-2017). In: Blok Magazin. 07.02.2018. http://blokmagazine.com/the-birth-of-gypsy-dada-on-the-life-and-legacy-of-damian-le-bas-1963-2017/ [link-preview url=”http://blokmagazine.com/the-birth-of-gypsy-dada-on-the-life-and-legacy-of-damian-le-bas-1963-2017/”]
Remembrance celebration of Rukeli Trollmann, a Sinto boxer who was killed in Neuengamme in 1944.
May he rest in peace.
– Gedenken anlässlich des 74. Todestages von Rukeli Trollmann. In: Naturfreunde. https://www.naturfreunde.de/termin/gedenken-anlaesslich-des-74-todestages-von-rukeli-trollmann [link-preview url=”https://www.naturfreunde.de/termin/gedenken-anlaesslich-des-74-todestages-von-rukeli-trollmann”]
Roma children are at a high risk of being taken into care and removed from their parents. Not, not in Eastern Europe, but simply in the UK. And for the same reasons…
– GYPSY, ROMA AND TRAVELLER CHILDREN MORE LIKELY TO BE TAKEN INTO CARE. In: Care Appointment. 07.02.2018. https://www.careappointments.co.uk/education-training/item/43267-gypsy-roma-and-traveller-children-more-likely-to-be-taken-into-care [link-preview url=”https://www.careappointments.co.uk/education-training/item/43267-gypsy-roma-and-traveller-children-more-likely-to-be-taken-into-care”]
More news on the exhibition of young Roma photographers in Glasgow.
– Through the lens with Govanhill’s young Roma photographers in new exhibition. In: The Big Issue. 06.02.2018. https://www.bigissue.com/news/lens-govanhills-young-roma-photographers-new-exhibition/ [link-preview url=”https://www.bigissue.com/news/lens-govanhills-young-roma-photographers-new-exhibition/”]
Young Roma photographers documented their lives in Glasgow. The pictures are worth seeing!
– Young Roma photograph their lives in Govanhill. In: BBC News. 03.02.2018. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-42875486
– New exhibition of photos from Roma youngsters in Glasgow helps show the whole picture. In: Daily Record. 02.02.2018. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/new-exhibition-photos-roma-youngsters-11955729 [link-preview url=”https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/new-exhibition-photos-roma-youngsters-11955729″]
Who are the most negatively viewed groups in Northern Ireland? Well no surprises: Travellers, Roma, and asylum seekers…
– Most negatively viewed groups include Travellers, Roma and asylum seekers. In: Mail Online. 31.01.2018. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-5332555/Most-negatively-viewed-groups-include-Travellers-Roma-asylum-seekers.html [link-preview url=”http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-5332555/Most-negatively-viewed-groups-include-Travellers-Roma-asylum-seekers.html”]
Joshua North who posted a comment on Facebook asking for a “Batter Gypos Day” was cleared by a UUK court of incitation to racial hatred. Really? What does it take then to be condemned?
– Facebook poster cleared of inciting hatred with ‘batter gypos’ comment. In: Grimsby Telegraph. 26.01.2018. http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/facebook-hatred-comment-gypsies-grimsby-1123419 [link-preview url=”http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/facebook-hatred-comment-gypsies-grimsby-1123419″]
The UK authorities are increasingly removing children from their Roma and travellers families according to a recent report.
It is effectively prejudice.
– ‘They took my life. I’m grieving for a child who is still alive’. In: The Guardian. 24.01.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jan/24/care-system-discriminating-gypsy-roma-traveller-children [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jan/24/care-system-discriminating-gypsy-roma-traveller-children”]
Roma who travel and Travellers in the UK capital are becoming a rarity. They are now being counted in an effort to force municipalities to actually set aside land for them to camp.
– ‘It’s like we don’t exist’: London’s Gypsies stand up to be counted. In: The Guardian. 18.01.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/jan/18/london-gypsies-counted-travellers-map-prejudice [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/jan/18/london-gypsies-counted-travellers-map-prejudice”]
Charities say that Roma and Travellers fce a sever shortage of palces where they can stop and camp for a few days, de-facto endangering their way of life.
– Gypsies and Travellers in UK face housing crisis, charities warn. In: The Guardian. 18.01.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/18/gypsies-travellers-uk-housing-crisis-charities-warn [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/18/gypsies-travellers-uk-housing-crisis-charities-warn”]
No surprise, the salesman who was insulted as “fat ginger pikey” and other slurs lost his race bias case.
There is racism and racism it seems …
– Salesman called ‘pikey salad-dodger’ loses race bias claim. In: The Times. 10.01.2018. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/salesman-called-pikey-salad-dodger-loses-race-bias-claim-bj8btshjc [link-preview url=”https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/salesman-called-pikey-salad-dodger-loses-race-bias-claim-bj8btshjc”]
Unfortunately, yet another arrest on suspicion of slavery in a traveller camp in the UK. This is bad for all of us.
– Modern day slavery arrest in Brigg traveller site police raid. In: BBC. 09.01.2018. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-42628617 [link-preview url=”http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-42628617″]
The Times commemorates Damian Le Bas who died last year December 9th.
– Damian Le Bas. In: The Times. 11.01.2018. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/damian-le-bas-obituary-562ckk8jf [link-preview url=”https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/damian-le-bas-obituary-562ckk8jf”]
A long article on the discriminations faced by Roma and Travellers’ children in UK schools, with a disproportionally large number of them being expelled.
– Why are Gypsy children often expelled from UK schools? In: Al Jazeera. 30.12.2017. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/12/gypsy-children-expelled-uk-schools-171229075235572.html [link-preview url=”http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/12/gypsy-children-expelled-uk-schools-171229075235572.html”]
An Irishman went t court and was awarded 280’000 pounds for having been insulted repeatedly as being a Gypsy.
Wonder if a Rom would have won as much?
– Irishman awarded over £280K after manager’s ‘gypo’ ‘pikey’ and ‘paddy’ jibes. In: The Irish Times. 28.12.2017. http://irishpost.co.uk/irishman-awarded-280k-managers-gypo-pikey-paddy-jibes/ [link-preview url=”http://irishpost.co.uk/irishman-awarded-280k-managers-gypo-pikey-paddy-jibes/”]
In Scotland, a young traveller girl was assaulted and pelted with stones.
Really????????
– Young girl pelted with stones in shocking anti-gypsy hate crime. In: Daily Record. 29.12.2017. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/young-woman-pelted-stones-being-11763914 [link-preview url=”http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/young-woman-pelted-stones-being-11763914″]
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