Another article on the “oldest Indian Diaspora” – the Rroma!
- The survival of Roma traditions. In: The Economic Times. 13.02.2016. http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/onmyplate/the-survival-of-roma-traditions/
Daily Archives: Februar 14, 2016
What Happened to Them?
A reportage on the Rroma from the camp on the railway tracks of the petite ceinture in Paris…
- Évacuation des bidonvilles : que deviennent les Roms ? In: France Inter. 10.02.2016. http://www.franceinter.fr/emission-le-zoom-de-la-redaction-evacuation-des-bidonvilles-que-deviennent-les-roms
French Chronicle …
Lots of expulsions and notices thereof this week… First in Noisiel, near Paris, where 100 Rroma were expulsed; in Wissous, the camps will be soon destroyed; In Saint Brice, the mayor is trying to get rid of the camp that was recently created on this commune; and in Hautbourdin, the expulsion is being discussed; while in Grenoble, the Rroma are getting a reprieve.
The other set of news concerns Rroma pickpockets and beggars, with several articles on that topic …
And finally, a mobilization in favour of Rroma migrants!
- Noisiel : à peine les cent Roms expulsés, l’hôtel squatté a été démoli. In: Le Parisien. 12.02.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/noisiel-77186/noisiel-a-peine-les-cent-roms-expulses-l-hotel-squatte-a-ete-demoli-12-02-2016-5540161.php
- Wissous : les deux camps de Roms évacués «avant le mois de mars» In: Le Républicain. 11.02.2016. http://www.le-republicain.fr/faits-divers/wissous-les-deux-camps-de-roms-evacues-avant-le-mois-de-mars
- Les bidonvilles roms de Wissous bientôt evacuees. In: Le Parisien. 11.02.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/wissous-91320/les-bidonvilles-roms-de-wissous-bientot-evacues-11-02-2016-5535995.php
- Camp rom à Saint-Brice : le maire lance un SOS, les riverains exceeds. In: Le Parisien. 10.02.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/groslay-95410/camp-rom-a-saint-brice-le-maire-lance-un-sos-les-riverains-excedes-10-02-2016-5532677.php
- Saint-Brice : l’appel du maire pour l’évacuation d’un camp de Roms. In: VO News 95. 08.02.2016. http://95.telif.tv/2016/02/08/saint-brice-lappel-du-maire-pour-levacuation-dun-camp-de-roms/
- Haubourdin: les Roms susceptibles d’être expulsés après la trêve hivernale. In: La Voix du Nord. 12.02.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/haubourdin-les-roms-susceptibles-d-etre-expulses-ia21b49760n3327857?xtor=RSS-2
- Un répit pour les Roms du cours de la Libération à Grenoble. In: FR3 Alpes. 08.02.2016. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/alpes/isere/grenoble/court-repit-pour-les-roms-du-cours-de-la-liberation-grenoble-923431.html
- Région parisienne : vague d’arrestations de pickpockets roumains. In: Le Parisien. 09.02.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/chessy-77700/region-parisienne-vague-d-arrestations-de-pickpockets-roumains-09-02-2016-5529177.php
- Pickpockets roms : la procureure de Meaux salue la coopération avec la police roumaine. In: Le Parisien. 12.02.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/chessy-77700/pickpockets-roms-la-procureure-de-meaux-salue-la-cooperation-avec-la-police-roumaine-12-02-2016-5540069.php
- Deux frères condamnés pour l’exploitation de mendiants handicaps. In: 7sur7 Belgique. http://www.7sur7.be/7s7/fr/1505/Monde/article/detail/2615281/2016/02/12/Deux-freres-condamnes-pour-l-exploitation-de-mendiants-handicapes.dhtml
- Seine-Saint-Denis : le Front de gauche mobilisé pour les Roms. In: Le Parisien. 11.02.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis-93/seine-saint-denis-le-front-de-gauche-mobilise-pour-les-roms-11-02-2016-5536835.php
India External Affairs Minister: Rroma are the Children of India
India’s external affairs minister, Sushma Swaraj officially stated that Rroma are the children of India. India is even pondering recognizing them as a minority…
- ‘You are the children of India’: Sushma Swaraj to Romas. In: NewsGram. 13.02.2016. http://www.newsgram.com/you-are-the-children-of-india-sushma-swaraj-to-romas/
- ‘India should declare Romas as national minority of Indian origin’ In: Hindustan Times. 12.02.2016. http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/india-should-declare-romas-as-national-minority-of-indian-origin/story-xlQJRtOLtSTUqId652QOnJ.html
- Links with migrant Roma community needs documentation: Swaraj. In: Business Standard. 12.02.2016. http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/links-with-migrant-roma-community-needs-documentation-swaraj-116021200857_1.html
- Should India recognise the accomplished Romani people as a national minority? In: The Economic Times. 13.02.2016. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/50969403.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
Basle: Firebomb against Rroma
Travelling Rroma who were forced to leave their camp a few days earlier, were attacked at their new camping site. A person first started beating up a 70 years old Rroma and shortly thereafter, a firebomb was thrown at the caravans.
The police who were called let the attacker go without arresting him, even though he had severely beaten up someone without reason.
SHAME!
- Fahrende in Allschwil angegriffen. In: Tele Basel. 11.02.2016. https://telebasel.ch/2016/02/11/brandstiftung-und-taetlichkeit-gegenueber-fahrenden-in-allschwil-bl/
- «Ich sah etwas brennen und jemanden wegrennen» In: 20 Minutes Schweiz. 11.02.2016. http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/basel/story/Hooligan-verpruegelt-Fahrende-30620205
- Brandanschlag auf Fahrende: Polizei gesteht Fehler bei Erstermittlungen ein. In BZ. 11.02.2016. http://www.bzbasel.ch/basel/baselbiet/brandanschlag-auf-fahrende-polizei-gesteht-fehler-bei-erstermittlungen-ein-130057855
- Pöbeleien und Brandanschlag gegen Fahrende. In: Basler Zeitung. http://bazonline.ch/basel/gemeinden/Poebeleien-und-Brandanschlag-gegen-Fahrende/story/13478068
- Nach Attacke auf Fahrende: Baselbieter Polizei lässt Angreifer laufen. In: Tages Woche. 11.02.2016. http://www.tageswoche.ch/de/2016_7/basel/711358/
Bulgarian Rroma: Begging Scheme
Two Bulgarian Rroma were sentenced in Sweden for running a begging scheme involving disabled and illeterate people. Bad.
This will be enough to renew the folktales of mafia like structures among Rroma and their involvement in begging, prostitution, etc.
- Two Bulgarians Get Jail Terms in Sweden for Running Begging Scheme, In: Novinite. 12.02.2016. http://www.novinite.com/articles/173081/Two+Bulgarians+Get+Jail+Terms+in+Sweden+for+Running+Begging+Scheme#sthash.l2zyfl7m.dpuf
Romania: Several People Fired for Theft
Several leading civil servants, among which the head of the Tax authority, were fired in Romania for having stolen funds from the EU development aid. According to prosecutors “two Romanian lawmakers and eight other persons had allegedly defrauded two projects worth a total 27.25 million lei ($6.91 million) aimed at supporting the underprivileged Roma minority.”
And one wonders why nothing changes …
- Romanian PM dismisses tax chiefs over EU funds fraud inquiry. In: Today. 12.02.2016. http://www.todayonline.com/world/romanian-pm-dismisses-tax-chiefs-over-eu-funds-fraud-inquiry
Slovakia: A Helping NGO
An interview with the president of the ETP NGO in Slovakia, a NGO that has helped hundreds of families to improve their housing conditions.
Worthwhile reading …
- ETP: State could learn from our work with Roma. In: The Slovak Spectator. 10.02.2016. http://spectator.sme.sk/c/20090771/etp-state-could-learn-from-our-work-with-roma.html
Begging in Helsinki
An article on begging and Rroma accessing social services in Helsinki is really not acceptable. It is full with factual errors (no, most Rroma who come from Romania and Bulgaria are not and never were travelers), generalises, and implicitly associates Rroma with beggars.
BAD ARTICLE …
- Reports of aggressive begging down, status of Roma dismal. In: Yle. 08.02.2016. http://yle.fi/uutiset/reports_of_aggressive_begging_down_status_of_roma_dismal/8655216
Deported Rroma Family can Return to Canada
A family of Rroma from Hungary who were deported recently is now allowed to return to Canada following the intervention of the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Minister, John McCallum.
- Deported Roma refugee family receives permission to return to Canada. In: CBC News. 08.02.2016. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/roma-refugee-canada-return-1.3437968
Basle: No space for Travellers
In Basle, until April, there is no place were travellers can stay. They had to leave a place in the city, which will be established as a permanent camping site for Travellers, and they ended up squatting a field from which they were now expelled. There are to few of these sites in Switzerland to accommodate Travellers in Switzerland.
- Fahrende aus Naturschutzzone vertrieben – nun haben sie Basel verlassen. In: Basellandschaftliche Zeitung. 10.02.2016. http://www.basellandschaftlichezeitung.ch/basel/basel-stadt/fahrende-aus-naturschutzzone-vertrieben-nun-haben-sie-basel-verlassen-130054485
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