Monthly Archives: November 2018

Dutch Rail to pay

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The Dutch Railway is to pay compensation to Holocaust survivors and their relatives for having transported people to the Westerbrock Transit camp. Under the victims where several Roma and Sinti families.

– Holocaust: Dutch rail firm NS to pay families compensation. In: BBC News. 28.11.2018. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46370611
– Dutch to pay holocaust compensation. In: The Nation. 29.11.2018. https://nation.com.pk/29-Nov-2018/dutch-to-pay-holocaust-compensation

Slovakia and Education

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According to Abel Ravacs, the Plenipotentiary of the Government of the Slovak Republic for Roma Communities, pre-school education is the right mean to further Roma integration in Slovakia.
Many people came to that conclusion around 25 years ago… What has been done? Nothing so far.

– Ravasz: Zavedenie predškolskej výchovy je správnym smerom v integrácii Rómov. In: Pravda. 25.11.2018. https://spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok/492879-ravasz-zavedenie-predskolskej-vychovy-je-spravnym-smerom-v-integracii-romov/

Poland – Bad

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A story about 5 Roma who were recently arrested for “terrorising” and for theft in an estate in Western Poland. Bad is that they people are deemed of “Romani Nationality” …

– Leszno: Policja zatrzymała pięciu Romów, którzy terroryzowali mieszkańców osiedla na Gronowie. In: Glos Wielkopolski. 21.11.2018. https://gloswielkopolski.pl/leszno-policja-zatrzymala-pieciu-romow-ktorzy-terroryzowali-mieszkancow-osiedla-na-gronowie/ar/13682652

Roma and Serbia

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A reportage and an article in the Belgian press on the situation of Roma in Serbia and the constant discriminations they are facing.

– La minorité rom en Serbie: des discriminations tenaces (reportage). In: RTBF. 18.11.2018. https://www.rtbf.be/info/monde/detail_la-minorite-rom-en-serbie-des-discriminations-tenaces?id=10076074
– “En centre fermé, c’était le stress, ici en Serbie c’est le stress”: la maman rom enfermée à Steenokkerzeel témoigne. In: Vivreici. 21.11.2018. http://www.vivreici.be/article/detail_en-centre-ferme-c-etait-le-stress-ici-en-serbie-c-est-le-stress-la-maman-rom-enfermee-a-steenokkerzeel-temoigne?id=229516

French Chronicle …

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Not many news in France this week, probably due to the current manifestations in the country…
In the news, a portrait of a young Romanian Romni who is in high school, which highlights the difficulties to get into a school. Another article on 8, Rue Lénine, the new movie on Roma. An open letter addressed to the prefect of the Val de Marne, to ask for a strategy to on Roma camps. And finally, several articles on a squat of Roma in Buchelay who are allowed to stay.

– Ana-Maria, 16 ans : «Ma vie entre le bidonville et le lycée». In: Le Parisien. 20.11.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/societe/ana-maria-16-ans-ma-vie-entre-le-bidonville-et-le-lycee-20-11-2018-7947030.php
– Anna Pitoun: “Filmer c’est écouter avant de regarder”. In: France Culture. 20.11.2018. https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/par-les-temps-qui-courent/anna-pitoun
– Val-de-Marne : lettre ouverte au préfet sur le sort des Roms. In: Le Parisen. 22.11.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/val-de-marne-94/val-de-marne-lettre-ouverte-au-prefet-sur-le-sort-des-roms-22-11-2018-7950246.php
– Buchelay : le tribunal administratif de Versailles suspend l’expulsion des Roms. In: Le Parisien. 19.11.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/yvelines-78/buchelay-le-tribunal-administratif-de-versailles-suspend-l-expulsion-des-roms-19-11-2018-7946709.php
– Les Roms de Buchelay obtiennent un sursis. In: La Gazette des Yvelines. 22.11.2018. https://lagazette-yvelines.fr/2018/11/22/les-roms-de-buchelay-obtiennent-un-sursis/
– Yvelines. Buchelay : de squat en squat, itinéraire d’un Rom. In: Actu.fr. 20.11.2018. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/buchelay_78118/yvelines-buchelay-squat-squat-itineraire-dun-rom_19667501.html

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