Monthly Archives: Juni 2022

Slovakia and Osada

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The United Nations (UN) has warned for many years that climate change will hit the most vulnerable population groups with the lowest ability to adapt. In Slovakia, they are mainly residents of Roma settlements who, even in 2022, often live without access to basic infrastructure, education or drinking water. “It’s hard to convince people in a poor area to triage at all when they don’t have access to drinking water or sewage. Many people in Slovakia and Europe live in the conditions of the African continent. It is very difficult to talk to them about climate change,” stated MEP Peter Pollák (OĽaNO/EPP) at the discussion Green change from below, organized by the EURACTIV Slovakia portal.

Condemnation

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A 101 year old former Sachsenhausen concentration camp guard was condemned to five years of prison. The anti-Semitism commissioner and the antiziganism commissioner of the Federal Government, the Central Council of Sinti and Roma and other voices welcomed the judge’s verdict.

Beating in Romania

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Bruises on the face, swollen eye, scared and crying children. A video is being spread on social networks among Roma in Romania. A 37-year-old Rom from Piatra Neamt north of Bucharest was beaten by police. The reason was that he refused to provide an ID when the taxi in which he was driving as a passenger was stopped. Information from the Romanian newspaper Libertatea was published by the European Roma Rights Center (ERRC).

Commemoration

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A commemoration to the victims of a massacre of  80 years ago took place in Lutowiska in Bieszczady. On June 22, 1942, the Germans murdered 650 people there, and soon another 150 thereafter. The victims were Jews and about thirty Roma. The commemoration was attended, among others, by the Ambassador of Israel in Poland, Yacov Livne and Adam Bartosz – Vice President of the Association of Polish Roma.

Hungary and Lungo Drom

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Roma politicians have initiated an investigation against the Lungo Drom association with the Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Prosecutor. According to them, the activities of Lungo Drom’s President Flórián Farkas seriously endanger the legal operation of the association and the achievement of the goals set in the articles of association. As of 2017, Lungo Drom did not submit financial statements, and the last 2016 report available on the court’s website did not arrive until the fall of 2021.

Brussels and Beggars

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The city of Brussels holds to its regulation on beggars, in spite of the suspension ordered by a higher instance.

Bad.

Czech Republic and Roma Refugees

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At least someone in the Government says something…

French Chronicle …

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Not much going on. A commemoration of the murder by the Nazis of 14 Roma on June 23rd, 1944; a squat in Toulouse, and an inclusion evening in Grenoble.

Brussels and Beggars

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The city of Brussels introduced rules for beggars, forbidding people below the age of 26 to beg. This was suspended by the supervisory authority, namely the Brussels Minister in charge of Local Authorities Bernard Clerfayt. The city is now contesting this.

One knows that regulations of begging have very little impact and only fight the symptoms, the real causes.

Poland and Ukrainian Roma Refugees

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A city councillor from the Polish city of Przemyśl, Marcin Kowalski, claimed on facebook that his border town is visited by “hordes” of Roma from Ukraine, who take advantage of the loopholes in the provisions on helping Ukrainian citizens to receive Polish social benefits.

Bad.

More on the Slavery Case …

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A short video on the case of a Slovak man and a Polish woman who were sentenced recently for enslaving at least 29 young Roma in the UK.

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