The “Cirque Romanes” in Paris has been the subject of repeated attacks an thefts in the last few months. An appeal to defend them has been signed by more than 8’000 people
Please sign too!
An evening on the subject of Rroma, refugees, migratioins, and pre-conceptions and prejudices. Hamze Bytyci, actor and Rroma activist as well as many other people have animated this evening with the public.
A conference on the persecution of Rroam and Sinti in World War Two but also before.
Apparently, there is a crime wave in Germany due to the migrants and especially to the Rroma. The news is old, and is not particularly smart. In fact, this is another instance of Daft Journalism. And this in the Israeli Press …
The German Roma and Cinti Union is opening a representation in Berlin, a city where until now, there was no Rroma office.
Politis, a French paper, is stating that Rroma are stigmatised in France by the press and politicians. They are unfortunately right.
Interview of Merkel on Safe Countries and especially on Turkey.
An article on the French concentration camp of Rivesaltes. A camp that is often forgotten but was an important one in the South of France.
Rudko Kawczynski, President of the Rom and Cinti Union in Germany, is saying that the new asylum laws implemented in Germany are de-facto anti-Rroma Laws.
The City of Biel / Bienne in the Swiss Jura is trying to prevent “foreign” Travellers, i.e. Rroma from neighbouring countries to stop there on so-called transit camps. This is the result of political activism from the Swiss Jenische (Travellers), and this, is spite of the fact that these foreign Rroma have been coming regularly every year for decades.
SHAME!
The French Press is getting confused … They tend to indiscriminately name Rroma, Manouches, Gitans, as well as autochthonous travellers “Gens du Voyage” which is some cases leads to totally absurd descriptions of “sedentary travellers” etc. All this instead of naming things as they are: Rroma – composed of 40 or so different groups among which the Sinti, but also Lovara, Kalderasha, Manouches (French Sinti), Kale (called Gitans in France), and local travellers which have nothing culturally to do with Rroma. What is so difficult here????
Apparently, there is little differences between a Rroma funeral and a bunch of refugees, at least in the Czech Republic where several people called the police …
Gyurcány, the former Hungarian prime minister and leader of the socialist opposition to Voktor Orban, is courting Rroma. In that country, this is real news. He spoke in the context of the Roma Pride day, welcoming Rroma and addressing them as brothers and sisters.
News!
Seems that this week, the chronicle is concentrated in the North and in the Lyon region … A video on Rroma in camp in Lille and in their village of origin; political discussions with Marine le Pen on Rroma in Lille; a report on poverty in Roubaix; Rroma left a camp in Roubaix; Rroma and Iraqi Christians being lodged together in an old presbytery; police action in a camp near Lyon; and finally, the residents of a village are fighting against the arrival of Rroma.
An interview with a young 17 years old Rromni in France and her wishes for the future. A nice change to the usual presentation of Rroma in the press!
The council of Europe human rights’ watchdog, Niels Mužnieks slammed Slovakia and the Czech Republic for the segregation and discriminations in schools for Rroma. These countries are continuing to place Rroma children in “special schools”, often for mentally disabled children. They also criticised the physical violence against Rroma by the police in Slovakai as well as other segregating and discriminating actions in those countries.
Shame on them!
Picture of slums in Slovakia and Romania. Let’s not forget that this is not the reality of all Rroma. It exist, but is neither the norm nor an ethical trait.
The reportage on Rroma made by “Zone Interdite” is exactly as bad as one could expect it. Seems that journalists, when reporting on Rroma do not really think about how representative their samples are … So let’s please interview a few drunk homeless French, and extend this to the whole of France …
Socially disadvantaged Rroma re increasingly often victims of human trafficking. This has nothing to do with their ethnic background but rather is a result of their social status. Let’s bear this in mind.
Seems that refugees are less than welcome nowadays. Shame! While it would be nice to be in a perfect world where no one wants to move, refugees and migrants have brought us the culture we live in. Let’s not forget that Germans are migrants … At least from a roman point of view!
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