An article about the rise of hate speech in Bulgaria, especially against minorities such as the Rroma, the Turks, and the Pomaks. Rroma are by far the most vilified minority currently online in Bulgaria.
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– They Won’t ‘Come for Us’ in Bulgaria. In: Balkan Insight. 07.12.2016. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/blog/they-won-t-come-for-us-in-bulgaria-12-06-2016 [link-preview url=”http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/blog/they-won-t-come-for-us-in-bulgaria-12-06-2016″]
The same Survey as the one we reported on today also especially noted Bulgaria. According to the survey, the situation for Rroma in Bulgaria is appalling.
– EU agency report: Situation of Bulgarian Roma is appalling. In: The Sofia Globe. 29.11.2016. http://sofiaglobe.com/2016/11/29/eu-agency-report-situation-of-bulgarian-roma-is-appalling/ [link-preview url=”http://sofiaglobe.com/2016/11/29/eu-agency-report-situation-of-bulgarian-roma-is-appalling/”]
The case of Bulgarian Rroma who prostituted their children is making the headlines. Worse, it makes Rroma really look bad in a country where the press has a tendency to generalise.
They came off lightly, actually, way too lightly.
– GIRONDE: 2 À 6 ANS DE PRISON POUR DES PARENTS BULGARES QUI PROSTITUAIENT LEURS ENFANT. In: Charentes Libre. 18.11.2016. http://www.charentelibre.fr/2016/11/18/gironde-2-a-6-ans-de-prison-pour-des-parents-bulgares-qui-prostituaient-leurs-enfants,3068890.php
– Bordeaux : Peines légères pour des Roms qui prostituaient leurs propres enfants ! In: Infos Bordeaux. 19.11.2016. http://www.infos-bordeaux.fr/2016/actualites/bordeaux-peines-legeres-pour-des-roms-qui-prostituaient-leurs-propres-enfants-8518
– Procès des parents proxénètes à Bordeaux : l’expertise dérangeante de l’éthnopsychologue. In: Sud Ouest. 14.11.2016. http://www.sudouest.fr/2016/11/14/faire-du-sexe-c-est-comme-faire-la-manche-2567416-4697.php
– Bordeaux : de lourdes peines requises contre les parents jugés pour proxénétisme. In: Sud Ouest. 17.11.2016. http://www.sudouest.fr/2016/11/17/bordeaux-de-lourdes-peines-requises-contre-les-parents-juges-pour-proxenetisme-2571806-2780.php [link-preview url=”http://www.charentelibre.fr/2016/11/18/gironde-2-a-6-ans-de-prison-pour-des-parents-bulgares-qui-prostituaient-leurs-enfants,3068890.php”]
The murderer of a Rroma couple in the town of Pazardzhik is saying he would do it again. He killed the couple with a knife.
– DER RASSISTISCHE MÖRDER EINES ROMA-EHEPAARS IN BULGARIEN: ‚ICH WÜRDE ES WIEDER TUN!’ In: Roma Anti-Disctimination Network. 09.11.2016. http://ran.eu.com/der-rassistische-morder-eines-roma-ehepaars-in-bulgarien-ich-wurde-es-wieder-tun/ [link-preview url=”http://ran.eu.com/der-rassistische-morder-eines-roma-ehepaars-in-bulgarien-ich-wurde-es-wieder-tun/”]
Lots of expulsions in the region around Paris. This in spite of the winter and the normal winter pause of such evictions. In Seine et Marne, a large Rroma camp was cleared; 5 camps were cleared in the Essonnes department, for example in Tarterêts; another camp in the Yvelines was also closed; several people were evicted in Argenteuil and stood in front of the St. Denis Basilique in protest; in Montreuil, the families evicted in July still have found no housing; in Coflans St. Honorine, near Paris, Rroma travellers squatted the schoolyard of a local high-school; in Ivry, an association celebrated their work for Rroma; some ecologist activists helped clean up a camp of Rroma travellers; in Lyon, two families were evicted; and near Bordaux, Bulgarian Rroma are accused of having prostituted their children.
– Seine-et-Marne : le camp de Roms géant a été démantelé. In: Le Parisien. 08.11.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-et-marne-77/evry-gregy-sur-yerres-le-camp-de-roms-geant-a-ete-demantele-08-11-2016-6304263.php
– Évry-Grégy-sur-Yerre. Le bidonville démantelé. In: La République. 08.11.2016. http://www.larepublique77.fr/2016/11/08/evry-gregy-sur-yerres-le-bidonville-demantele-2/
– Le camp de Roms géant démantelé. In: Le Parisien. 09.11.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/seine-et-marne-77/le-camp-de-roms-geant-demantele-09-11-2016-6305442.php
– Cinq camps de Roms démantelés à Corbeil-Essonnes. In: Le Républicain. 09.11.2016. http://www.le-republicain.fr/a-la-une/cinq-camps-de-roms-demanteles-a-corbeil-essonnes
– Cinq camps roms démantelés à Corbeil-Essonnes. In: Essonnes Infos. 10.11.2016. https://www.essonneinfo.fr/91-essonne-info/99512/cinq-camps-roms-demanteles-a-corbeil-essonnes/
– Corbeil-Essonnes : le camp de Roms proche des Tarterêts évacué. In: Le Parisien. 09.11.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/corbeil-essonnes-91100/corbeil-essonnes-le-camp-de-roms-proche-des-tarterets-evacue-09-11-2016-6309438.php
– Montigny-le-Bretonneux. Le camp de roms évacué. In: 78 Actu. 10.11.2016. http://www.78actu.fr/le-camps-de-roms-evacue_42696/
– Argenteuil : « Ces gens ont été mis à la rue » In: Le Parisien. 08.11.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/argenteuil-95100/argenteuil-ces-gens-ont-ete-mis-a-la-rue-08-11-2016-6304425.php
– Montreuil: une seule solution (provisoire), la réquisition pour les familles à la rue. In: Médiapart. 11.11.2016. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/101116/montreuil-une-seule-solution-provisoire-la-requisition-pour-les-familles-la-rue
– Conflans-Sainte-Honorine: Des caravanes de Roms installées au gymnase Joffre. In: La Gazette. 07.11.2016. http://www.gazettevaldoise.fr/2016/11/07/des-caravanes-de-roms-installees-au-gymnase-joffre/
– À Ivry, Sperentza fête ses actions en faveur des Roms. In: Le Parisien. 06.11.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/ivry-sur-seine-94200/a-ivry-sperentza-fete-ses-actions-en-faveur-des-roms-06-11-2016-6295953.php
– SAINT-THIBAULT-DES-VIGNES ► UN COMMANDO ÉCOLO AIDE LES ROMS À NETTOYER LEUR CAMP. In: Magjournal77. 08.11.2016. http://www.magjournal77.fr/saint-thibault-vignes-►-commando-ecolo-aide-roms-a-nettoyer-camp/
– UNE EXPULSION JETTE DEUX FAMILLES ROMS À LA RUE DANS LE 4E. In: Lyon Bondy Blog. 09.11.2016. http://lyonbondyblog.fr/LBB/bulldozers-jettent-deux-familles-roms-a-rue/
– Gironde : accusés de prostituer leurs enfants. In: Sud Ouest. 08.11.2016. http://www.sudouest.fr/2016/11/08/parents-et-proxenetes-2560725-2780.php [link-preview url=”https://www.essonneinfo.fr/91-essonne-info/99512/cinq-camps-roms-demanteles-a-corbeil-essonnes/”]
The Gatestone institute wrote a piece on “no go zones” in Germany, and managed to pack a bunch of nasty and totally inacceptable stereotypes in the process… Totally beyonf the point. For example: “thousands of Bulgarians and Romanians (including Sinti and Roma “gypsies”) have flocked to Duisburg”, Sinti are locals, and the thousands are not there; “New migrants from Bulgaria and Romania are adding to the problems”, what problems, if not the ones of the journalist; this mixed with factual reporting such as “At night, Romanian residents dance on the streets, the sound system in the car supplies loud music” taken from the German Press.
Well, this article is full of stereotypes and is BAD!!!
– Inside Germany’s No-Go Zones: Part I – North Rhine-Westphalia. In: Gatestone Institute. 07.11.2016. https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/9279/germany-no-go-zones-nrw [link-preview url=”https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/9279/germany-no-go-zones-nrw”]
Canada will be lifting its visa requirements for Romanians and Bulgarians. This is spite of the fears of some that many Rroma from these countries would come.
Good!
– Canada to lift Romania, Bulgaria visa requirement. In: Yahooh News. 01.11.2016. https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/33062016/canada-to-lift-romania-bulgaria-visa-requirement/#page1 [link-preview url=”https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/33062016/canada-to-lift-romania-bulgaria-visa-requirement/#page1″]
More of the same, in spite of the nearing winter. 600 Rroma displaced by the closure of a camp n St. Ouen near Paris; 100 other Rroma threatened with eviction from their camp near Vigneux sur Seine, close to Paris; a large controversy in the North of France with a mayor publishing statistics based on ethnicity (FORBIDDEN in France), stating that nearly 1’000 live in Denain; a recourse in Roubaix to prevent the destruction of a camp; various associations in Roubaix are protesting the expulsions of Rroma in that city; a positive news in the North with the education of migrant children, Rroma amongst them; another positive note in Nantes, with a shared lunch for migrants; tensions in the South West over squats, especially from Bulgarian Rroma; conflict in Béziers, in the South West of France between the mayor (very much anti-migrant) and associations over the closure of a room that, according to the mayor, was used as an illegal mailbox for migrants and Rroma; and finally, a fire in a camp near Montpellier.
– Saint-Ouen: un important campement Rom évacué. In: BFM TV. 21.10.2016. http://www.bfmtv.com/societe/saint-ouen-un-important-campement-rom-evacue-1050701.html
– SAINT-OUEN : SURSIS POUR LE DÉMANTÈLEMENT DU BIDONVILLE ROM. In: LCI. 20.10.2016. http://www.lci.fr/societe/saint-ouen-sursis-pour-le-demantelement-du-bidonville-rom-2008449.html
– Une centaine de Roms vont être évacués. In: Le Parisien. 18.10.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/essonne-91/une-centaine-de-roms-vont-etre-evacues-18-10-2016-6220893.php
– Mille Roms à Denain? In: La Voix du Nord. 21.10.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/62725/article/2016-10-21/mille-roms-denain
– Le tableau denaisien brossé par sa maire est-il aussi sombre que ça? In: La Voix du Nord. 21.10.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/62728/article/2016-10-21/le-tableau-denaisien-brosse-par-sa-maire-est-il-aussi-sombre-que-ca
– Roms des Couteaux: nouveau recours pour repousser l’expulsion de trois ans. In: La Voix du Nord. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/62425/article/2016-10-20/roms-des-couteaux-nouveau-recours-pour-repousser-l-expulsion-de-trois-ans
– Roubaix : des associations fustigent la mairie après une expulsion de roms. In: Nord Éclair. 17.10.2016. http://www.nordeclair.fr/info-locale/roubaix-des-associations-fustigent-la-mairie-apres-une-jna50b12891n1273813
– Au collège Simone-de-Beauvoir, les enfants passent devant les réfugiés. In: La Voix du Nord. 17.10.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/60953/article/2016-10-17/au-college-simone-de-beauvoir-les-enfants-passent-devant-les-refugies
– Au coeur de Nantes, un repas partagé contre la misère. In: Ouest France. 22.10.2016. http://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/au-coeur-de-nantes-un-repas-partage-contre-la-misere-4577427
– Crispation autour des squats. In: Ouest France. 22.10.2016. http://www.sudouest.fr/2016/10/22/crispation-autour-des-squats-2543644-3229.php
– Béziers : le conflit entre la municipalité et l’ABCR devant le Conseil d’État. In: Midi Libre. 21.10.2016. http://www.midilibre.fr/2016/10/20/abcr-mairie-le-conflit-devant-le-conseil-d-etat,1412690.php
– Montpellier : caravanes et épaves en feu à cause d’une bougie ! In: Infos H24. 18.10.2016. http://infos-h24.fr/2016/10/18/montpellier-caravanes-feu-campement/ [link-preview url=”http://www.bfmtv.com/societe/saint-ouen-un-important-campement-rom-evacue-1050701.html”]
Only a few news this week on Rroma in France. The fate of the Rroma from Montreuil who were evicted in July still dominate the news. Frankly, had half the energy that has been put into news, manifestations and other activities be invested into solving the issue, these people would have a house by now. Now, the are threatened with being expelled from France. Among the other news, a fire in a Rroma camp in Grigny, near Paris; neighbours protesting a Rroma squat near Paris; in Western France, in Caen, Rroma from Albania are occupying a house; and finally in the South West, after their eviction, Bulgarian Rroma are sleeping in tents in Mérignac.
– Montreuil : bras de fer entre la municipalité et des Roms attachés à la ville. In: Libération. 13.10.2016. http://www.liberation.fr/france/2016/10/13/montreuil-bras-de-fer-entre-la-municipalite-et-des-roms-attaches-a-la-ville_1521525
– Montreuil : des Roms sommés de « quitter le territoire » In: Le Parisien. 11.10.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/montreuil-93100/montreuil-des-roms-sommes-de-quitter-le-territoire-11-10-2016-6194751.php
– Familles Roms expulsées à Montreuil: comment ça va la santé? In: Mediapart. 10.10.2016. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/101016/familles-roms-expulsees-montreuil-comment-ca-va-la-sante
– Grigny : une partie du camp de Roms part en fumée. In: Le Parisien. 11.10.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/essonne-91/grigny-l-incendie-du-camp-de-roms-provoque-la-fermeture-de-l-a6-11-10-2016-6194979.php
– Corbeil-Essonnes : les voisins d’une maison squattée par des Roms exceeds. In: Le Parisien. 10.10.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/corbeil-essonnes-91100/corbeil-essonnes-les-voisins-d-une-maison-squattee-par-des-roms-excedes-10-10-2016-6191785.php
– Près de Caen. Une famille d’Albanais squatte une maison à Fleury. In: Ouest France. 14.10.2016. http://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/caen-14000/pres-de-caen-une-famille-d-albanais-squatte-une-maison-fleury-4558783
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– Mérignac : après l’évacuation de leur squat, une quinzaine de Roms bulgares dorment dans des tentes. In: FR3 France Info. 10.10.2016. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/aquitaine/gironde/bordeaux-metropole/merignac-apres-evacuation-leur-squat-quinzaine-roms-bulgares-dorment-tentes-1105725.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/caen-14000/pres-de-caen-une-famille-d-albanais-squatte-une-maison-fleury-4558783″]
The story of a Bulgarian Rromni forced into prostitution by Bulgarian men – ethnicity not specified. Sad but this unfortunately happens. Let’s hope the men will be condemned appropriately.
– 19-Jährige flüchtet aus Zwangsprostitution. In: LZ.de. 08.10.2016. http://www.lz.de/lippe/detmold/20940910_19-Jaehrige-fluechtet-aus-Zwangsprostitution.html [link-preview url=”http://www.lz.de/lippe/detmold/20940910_19-Jaehrige-fluechtet-aus-Zwangsprostitution.html”]
An illegal Rroma camp was closed in Germany near Kassel. Most of the residents were from Bulgaria and Romania.
– Stadt räumt illegalen Zeltplatz: Rumänen und Bulgaren hatten dort ihr Quartier. In: HNA. 23.09.2016. https://www.hna.de/kassel/bettenhausen-ort94136/stadt-raeumt-illegalen-zeltplatz-rumaenen-bulgaren-hatten-dort-quartier-6779730.html [link-preview url=””]
A commentary from Slovakia arguing that the increased growth experienced by the country recently can be an engine for the integration of Rroma in that country. Slovakia is increasingly importing workers from as far as Bulgaria and is only slowly starting to hire local Rroma. And there are more than enough who are willing to work.
– Komentár Lukáša Krivošíka: Nedostatok pracovníkov? Šanca pre Rómov. In: Aktuality.sk. 23.09.2016. http://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/375701/komentar-lukasa-krivosika-nedostatok-pracovnikov-sanca-pre-romov/ [link-preview url=”http://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/375701/komentar-lukasa-krivosika-nedostatok-pracovnikov-sanca-pre-romov/”]
Guess what, lots of immigrants from Romania and Bulgaria, mostly Rroma – says who? – and thus “massive abuses” of the welfare system.
This article is typical of what should not be done: Sensation, generalisation, and ethnic branding…
SHAME.
A report on begging in Stuttgart and on the actions of the police against it. Again, Rroma are seen as the main source of beggars (from Bulgaria, Slovakia, and from Romania). Clearly an amalgamation of Rroma to beggars …
A follow up of what happened to Mitko, the young Rrom who made the headlines in April for being beaten up after having said he was the equal of a Bulgarian.
Chilling …
Bulgarian authorities started demolishing “illegal” housing in the Rroma neighbourhood of Stolipinovo in Plovdiv.
BAD … What do they want to achieve? Razing the entire neighbourhood?
Following the manifestation protesting against systematic abuse in the Bounets neighbourhood, a fight broke out between Rroma and ethnic Bulgarians over loud music, leaving 6 wounded, and two arrested.
Bad.
A Rrom, an official of the Euroroma political party was indicted and arrested together with 4 other people on suspicion of human trafficking and loan-sharking.
Can very well be true, but criminality is not an ethnic characteristic… It is a crime, nothing more.
The town of Garmen is bracing itself again about protests against the “illegal” Rroma houses. This endless story continues.
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An overview of the current situation near Sliven in Bulgaria and a transcript of the exchange that promped the beating of a young Rrom a while back for saying “we are equal” to a Bulgarian.
Chilling …
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