Category Archives: News Switzerland

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Switzerland and Travellers: Expelled in Neuchatel

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Switzerland and Travellers: Expelled in Neuchatel

Rroma travellers were again expelled in Neuchatel. This is becoming a real habit, and for some reason has been spiking this year, in spite of the fact that there are not that many more non-Swiss travellers than in previous years.

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Caritas Switzerland: Closing Travellers Contact Point

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Caritas Switzerland, a Christian charity is having some financial issues forcing them to close a few of their departments. One of them is the one for travellers, a department that opened in 1989.

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Camp for Travellers in Canton Bern, Switzerland

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Camp for Travellers in Canton Bern, Switzerland

The canton  Bern is asking the federal government for money to install a new camping site for foreign travellers. The price tag is ridiculously high (several million Swiss francs), and anyhow, why are the Swiss segregating by nationality? This is the outrageous thing.

The rightist party, the SVP is jumping on the bandwagon too.

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Switzerland: Rroma Beggars in Zurich

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Switzerland: Rroma Beggars in Zurich

Rroma beggars from Romania are camping in a park near a church in the centre of Zurich. And of course, all the clichés are there: clans, with its clan head (patriarchal structures), poor, stealing, etc.

Bad for Rroma in general, and bad that the press needs to say these are Rroma. They are poor people, that is all.

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Switzerland: Rroma Travellers left Neuchatel …

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Switzerland: Rroma Travellers left Neuchatel …

The Rroma who made the headlines in the last month in the Canton Neuchatel apparently left. Not far, that we know, but they are no longer in Neuchatel. A canton that tries to forbid foreign travellers from coming.

Let’s hope a lot more visit them!

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Neuchatel (Switzerland): Camping re-opened

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Neuchatel (Switzerland): Camping re-opened

The authorities of the Canton of Neuchatel, having de-facto banned non Swiss Rroma travellers from their canton, are scheduled to re-open a camping spot for them. They were facing a few families who stubbornly refused to accept this interdiction and who have been working in the last few months in that region.

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More on Travellers in Switzerland

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More on Travellers in Switzerland

Whereas the other travellers in Bern, as we learnt, Sinti, created problems (see yesterday’s post), these Rroma in Aargau left the land clean and paid for their stay. It is therefore all the more of a mystery why the peasant will not want to rend another time to Travellers…

Bad.

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Berne: Alternative Association Want to Be Travellers

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Berne: Alternative Association Want to Be Travellers

An alternative movement in the city of Berne, who live in old caravans and camps around Bern is fighting the city ordinances that require them to move every three months. Their lawyer suggested that the state recognise them as Travellers, so that they get the right to stay for 6 months at the same spot.

Notwhistanding the fact that this law allowing travellers to stay put for 6 months is somewhat weird, the suggestion is an interesting one. The Swiss only recognise travellers, not the ethnic minority of Jenische and Rroma. In fact, the way of life is the key. So if they live like travellers, according to Swiss logic, they must be …

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Switzerland: Neuchatel wants Travellers out

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Switzerland: Neuchatel wants Travellers out

The authorities in Neuchatel / Val de Ruz want the foreign travellers out. And want to take measures to prevent foreign travellers to come to the canton. This continues the current trend of forbidding foreign Rroma from coming over to Switzerland.

BAD.

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Switzerland: Painters & Plasterers against Rroma

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Switzerland: Painters & Plasterers against Rroma

In Neuchatel in Switzerland, the association of painters and plasterers is protesting against Rroma who are doing their jobs at a much lower price. According to the association, they do their jobs badly … To be seen. These Rroma are also professionals J

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France: Gens du Voyage

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France: Gens du Voyage

If there are no news about Rroma in the French Press, there are many about travellers. So many in fact, that one could think that France is literally invaded by travellers. 37 articles, in their great majority about illegal camps … You can judge by yourself:

Illegal camping in Vizille, near Grenoble; illegal camping in Alsace; in St. Hilaire, in Plan de Grasse, in Revel, in Saintes Maxime, in the Ardèche, in Montpellier, in Millau, and in Cabestany, in the South of France; in Western France in the Landes, in Dinant, in Lanton, in les Billaux, in Escources, in Pont de Cé, and in Lespare; in the North of France in Alprecht, in Wattinies, in Dunkerque, in Librecourt, in Le Portel, in Valenciennes, in Meurchin, and in Mazingarbe; in Normandy in Vascoeuil; in the East of France in Epinal, in Jarville, in Neufchateeau, in Saint Vit, and in Dombasle; and finally two articles on potential sites for camping for travellers in the centre of France and near Paris.

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Zurich: Fahrendes Kultur Zentrum

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Zurich: Fahrendes Kultur Zentrum

As every year, the so-called Travelling Culture Centre of Jenische, Sinti and Rroma stopped in Zurich. With a moving exhibition, a few caravans and some music, the centre aims to present the culture of travellers in Switzerland, mostly the Jenische, but to a lesser extent some of the Sinti and Rroma in that country.

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More on Racism in Switzerland

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More on Racism in Switzerland

The statement of the Swiss politician Jürg Michel from the rightist SVP whereby one can “recognise Gypsies with one’s nose” is earning him a few complaints. The Jenische organisations, the young socialists, the Gesselschaft für bedrohte Völker, and the Rroma Foundation have all deposited complaints with the police for blatant racism. The politician is defending himself saying he is defending minorities …

No further comments.

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Travelling Rroma in Switzerland

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Travelling Rroma in Switzerland

Yet another article about a possible camping site for travelling Rroma in Switzerland. Note that Switzerland actually segregates in many places and only allows local travellers on many sites. The rest of the article, oh, well, no comments…

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Racism in Switzerland

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Racism in Switzerland

A Jenische organisation, Schäft Qwant, issued a formal complaint against a politician from the right wing SVP party for racism. The politician from Lyss stated for example “if one doesn’t recognise by sight, then one does with one’s nose” …

No comments, and let’s hope this doesn’t fall under “freedom of expression” as it often does in Switzerland.

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Jenische, Travellers, and Rroma in Switzerland

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Interesting interview and article of Daniel Huber, president of the association of the Jenische – Radgenossenschaft der Landstrasse. What is said about Rroma is beside the point. And a remark that Jenische have equality of genders should at best have been omitted here. Just shows that Rroma are not know there either.

The little side article on different groups is for once quite good. Sinti are with us there.

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Switzerland: Driving Rroma Out

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Switzerland: Driving Rroma Out

Rroma (Lovara not Gitanos/Kale as written by this very well informed journalist) are being told they need to leave the camp they are currently occupying near Neuchatel in Switzerland. Increasingly, camping spots are being segregated in Switzerland, with Rroma being kept out …

BAD.

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