An exhibition on the persecution of Sinti and Rroma will open in Munich on October 27th and will continue until the end of January 2017.
– München · Sonderausstellung ab 27. Oktober: Die Verfolgung der Sinti und Roma. In: München Wochen Anzeiger. http://www.wochenanzeiger.de/article/181621.html [link-preview url=”http://www.wochenanzeiger.de/article/181621.html”]
An article about the evictions in France and the fate of the Rroma from Montreuil, seen from India. The trend continues, Rroma are the first Indian Disapora!
– French Govt treats us like Dogs: says one mother of evicted Roma children. In: NewsGram. 21.09.2016. http://www.newsgram.com/french-govt-treats-us-like-dogs-says-one-mother-of-evicted-roma-children/ [link-preview url=”http://www.newsgram.com/french-govt-treats-us-like-dogs-says-one-mother-of-evicted-roma-children/”]
The forced evictions of Rroma in France leave children vulnerable, not to mention interferes seriously with their schooling.
– Forced evictions leave Roma children vulnerable in France, say campaigners. In: Reuters. 20.09.2016. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-roma-idUSKCN11R00U [link-preview url=”http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-roma-idUSKCN11R00U”]
A nice reportage from the Zeit – not recent but sill very actual.
Apart from the news from Marseilles (see other post on France), news are like always in France: A camp evacuated in Brunoy, near Paris; Montreuil, where the people who were forced out of the camp still haven’t been re-lodged; in Marseilles, where, besides the headlines of the attack, Rroma were also expelled from a camp just before school begin; in Montpellier, where a fire was started in a camp – again; and in the north, in Roubaix, where people take the opportunity of a Rroma camp to dump toxic waste; in Maubeuge, the story of a part of town being reconstructed (after the eviction of Rroma); and finally in Lille, were volunteers do activities with Rroma children.
A camp with nearly 160 Rroma in Marseilles was attacked with Molotov Cocktails and pump guns. 7 people landed in hospital, three persons were arrested. There seems to have been an altercation between the Rroma and some local youths, although at this stage nothing is clear.
One of the best known German Rapper – Sido – just outed himself as being a Sinto. Good!
Minorities in Scotland are still disadvantaged. They are poorer, have less access to education, and live in crowded housing. This also concerns Rroma.
Baxalo dives! Romani Rose, the president of the German Central Council of Sinti and Roma is turning 70. Te džives jov šel berša duredir!
More on the Irish Tinkers who made headlines in Germany recently. Seems that they have been coming to Germany for at least 30 years. A fact that was little know until recently.
Following a formal protest from a Rroma organisation, an investigation of the legality of the proposed new camp on the Northern outskirts of Rome has been opened. The new mayor had said she would close all camps and is now seen opening a new one.
Bad!
An article about the Gold that was taken away from Rroma during the Holocaust in World War Two, which according to the president of the World Roma Organisation, Jovan Damjanovic, landed in Swiss banks and in the Vatican.
That 3.5 Mio Rroma died in the Holocaust is probably a very high number, experts think it is probably closer to 1.5 Million, with roughly 275’000 registered deaths (most people were not registered, even in camps, when they were immediately gassed).
That Gold transited through Switzerland, and thus also Rroma Gold, is a certainty. That some of it landed in the Vatican will be difficult to prove.
This time, not Rroma… A large group of Irish tinkers has been camping in Hessen. Not a usual sight to see them that far off from their country of origin.
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.
Denmark wants to empower the police to be able to close camps without any warrant or judgement. Not do they foresee to find lodgings to the people they will displace…
Bad.
During the Mariazell Rroma pilgrimage, the Bishop celebrating Mass took the opportunity to defend Rroma and speak about the problems the Rroma face in Europe.
Good, and not common in the Church.
The new Five Star Mayor of Rome had promised she would gradually close all Rroma camps around the capital.
But right now, they are opening one in the North of Rome. Logical?
Germany will pay 2’500 Euro to Czech Rroma Holocaust survivors. Knowing how many effectively survived (actually almost no Czech Rroma did survive, most Rroma in the Czech Republic are originally from Slovakia, having been moved there by the communists right after the war) and the time passed, this is not going to ruin Germany.
It is almost an insult…
A long article in the German paper “Die Welt” about the plight of young Rroma girls who are wed at the age of 13 or so.
Yes it happens, but no, it is not common among all Rroma. This is a typical Vlach tradition that is not common in other places. But otherwise, for a change quite well informed. They are true in the fact that traditionally, the first boyfriend is one’s husband. Overall, the article in not bad.
Not much this week on Rroma. Several articles on the Rroma expulsed from Montreuil near Paris who, 16 days after the facts, are still without shelter. Also a polemic in Lyon about the municipality of Lyon who cut water to a Rroma camp, and a young pickpocket of 12 …
Olympic effect, it seems, or simply August lull ?
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