Over 35’000 people signed an online petition to prevent the destruction of the slum in la Courneuve near Paris.
WELL DONE!
More background to the girl whose IQ beats that of Einstein and Hawkins. Chilling to read that discrimination is ripe in England against Rroma and Travellers.
Around 40 Rroma from Romania and Bulgaria are currently camping the castle’s park. This is common in France, with the illegal camps, but is definitively new in Germany. To be watched.
At last some thoughts on the topic. Such as: Extending the list of safe countries will not solve the problem…
Chilling report on Italy and on some of the proposed measures of mayors to prevent refugees, and of course Rroma, from settling in their towns. Bulldozing camps, burning down empty houses, or even building a wall around the town.
Back to the middle ages!
Some more news from the French migration scene… The Church in St. Ouen; expulsion in Grenoble; reprieve in Roubaix; and an article of what happened after an eviction.
France’s oldest slum in la Courneuve near Paris is soon going to be dismantled. Its 300 inhabitants face an uncertain future.
Germany’s Green party says that Kosovo is not a safe country for Rroma. BRAVO and at last.
Kosovo was nearly totally ethnically cleansed from Rroma in 1999 with roughly 90% of all Rroma leaving. Today, there are less than 20’000 Rroma in that country. The others cannot go back. Their houses and properties are occupied, and no one will tolerate their return. Definitively not safe.
A young Hungarian / Romanian Rrom in la Courneuve is fighting against the looming expulsion that threaten his camp with the help of several associations; and a mobilisation of neighbours to prevent the expulsion of Rroma in Lille in the North of France.
An interesting opinion on the camps that will be established specifically for refugees from the Balkans in Germany, in view of the German responsibility in the Rroma Holocaust.
Massimo Bitonci, the mayor of Padova, is literally fuming against refugees and tries by all means to get rid of them. He has also little good to say to Roma in general. This is DANGEROUS.
An article about the real hate directed at refugees in Germany. Scary!
A visit together with Romani Rose, president of the German Council of Sinti and Roma, in Auschwitz. One thing can be said: In Germany, they deal with the past. Some other countries should follow.
Two articles on the safe countries, stating the obvious …
Another article on the “safe countries” and on the fact that these are all but safe if you are from a minority!
A few French stories: One on integration in the North; one on mobilisation in Lilles; and one of a camp that was abandoned close to Paris.
Ten pictures to look at …
Foreign minister Steinmeier is justifying the extension the list of “safe countries” to make it more difficult for refugees from the Balkan.
Maybe, in the case of minorities, as a German, he should think twice about this…
A young Rroma girl made it to the headline for having an IQ higher than Einstein and Hawkins. Good for her!
BUT !!!!
Why did all the papers dwell on her origins? Is it so surprising that there can be smart Rroma? All journalists seem somewhat surprised by this.
Nicole Barr, la giovane di 12 anni con il quoziente intellettivo maggiore di Albert Einstein. In: Huffington Post Italian Edition. 10.08.2015. http://www.huffingtonpost.it/2015/08/09/nicole-barr-quoziente-intellettivo_n_7961314.html?ncid=fcbklnkithpmg00000001
Sweden’s tolerance seems to crumble as an attack on a Romanian Rroma migrant shows. The influx of migrants from Syria and from the Balkan is polarising Sweden.
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