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School and Rroma: A trial in France

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Another report on the trial of a French mayor (we reported a while back) of the town of Sucy en Brie who was accused of having denied 5 Rroma children their right to education. The mayor was cleared of all charges, but the fact remains that Rroma children, without a formal housing document, as often denied education, in spite of French law.

A shame.

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Further article on the Dachau Theatre Project

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Further article on the Dachau Theatre Project

A further article on the Dachau Theatre project, a project fighting stereotypes and played by Rroma and Sinti children. That this play is staged in Dachau, the site of one of the earliest concentration camps in Germany is really symbolically important.

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There is no invasion …

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According to the Council of Europe, and this in spite of what populist politicians claim, there has been no “invasion” of Rroma from Bulgaria and Romania since citizen from these countries have been granted free circulation within the EU. The Council of Europe criticises the “unfounded” numbers cited by the press in the migration debate in several European countries, such as the UK, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy.

We wholeheartedly agree!

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Report on a Rrom refugee from Serbia

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Report on a Rrom refugee from Serbia

An article on a Rrom who fled Leskovac in Serbia and is now in Germany. He has few chances to stay as Germany has decreed Serbia to be a safe country, but still hopes he can stay.

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Volunteers in Rroma camps

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Volunteers in Rroma camps

Volunteers from a catholic organisation are taking care of children in a camp near Paris during July. Let’s see what this bring, but more than playing with the children will be required to close the issue of illegal camps in France.

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4000 expulsions: Another Article

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4000 expulsions: Another Article

Another article on the 4’000 Rroma that were expulsed by the French government in the first six months of 2015. Note the small mistake in the title : “Trimestre” – [quarter] instead of the half year. Never mind!

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Holocaust educators visit Lithuania

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US Holocaust educators from Florida visited Lithuania to share and develop strategies on some of the controversial aspects (i.e. local participation) of the Holocaust; to better understand what happened in Lithuania; to learn international law; to understand prejudices and to fight against them. On prejudice, they will also discuss the one against Rroma. Let’s see!

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Auschwitz’s accountant: 4 years of Prison

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Auschwitz’s accountant: 4 years of Prison

Auschwitz’s accountant, Oskar Grönning, was condemned to 4 years of prison as an accessory to murder to 300’000 people. These are the documented victims of Auschwitz, with roughly 21’000 Rroma and Sinti. One should never forget though that people who were sent directly to the gas chambers were not registered and the overall number of victims was much higher in Auschwitz.

– Auschwitz-Prozess: Vier Jahre Haft für SS-Mann Gröning. In: Osnabrücker Zeitung. 15.07.2015. http://www.noz.de/deutschland-welt/niedersachsen/artikel/596012/auschwitz-prozess-vier-jahre-haft-fur-ss-mann-groning-1

 

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Another report on the expulsions of the Ivry Camp

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Another report on the expulsions of the Ivry Camp

L’Humanité – the French communist newspaper – reports on the evictions of the large camp in Ivry and states that the state is devoid of means to help Rroma. One should also remind readers that expulsions have been requested by mayors of all political parties, including the communist one.

And one should also remind France that the migrant Rroma to which so much newspaper space is devoted are a small fraction of Rroma living in France.

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Turkey: Investigation of police march in Rroma camps

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Turkey: Investigation of police march in Rroma camps

Following the accusations by the Rroma MP in Turkey (we reported), an investigation was launched in Turkey on the police “march” into a Rroma neighbourhood of Edirne. During that police intervention, the police made racist statements besides arresting several people of these neighbourhoods on more than flimsy charges.

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6 convicted for a raid on a Rroma camp

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6 convicted for a raid on a Rroma camp

An Italian court in Turin found 6 people guilty of arson aggravated by racial hatred for a raid on a Rroma camp in December 20122. The defendants set the camp on fire after an Italian girl falsely claimed to have been raped by Rroma.

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Berlin: Interdiction of begging for children or with children

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Berlin: Interdiction of begging for children or with children

As we already reported, the debate in the Berlin Senate on the vote of an interdiction of begging for or with children based on “Missbrauch” [abuse] of the children is continuing. The abuse refers to violations of the child’s welfare as well as a violation of the law on compulsory education. Associations, however counter that begging is often the only revenues for families and that an interdictions will not help.

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Strasbourg: Cat and Mouse

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Strasbourg: Cat and Mouse

Every morning, as early as 5 AM, the city of Strasbourg expels ca. 20 Rroma who camp illegally, as they have no other possibility of sleep. This game continues and seems not to have any end. A shame.

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Berlin Rroma house

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Berlin Rroma house

A further article about a “horror house” in Berlin Schöneberg. Many Rroma families live in this house and the owners have let it decay (while profiting from inflated rents). The Zentralrat of the Roma and Sinti criticised the local government for not having stepped in earlier and having let the situation escalate to the current levels.

We have to agree with them!

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French Summary …

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French Summary …

As usual in the summer, the expulsions continue in France. In Marseille, where the expulsed came back and were again expulsed; in Lilles; in Chelles; in Croix; in Ivry, Aubervillers, and Ris Orangis near Paris; in Nantes; while in Hautbourdin (North) and Bordeaux, Rroma can still stay for a while; and in Grenoble, the fate of the camp is now in the hands of the justice; and finally in Roubaix, a fire destroyed a camp.

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Turkey: Rroma settlements used as police training grounds

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Turkey: Rroma settlements used as police training grounds

The new Rrom parliament member Özcan Purçu has been denouncing the police violence in Rroma settlements (Mahala), which, according to Purçu, the Police is using as training grounds for their riot and crowd control division.

This has to stop. JOIN US to protest

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