Not a nice article, to say the least, and an article that fails to look for the root causes of the problems.
More news this week on Roma, unfortunately. Complaints about a Roma camp near Paris; a camp evacuated near Lyon; the aftermath of a fire in a camp near Marseilles and the tricky question of the relocation of people; also in Marseilles, a squat has been closed; a new site for Roma near Nantes; a judgement in Lille, in the North, where a camp will be closed and the action of associations alarmed at the closure of camps.
A reportage on the situation of Roma in Europe on German TV.
A Roma community group challenges the stereotypes against Roma.
A 101 year old former Sachsenhausen concentration camp guard was condemned to five years of prison. The anti-Semitism commissioner and the antiziganism commissioner of the Federal Government, the Central Council of Sinti and Roma and other voices welcomed the judge’s verdict.
Another case of different treatment of Roma refugees from the Ukraine in Germany. This time, in Bielefeld, where the housing where Roma were put definitively was not up to standards.
The Bergen-Belsen memorial is inviting to a thematic tour about Sinti and Roma in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. The event will take place on Sunday, July 03, 2022, 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
A fire in one of the Roma camps of the Italian capital.
The city of Brussels holds to its regulation on beggars, in spite of the suspension ordered by a higher instance.
Bad.
The story of a Romano policeman in London.
Not much going on. A commemoration of the murder by the Nazis of 14 Roma on June 23rd, 1944; a squat in Toulouse, and an inclusion evening in Grenoble.
The city of Brussels introduced rules for beggars, forbidding people below the age of 26 to beg. This was suspended by the supervisory authority, namely the Brussels Minister in charge of Local Authorities Bernard Clerfayt. The city is now contesting this.
One knows that regulations of begging have very little impact and only fight the symptoms, the real causes.
An exhibition about Roma in Glasgow.
A short video on the case of a Slovak man and a Polish woman who were sentenced recently for enslaving at least 29 young Roma in the UK.
East Germany effectively continued the Nazis policies against Sinti and Roma, new historical studies show.
Bad but not surprising.
Almost no news – not surprising in an election week in France.
For the second time.
The fight against anti-Roma racism has been declared a state goal in some of Germany’s Laender, and the Federal government also want to act. Victims of this pervasive racism report.
Pictures of the aftermath of the Appleby Horse Fair. Heaps of garbage. The underlying statement is: Look at how dirty they are.
In fact, when 40’000 people come to a festival, it is not better, and in many case even worse.
Some improvements, lots to do still…
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