Th European Member of Parliament Romeo Franz, a Sinto, is the EU representative for Bosnia and Hercegovina and warns of the potential of further conflicts in the Western Balkans.
An article about “Ukrainian” (sic.!) refugees complaining being housed in a gym and who are allegedly Roma, not necessarily from the Ukraine.
If you write such articles, you should (a) know what you are talking about and (b) not make allegations that can neither be proved nor disproved. If the refugees had a Ukrainian ID, they are from the Ukraine. If they are not, it is also pretty easy to know, as they will not speak Ukrainian or Russian.
Crap journalism.
A movie on the Sinti and Roma movement that led to the recognition of the Holocaust and beyond.
A convoy of buses is driving towards the Polish Ukrainian border with the aim of bringing back 170 refugees.
It has been 40 years since Germany acknowledged the Roma Holocaust. Nevertheless, discriminations still perdure.
Seems that the old plans of former mayor Raggi to close camps and relocate them are still being enforced. It also seems that the money is totally wasted, not helping relocating Roma.
Unfortunately not surprising.
An interview of Alexander Diepold. Himself a Sinto, and the founder of the “Madhouse” a project that helps problematic youth to integrate.
Or the bleak reality of the everyday racism against Roma in that country.
The news is, that there is no noteworthy news on Roma in France this week.
Today marks the commemoration of the deportation of Sinti from Munich.
Gianni Jovanovic, Roma activist and homosexual recently published a book on his life.
Mehmet Daimagüler becomes the first German representative against antiziganism. He is a well know lawyer.
Few news on Roma, which is not surprising, as news are full of other more pressing issues.
Nevertheless, a few things: A meeting from the anti-racism league of France which still uses racist terms and is utterly confused by Roma, insisting there are Travellers, Manouches, Tsiganes, and Roma – the latter ones generally associated to Romania. Bad.
Other news are a fire in a camp ion Lille and angry neighbours of a camp in Villeneuve d’Asc in the North of France; in the southwest, a new camping site for Travellers; and finally, militants that are requesting solidarity with all refugees.
Around 100 Sinti and Roma from Hanover were deported to Auschwitz in March 1943. At a wreath-laying ceremony at the Ahlem memorial, the city and region recalled the injustice of the Nazi era – and called for the fight against prejudice.
Italian police arrested several travelling Roma and seized gold and arrested two people accused of having illegally transported tens of kg of gold over to Switzerland.
UK has been wondering what the sentence means after it was featured in a series. Funny to read some of the expert translations.
A series in German TV on Roma.
Almost no articles on Roma this week in France – a testimony of the more important news this last week.
A conference on Roma migration in Le Havre; in Montpellier, the construction of the “transition” village has started again following a decision by judges; and finally a new Roma camp in the South East.
A portrait of the actress Sandra Selimović.
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