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Weird and Racist

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What can you say when anti-Roma Nazi posters in German (yes) are plastered around a village in the South of the UK…

– Barns Green anti-gypsy posters spark police probe. In: BBC News. 08.10.2018. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-45786710
– Nazi protest at Gypsies in Sussex village. In: The Times. 10.10.2018. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nazi-protest-at-gypsies-in-sussex-village-gcxgpztgq
– Gypsies and travellers condemn Barns Green posters. In: The Argus. 11.10.2018. https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/16975701.gypsies-and-travellers-condemn-barns-green-posters/
– VILLAGE IDIOTS. ‘Anti-traveller’ posters written in German plastered all over quiet Sussex village. In: The Sun. 09.10.2018. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7451150/racist-anti-traveller-posters-written-in-german-plastered-all-over-quiet-sussex-village/ [link-preview url=”https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-45786710 “]

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Roma Holocaust

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An article in Le Monde on the Roma Holocaust and on the fact that it has been ignored for a long time. Only thing one should say, “Tsiganes” is not the right terminology …

– Le génocide oublié des Tziganes. In: Le Monde. 03.10.2018. https://www.lemonde.fr/long-format/article/2018/10/03/tziganes-le-genocide-oublie_5363736_5345421.html [link-preview url=”https://www.lemonde.fr/long-format/article/2018/10/03/tziganes-le-genocide-oublie_5363736_5345421.html”]

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French Chronicle …

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Still few news on Roma in France, let’s hope the trend continues. First article is devoted to the success of an “insertion village” in Lyon, a project to integrate Roma. Good! Then the more usual news of a fire in a camp in Bordeaux; a camp closed in Toulouse; camps closed near Paris; and finally, an article in Breizh-Info in the usual tone on the situation of bus drivers in Nantes.

– Près de Lyon, le pari “à 80% réussi” d’un village d’insertion de Roms. In: La Croix. 04.10.2018. https://www.la-croix.com/France/Pres-Lyon-pari-80-reussi-village-insertion-Roms-2018-10-04-1300973644
– Bordeaux : un incendie se déclare dans un camp de Roms à Villenave-d’Ornon. In: FR3 France Info. 01.10.2018. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/nouvelle-aquitaine/gironde/bordeaux/bordeaux-incendie-se-declare-camp-roms-villenave-ornon-1550650.html
– Toulouse : démantèlement d’un camp de roms dans le quartier Saint-Cyprien. In: FR3 France Info. 02.10.2018. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/occitanie/haute-garonne/toulouse/toulouse-demantelement-camp-roms-quartier-saint-cyprien-1551026.html
– Essonne. 6 camps de Roms évacués le long de la RN 104. In: Actu.fr. 04.10.2018. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/corbeil-essonnes_91174/essonne-6-camps-roms-evacues-long-rn-104_18903186.html
– Corbeil-Essonnes : des campements Rom évacués. In: Le Parisien. 05.10.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/actus/evacuation-campement-roms
– Nantes. Un conducteur de bus de nuit : «Pour la direction, seule compte l’exploitation, les conducteurs ils s’en fichent ». In: Breizh Info. https://www.breizh-info.com/2018/10/02/103253/nantes-bus-semitan-agressions [link-preview url=”https://www.la-croix.com/France/Pres-Lyon-pari-80-reussi-village-insertion-Roms-2018-10-04-1300973644 “]

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Strange Story

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A really strange story: Maria Kirstent was adopted by a Danish couple at the age of four. She does not speak Hungarian. Two years ago, a Danish television company trusted a journalist to look up her parents who were found in a Roma ghetto. This is the story of the meeting and a clash of civilisation.

– Semmire sem emlékszem a múltamból. In: Index. 05.10.2018. https://index.hu/belfold/2018/10/05/roma_orokbeadas_dania_kutatas/ [link-preview url=”https://index.hu/belfold/2018/10/05/roma_orokbeadas_dania_kutatas/”]

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Targets

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An essay on the far right in Europe and Roma.

– Roma population, an easy target of far-right. In: European Interest. 05.10.2018. https://www.europeaninterest.eu/article/roma-population-easy-target-far-right/ [link-preview url=”https://www.europeaninterest.eu/article/roma-population-easy-target-far-right/”]

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Homage

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A NYT article on Rosa Bouglionne who died recently at the age of 107.

– Rosa Bouglione, Doyenne of a French Circus Family, Dies at 107. In: New York Times. 04.10.2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/obituaries/rosa-bouglione-dead.html [link-preview url=”https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/obituaries/rosa-bouglione-dead.html”]

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600 Years

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The German acknowledge it, the Swiss deny it: 600 years of Roma presence in the German speaking lands.

– 600 Jahre Roma in Frankfurt. In: ZDF. 01.10.2018. https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/heute-in-deutschland/600-jahre-roma-in-frankfurt-100.html [link-preview url=”https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/heute-in-deutschland/600-jahre-roma-in-frankfurt-100.html”]

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French Chronicle …

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The trend holds. Very fe news on Roma this week in France.
Pictures of a Roma camp near Paris made the headline. They show the houses and the garbage filmed from a drone. In Montreuil, the mayor requisitioned housing for migrants, but not for Roma who have been expulsed a long while back. In the north, locals are asking for the closure of a camp while in the South East, in Grenoble, a camp is likely to be closed.

– Essonne : avec ses images aériennes, il interpelle les autorités sur la situation d’un bidonville. In: Le Parisien. 24.09.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/essonne-91/essonne-avec-ses-images-aeriennes-il-interpelle-les-autorites-sur-la-situation-d-un-bidonville-24-09-2018-7901208.php
– Essonne : Un campement rom vu du ciel à Bondoufle/Ris-Orangis. In: Le Républicain de l’Essonne. 26.09.2018. https://www.le-republicain.fr/actualites-locales/grand-paris-sud/essonne-un-campement-rom-vu-du-ciel-a-bondoufle-ris-orangis
– Essonne. Il dénonce la pollution d’un bidonville grâce à son drone. Ouest France. 25.09.2018. https://www.ouest-france.fr/ile-de-france/essonne/essonne-il-denonce-la-pollution-d-un-bidonville-grace-son-drone-5985018
– Montreuil solidaire, vraiment? In: Médiapart. 27.09.2018. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/270918/montreuil-solidaire-vraiment
– Les riverains de la rue du Plaisir demandent le départ des Roms. In: Nord Eclair. 26.09.2018. http://www.nordeclair.fr/191608/article/2018-09-26/les-riverains-de-la-rue-du-plaisir-demandent-le-depart-des-roms
– Fontaine : les Roms du terrain Courtade pourraient être expulses. In: Le Dauphiné. 29.09.2018. https://www.ledauphine.com/isere-sud/2018/09/29/fontaine-les-roms-du-terrain-courtade-pourraient-etre-expulses [link-preview url=”https://www.le-republicain.fr/actualites-locales/grand-paris-sud/essonne-un-campement-rom-vu-du-ciel-a-bondoufle-ris-orangis “]

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Typical

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A typical article from the Daily Mail about beggars. You could think that Oxford street is full of beggars…

– The Oxford Street ‘hugger muggers’: How aggressive ‘Fagin’ gangs are using children as young as THREE to target wealthy victims in the heart of London. In: Daly Mail. 27.09.2018. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6213719/Fagin-beggar-gangs-using-kids-aged-three-target-wealthy-victims-Londons-Oxford-Street.html [link-preview url=”https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6213719/Fagin-beggar-gangs-using-kids-aged-three-target-wealthy-victims-Londons-Oxford-Street.html”]

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Slovenia and Salvini

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The Slovenian Press started reporting on Salvini’s effort to close all Roma camps within five years in Italy.

– Italijanska vlada s strožjo zakonodajo nad mafijce, teroriste in migrante. In: RTV. 24.09.2018. https://www.rtvslo.si/svet/evropa/italijanska-vlada-s-strozjo-zakonodajo-nad-mafijce-teroriste-in-migrante/466856
– Salvini bi do konca mandata zaprl vsa nezakonita romska naselja. In: STA. 24.09.2018. https://www.sta.si/2556101/salvini-bi-do-konca-mandata-zaprl-vsa-nezakonita-romska-naselja [link-preview url=”https://www.rtvslo.si/svet/evropa/italijanska-vlada-s-strozjo-zakonodajo-nad-mafijce-teroriste-in-migrante/466856 “]

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Madrid: Closure

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A Roma camp in Madrid was closed this week. But at least contrary to France or Italy, alternative housing is being provided.

– In Madrid, a Roma community prepares for relocation. In: Reuters. 28.09.2018. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spain-shantytown/in-madrid-a-roma-community-prepares-for-relocation-idUSKCN1M81VV [link-preview url=”https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spain-shantytown/in-madrid-a-roma-community-prepares-for-relocation-idUSKCN1M81VV”]

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Breitbart …

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The webpage Breitbart on Salvini’s announced closure of the Roma camps in Italy. Allegedly “illegal” but run by the police, the municipalities, and NGOs…
In case you doubted this webpage’s views …

– Salvini Promises to Remove All Illegal Roma Squatter Camps in Five Years. In: Breitbart. 27.09.2018. https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/27/salvini-promises-remove-all-illegal-roma-squatter-camps-next-five-years/ [link-preview url=”https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/27/salvini-promises-remove-all-illegal-roma-squatter-camps-next-five-years/”]

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Charity Boards

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A good article on the impact of boards on charities and on minorities. And good work by some foundations such as the Freudenberg Foundation in Germany who has delegated the money and the decisions to a Sinti foundation.

– Charity boards are a throwback to a ‘male, pale and stale’ world. In: Financial Times. 25.09.2018. https://www.ft.com/content/83cc19e6-bdb7-11e8-8dfd-2f1cbc7ee27c [link-preview url=”https://www.ft.com/content/83cc19e6-bdb7-11e8-8dfd-2f1cbc7ee27c”]

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Pippi Longstockings

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What have Pippi Longstockings and Roma in common. Nothing, except that a play based on Astrid Lingren’s work now casts Pippi as a Roma girl living in a camp.

– ‘Thug Life’: Swedes Fret as Pippi Longstocking Becomes Homeless Roma in Ghetto. In: Sputnik. 26.09.2018. https://sputniknews.com/viral/201809261068350043-sweden-pippi-longstocking-roma/ [link-preview url=”https://sputniknews.com/viral/201809261068350043-sweden-pippi-longstocking-roma/”]

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Italy and Roma

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The last report of the Association 21 July, shows that in Italy, there are about 26’000 Roma and Sinti living in emergency housing and camps. 43% of Roma and Sinti are Italian citizens. 55% are children who are more likely to pay the price of social isolation, lack of schooling, and poor health care.

– Italia “Paese dei campi”, la vera integrazione è molto lontana. In: Felicita Publica. 25.09.2018. http://www.felicitapubblica.it/2018/09/25/italia-paese-dei-campi-la-vera-integrazione-lontana/ [link-preview url=”http://www.felicitapubblica.it/2018/09/25/italia-paese-dei-campi-la-vera-integrazione-lontana/”]

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Italy: Who gives Way?

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A Roma camp ce borders the cemetery. At the expenses of a Roma camp which will have to move (Alternative? None).
Anyhow it doesn’t really matter as Salvini has decided to close all Roma camps.

– Il cimitero s’allarga, i Sinti si stringono. In: Il Giornale di Lecco. 24.09.2018. https://giornaledilecco.it/attualita/il-cimitero-sallarga-i-sinti-si-stringono/ [link-preview url=”https://giornaledilecco.it/attualita/il-cimitero-sallarga-i-sinti-si-stringono/”]

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Italy: A Crime and a Statement

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Two Roma kid stole a car and ran over a woman before crashing into a police car. This prompted another Salvini outburst against hardened criminals, the criminal culture of camps (run by the state btw – and provided of bribes via the mafia to politicians)…

– Roma teens who hit woman criminals. In: Ansa. 24.09.2018. http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2018/09/24/roma-teens-who-hit-woman-criminals_9e24aa03-3c5a-4d77-b46d-0a70114a5d6f.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2018/09/24/roma-teens-who-hit-woman-criminals_9e24aa03-3c5a-4d77-b46d-0a70114a5d6f.html”]

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Italy: Holocaust

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A monument will be erected in Italy in remembrance of the Roma victims of the Holocaust. It will highlight a poem by Santino Spinelli, a long term Roma activist.

– Musica e parole per il monumento alla memoria dei Rom e Sinti vittime del nazismo. In: Roma Today. http://www.romatoday.it/eventi/musica-e-parole-per-il-monumento-alla-memoria-dei-rom-e-sinti.html [link-preview url=”http://www.romatoday.it/eventi/musica-e-parole-per-il-monumento-alla-memoria-dei-rom-e-sinti.html”]

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Czech Republic …

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Torture and racism … Some articles in the Czech press about a Rom who was tortured by the police.

– Policisté měli z muže vymlátit přiznání, hrozí jim až osm let! In: TN.cz. 17.09.2018. http://tn.nova.cz/clanek/policiste-meli-z-muze-vymlatit-priznani-hrozi-jim-az-osm-let.html
– Generální inspekce stíhá dva budějovické policisty kvůli mučení Roma. Přinutili ho k doznání ve věci, kterou nespáchal. In: Romea. 17.09.2018. http://www.romea.cz/cz/zpravodajstvi/domaci/generalni-inspekce-stiha-dva-budejovicke-policisty-kvuli-muceni-roma-prinutili-ho-k-doznani-ve-veci-kterou-nespachal
– Czech Inspector-General prosecuting two police officers for torturing Romani man into a false confession. In: Romea. 17.09.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-inspector-general-prosecuting-two-police-officers-for-torturing-romani-man-into-a-false-confession#.W6CHARTFQoE.facebook [link-preview url=”http://tn.nova.cz/clanek/policiste-meli-z-muze-vymlatit-priznani-hrozi-jim-az-osm-let.html “]

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Czech Republic …

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Quite amazing when the French press, especially one close to the right, publishes an article about torture and racism in the Czech Republic.
If anyone has articles about it in the Czech press, please forward!

– En République tchèque, deux policiers accusés d’avoir torturé un homme d’origine rom. In: Paris Match. 17.09.2018. https://www.parismatch.com/Actu/International/En-Republique-tcheque-deux-policiers-accuses-d-avoir-torture-un-homme-d-origine-rom-1574893 [link-preview url=”https://www.parismatch.com/Actu/International/En-Republique-tcheque-deux-policiers-accuses-d-avoir-torture-un-homme-d-origine-rom-1574893″]

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