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French Chronicle …

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Seems that Roma have simply vanished in France, and that the problem of the ca. 20’000 Roma that make the headlines have vanished overnight.
Probably too many other news this week!
Nevertheless, in Marseille, two classes of young Roma children had a week in the mountain as part of the school curriculum. And an interesting article about the shantytowns in France, their history, current situation and the impact on society.

– “Les petits oubliés de Marseille“ et ”Grandir, ensemble”. In: FR3. 11.01.2018. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/emissions/enquetes-region/petits-oublies-marseille-grandir-ensemble-1399009.html
– Les bidonvilles, “réservoirs urbains de problèmes… et de solutions”. In: Télérama. 08.01.2018. http://www.telerama.fr/idees/les-bidonvilles,-reservoirs-urbains-de-problemes…-et-de-solutions,n5429725.php [link-preview url=”https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/emissions/enquetes-region/petits-oublies-marseille-grandir-ensemble-1399009.html “]

News Westeuropa Vereinigtes Königreich

Lost …

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No surprise, the salesman who was insulted as “fat ginger pikey” and other slurs lost his race bias case.
There is racism and racism it seems …

– Salesman called ‘pikey salad-dodger’ loses race bias claim. In: The Times. 10.01.2018. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/salesman-called-pikey-salad-dodger-loses-race-bias-claim-bj8btshjc [link-preview url=”https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/salesman-called-pikey-salad-dodger-loses-race-bias-claim-bj8btshjc”]

Österreich News Westeuropa

Austria: Reassurances

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It is fairly bad if the president of a country feels obliged to reassure Holocaust survivors that they don’t risk anything… This is what happened in Austria, on the background of an Austrian interior minister who suggested to “concentrate” refugees in camps.

– Austrian President Seeks to Reassure Holocaust Survivors on Government. In: USNews (Reuters). 11.01.2018. https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-01-11/austrian-president-seeks-to-reassure-holocaust-survivors-on-government
– FPÖ-Innenminister Kickl will Flüchtlinge “konzentriert” an einem Ort halten. In: Die Welt. 11.01.2018. https://www.welt.de/newsticker/news1/article172400202/Parteien-FPOE-Innenminister-Kickl-will-Fluechtlinge-konzentriert-an-einem-Ort-halten.html [link-preview url=”https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-01-11/austrian-president-seeks-to-reassure-holocaust-survivors-on-government “]

Deutschland News Westeuropa

Plauen: “Let them Burn!”

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The attack against the house where foreigners and Roma lived was clearly racially motivated.
IT was really bad.

– “Lasst die brennen” – Gaffer beschimpfen Retter vor brennendem Haus, in dem Roma leben. In: Vice. 10.01.2018. https://www.vice.com/de/article/9knzy8/lasst-die-brennen-gaffer-beschimpfen-retter-vor-brennendem-haus-in-dem-roma-leben [link-preview url=”https://www.vice.com/de/article/9knzy8/lasst-die-brennen-gaffer-beschimpfen-retter-vor-brennendem-haus-in-dem-roma-leben”]

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Again !!!

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Unfortunately, yet another arrest on suspicion of slavery in a traveller camp in the UK. This is bad for all of us.

– Modern day slavery arrest in Brigg traveller site police raid. In: BBC. 09.01.2018. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-42628617 [link-preview url=”http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-42628617″]

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Damian Le Bas

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The Times commemorates Damian Le Bas who died last year December 9th.

– Damian Le Bas. In: The Times. 11.01.2018. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/damian-le-bas-obituary-562ckk8jf [link-preview url=”https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/damian-le-bas-obituary-562ckk8jf”]

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German, Slovaks, and Roma: Background

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The incident with the German, Slovaks, and Roma actually occurred in a house that was partially burnt down on December 29th. There were 19 wounded in the attack that was pretty much directed against Roma.
BAD.

– PLAUEN: BRANDANSCHLAG MIT RASSISTISCHER UND ANTIZIGANISTISCHER KOMMENTIERUNG. In: Bell Tower. 10.01.2018. http://www.belltower.news/artikel/plauen-brandanschlag-mit-rassistischer-und-antiziganistischer-kommentierung-13149 [link-preview url=”http://www.belltower.news/artikel/plauen-brandanschlag-mit-rassistischer-und-antiziganistischer-kommentierung-13149″]

Deutschland News Westeuropa

Book

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A new book was published recently in Mannheim, Germany, on the history of Roma and Sinti in that city and their constant discrimination and persecution.

– Stadt dokumentiert Geschichte der Sinti und Roma. In: Mannheimer Morgen. 10.01.2018. https://www.morgenweb.de/mannheimer-morgen_artikel,-thema-des-tages-stadt-dokumentiert-geschichte-der-sinti-und-roma-_arid,1178750.html [link-preview url=”https://www.morgenweb.de/mannheimer-morgen_artikel,-thema-des-tages-stadt-dokumentiert-geschichte-der-sinti-und-roma-_arid,1178750.html”]

Deutschland News Westeuropa

Really???

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A classical New Year Concert took place in Germany under the title “Spiel Zigeuner!” [Play, Gypsy]. Not the best choice to say the least.

– „Spiel, Zigeuner!“: Neujahrskonzert mit kontroversem Titel. In: Dewezet. 08.01.2018. https://www.dewezet.de/kultur/kultur-lokal_artikel,-spiel-zigeuner-neujahrskonzert-mit-kontroversem-titel-_arid,2430532.html [link-preview url=”https://www.dewezet.de/kultur/kultur-lokal_artikel,-spiel-zigeuner-neujahrskonzert-mit-kontroversem-titel-_arid,2430532.html”]

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Germany: Trial

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The case made the headlines. A boy disappeared in Berlin, was abused and eventually killed. Horrible story.
The process here goes against a person who was a member of a facebook page “looking for Elias” and who took the opportunity to write (sic.) “Dirty Roma, these miscarriages of incest, also steal children”. He is in court for incitation to racial hatred.

– Prozess der Woche Der Hetzer, der im Fall Elias Sinti und Roma böswillig beschimpfte. In: Berliner Zeitung. 08.01.2018. https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/29438228 [link-preview url=”https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/29438228″]

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Aussenlager …

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An article on the so-called “Aussenlager” – the small camps affiliated with a major Concentration Camp but who have been largely forgotten or kept under silence since the end of the War.
This is bad, as this is one of the common places where crimes were committed.

– Vom Erinnern und Vergessen: das KZ-Außenlager in Heppenheim. In: Echo. 06.01.2018. http://www.echo-online.de/lokales/bergstrasse/heppenheim/vom-erinnern-und-vergessen-das-kz-aussenlager-in-heppenheim_18432630.htm [link-preview url=”http://www.echo-online.de/lokales/bergstrasse/heppenheim/vom-erinnern-und-vergessen-das-kz-aussenlager-in-heppenheim_18432630.htm”]

Frankreich News Westeuropa

French Chronicle …

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It seems that the Roma have vanished from the French news … At least almost entirely. Only very few articles this week on the subject.
In Macon, in Burgundy, expulsed Roma have been re-settled in a gymnastic hall, and in the North, two young Romnja arrested for Burglary.

– Mâcon : l’hébergement de migrants dans un gymnase, une solution proviso ire. In: FR3. 05.01.2018. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/bourgogne-franche-comte/saone-et-loire/macon/macon-hebergement-migrants-gymnase-solution-provisoire-1395645.html
– Deux cambrioleuses prises en flagrant délit par la police municipal. In: La Voix du Nord. 06.01.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/291555/article/2018-01-06/deux-cambrioleuses-prises-en-flagrant-delit-par-la-police-municipale [link-preview url=”https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/bourgogne-franche-comte/saone-et-loire/macon/macon-hebergement-migrants-gymnase-solution-provisoire-1395645.html “]

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Orban in Germany

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Viktor Orban, the Hungarian Prime Minister, visited the German CSU at the Monastery of Seeon in Bavaria. While they report the critique about that visit, the paper also mentions that Orban did a housing project for Roma in Mohacs, a small town in the South of Hungary. That was a fig leaf project and let’s be clear, Orban policies are not pro-Roma.

– Orbán genießt auch in Mohács Rückhalt. In: Manheimer Morgen. 06.01.2018. https://www.morgenweb.de/bergstraesser-anzeiger_artikel,-bergstrasse-orbán-geniesst-auch-in-mohács-rueckhalt-_arid,1176837.html [link-preview url=”https://www.morgenweb.de/bergstraesser-anzeiger_artikel,-bergstrasse-orbán-geniesst-auch-in-mohács-rueckhalt-_arid,1176837.html”]

Frankreich News Westeuropa

Eleven Thousand …

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Just a small fact and a summary: in 2014/2015 France expulsed 11’000 Roma without (as required by the law) providing an alternative housing.
Bad.

– Sous le mandat de François Hollande, quel bilan pour les droits humains ? In: Blasting News. 04.01.2018. http://fr.blastingnews.com/opinions/2018/01/sous-le-mandat-de-francois-hollande-quel-bilan-pour-les-droits-humains-002266973.html [link-preview url=”http://fr.blastingnews.com/opinions/2018/01/sous-le-mandat-de-francois-hollande-quel-bilan-pour-les-droits-humains-002266973.html”]

Deutschland News Westeuropa

Many Don’t Say They Are Roma

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In an Interview, Erich Schneeberger, the chairman of the Bavarian Association of Sinti and Roma says that many simply don’t say that they are Sinti or Roma in Germany.
Not a surprise, unfortunately.

– “Viele verschweigen, dass sie Sinti oder Roma sind”. In: Bayrische Staatszeitung. 05.01.2018. http://www.bayerische-staatszeitung.de/staatszeitung/politik/detailansicht-politik/artikel/viele-verschweigen-dass-sie-sinti-oder-roma-sind.html [link-preview url=”http://www.bayerische-staatszeitung.de/staatszeitung/politik/detailansicht-politik/artikel/viele-verschweigen-dass-sie-sinti-oder-roma-sind.html”]

Frankreich News Westeuropa

France: Closure

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An association “Roms Action” is forced to fire several of its employees due to cuts in subsidies from the state. Bad, as they did quite a good job in the camps.
And certainly not the best idea from the French state. The association is now trying to find people willing to work for free to help.

– CONTRAINTE DE SUPPRIMER SES POSTES SALARIÉS, ROMS ACTION LANCE UN APPEL AUX BÉNÉVOLES. In: Place Grenet. 03.01.2018. https://www.placegrenet.fr/2018/01/03/contrainte-de-supprimer-postes-salaries-roms-action-lance-appel-aux-benevoles/169864 [link-preview url=”https://www.placegrenet.fr/2018/01/03/contrainte-de-supprimer-postes-salaries-roms-action-lance-appel-aux-benevoles/169864″]

Italien News Westeuropa

Rome: Not the Right Way

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The city of Rome is resorting to bad ideas to “resolve” its issue with Roma camps around the city. They are trying to “convince” the Roma to return and even entice them with 10’000 EUR.
Problem is, these Roma have mostly been in Italy for more than 20 years, if not for much longer. The Italians kept them in camps instead of integrating them. Self-inflicted wound, and what they do is not a solution.

– Roma, 10mila euro ai Rom per lasciare la città: la Capitale gioca la carta dei rimpatri. In: Corriere della Cita. 03.01.2018. https://www.ilcorrieredellacitta.com/news/roma-10mila-euro-ai-rom-lasciare-la-citta-la-capitale-gioca-la-carta-dei-rimpatri.html [link-preview url=”https://www.ilcorrieredellacitta.com/news/roma-10mila-euro-ai-rom-lasciare-la-citta-la-capitale-gioca-la-carta-dei-rimpatri.html”]

Frankreich News Westeuropa

Movie and Stereotypes

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The movie “Pure Hearts” from Roberto De Paolis tells the story of a young girl educated by a pious single mother who meets a parking guard who works across a Roma camp. And the Roma are there as a background with all stereotypes.
Good movie certainly, but touchy way to show cast Roma.

– Bande-annonce : vibrez avec les “Coeurs purs” de Roberto De Paolis. In: Paris-Match. 02.01.2018. http://www.parismatch.com/Culture/Cinema/Bande-annonce-vibrez-avec-les-Coeurs-purs-de-Roberto-De-Paolis-1430690
– «Cœurs purs», virulence et passion. In: Libération. 02.01.2018. https://fr.news.yahoo.com/c-urs-purs-virulence-passion-185614556.html [link-preview url=”https://fr.news.yahoo.com/c-urs-purs-virulence-passion-185614556.html”]

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Spanish Documentary

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A documentary shown on Spanish TV. Well, a few stereotypes too …

– https://www.facebook.com/franciscovalentin.cortes/videos/1517905554960322/ [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/franciscovalentin.cortes/videos/1517905554960322/”]

Frankreich News Westeuropa

Last 2017 French Chronicle …

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Not much news over the Christmas week in France. When there are other news, the 15 to 20 thousand Roma living in camps do not take much space in the press.
Christmas celebration with Roma in Nantes, near their camp; in Angers, portraits of forgotten Roma who were expulsed a while back in November; near Paris, social housing is being opened for a few families; and finally in the North, a caravan burnt down in a camp near Lilles.

– Nantes. Un Noël précaire pour les enfants roms du quai Wilson. In: Ouest France. 26.12.2017. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/nantes-un-noel-precaire-pour-les-enfants-roms-du-quai-wilson-5472023
– Ce jour de novembre, au campement des oubliés. In: Ouest France. 29.12.2017. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/maine-et-loire/ce-jour-de-novembre-au-campement-des-oublies-5477808
– Marne-et-Gondoire ► Des logements pour les Roms au pôle solidaire et une aire d’accueil pour les gens du voyage. In: MagJournal. 26.12.2017. http://www.magjournal77.fr/marne-et-gondoire-des-logements-pour-les-roms-au-pole-solidaire-et-une-aire-daccueil-pour-les-gens-du-voyage/
– Une caravane prend feu dans un camp de familles roms, pas de blesse. In: La Voix du Nord. 29.12.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/288444/article/2017-12-29/une-caravane-prend-feu-dans-un-camp-de-familles-roms-pas-de-blesse [link-preview url=”https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/nantes-un-noel-precaire-pour-les-enfants-roms-du-quai-wilson-5472023 “]

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