A long article on the Roma who were evicted from a camp in Naples, and who still haven’t been re-located.
Bad!
– Europe’s outsiders. In: The Satesman. 18.06.2017. http://www.thestatesman.com/features/europe-s-outsiders-1497737318.html [link-preview url=”http://www.thestatesman.com/features/europe-s-outsiders-1497737318.html”]
Following the riots in Menidi, North of Athens, the Greek government announces social integration measures for Roma.
Late, and probably npt enough.
– Government Announces Social Integration Measures for Roma in Menidi. In: Greek Reporter. 16.06.2017. http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/06/16/government-announces-social-integration-measures-for-roma-in-menidi/ [link-preview url=”http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/06/16/government-announces-social-integration-measures-for-roma-in-menidi/”]
According to the latest polls, more than 50% of the German population doesn’t want to deal with Sinti and Roma. This article underlines the role of the media in this negative picture of the minority.
– Ignoranz und Verachtung So ergeht es Sinti und Roma in Deutschland. In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung. 17.06.2017. http://www.mz-web.de/kultur/ignoranz-und-verachtung-so-ergeht-es-sinti-und-roma-in-deutschland-27808478 [link-preview url=”http://www.mz-web.de/kultur/ignoranz-und-verachtung-so-ergeht-es-sinti-und-roma-in-deutschland-27808478″]
Not surprisingly, with the legislative elections in full swing, there are very little news about Roma in France: One article on the camps in the city of Lilles, in the North; the story of a squat in the same region; and, alas, Breizh Info again. The latter on prostitution – insisting on the ethnicity of the prostitutes and the pimps.
– Roms : ces bidonvilles qu’on ne voit même plus. In: La Voix du Nord. 13.05.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/177558/article/2017-06-13/roms-ces-bidonvilles-qu-ne-voit-meme-plus
– Une poignée d’appartements occupés, le dernier souffle de la barre Marcel-Bertrand. In: La Voix du Nord. 17.06.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/179176/article/2017-06-17/une-poignee-d-appartements-occupes-le-dernier-souffle-de-la-barre-marcel
– Un réseau de prostitution démantelé à Nantes. In: Breizh Infos. 12.06.2017. http://www.breizh-info.com/2017/06/12/71739/reseau-de-prostitution-demantele-a-nantes [link-preview url=”http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/177558/article/2017-06-13/roms-ces-bidonvilles-qu-ne-voit-meme-plus “]
The third “Zigeunerfestival” in Cologne (Köln) – Germany is in full swing, with many international bands.
– Mit internationalen Bands Zigeunerfestival in Köln zeigt Kultur der Sinti und Roma. In: Kölner Stadt Anzeiger. 16.06.2017. http://www.ksta.de/27804074 [link-preview url=”http://www.ksta.de/27804074″]
The Greek minister of Public Order, Nikos Toskas, stated that the root causes of the riot following the accidental shooting of an 11 years old boy will take time to be resolved. He stated that the budget for the integration of the Roma had been cut by more than 80% due to the crisis, thus contributing to the current explosion.
– Education and Social Integration Program for Roma in Greece Suffers 80% Budget Cut. In: Greek Reporter. 16.06.2017. http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/06/16/education-and-social-integration-program-for-roma-in-greece-suffers-80-budget-cut/#sthash.Gpl665nv.dpuf
– Budget cuts hurt outreach to Roma schools in Menidi. In: Ekathimerini. 16.06.2017. http://www.ekathimerini.com/219294/article/ekathimerini/news/budget-cuts-hurt-outreach-to-roma-schools-in-menidi [link-preview url=”http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/06/16/education-and-social-integration-program-for-roma-in-greece-suffers-80-budget-cut/#sthash.Gpl665nv.dpuf”]
Let’s be clear – Beppe Grillo may be on the left, but when it comes to Roma and migrants, he shares a lot with the Northern League.
He recently said there were too many Gypsies and migrants in Italy…
SHAME
– M5S rebuffs Salvini overture. In: Ansa. 16.06.2017. http://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2017/06/16/m5s-rebuffs-salvini-overture_bb139663-fba2-4dec-ad57-9629090c8448.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2017/06/16/m5s-rebuffs-salvini-overture_bb139663-fba2-4dec-ad57-9629090c8448.html”]
Amnesty International has issued a strong criticism of the European Commission for failing to protect the rights of pregnant Roma women, children and migrants in Italy.
– Amnesty slams EU Commission for failing to protect pregnant Roma women and infants homeless in Italy. In: New Europe. 15.06.2017. https://www.neweurope.eu/article/amnesty-slams-eu-commission-failing-protect-pregnant-roma-women-infants-homeless-italy/ [link-preview url=”https://www.neweurope.eu/article/amnesty-slams-eu-commission-failing-protect-pregnant-roma-women-infants-homeless-italy/”]
A reportage about the fate of the Roma who were recently evicted from a camp in the Italian city of Naples. It speaks of discrimination and of segregation.
Bad.
– ‘We should be in the same neighbourhoods as the Italians – but we’re on the outside’. In: The Independent. 13.06.2017. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/roma-gianturco-camp-settlement-naples-evicted-demolition-homeless-amnesty-european-human-rights-a7778571.html [link-preview url=”http://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/roma-gianturco-camp-settlement-naples-evicted-demolition-homeless-amnesty-european-human-rights-a7778571.html”]
The riots against Roma have seen the first Roma houses burnt down, in spite of a strong riot police presence in the neighbourhood.
BAD.
– Roma houses on fire. A third day of an anti-Roma pogrom in Athens. In: Shades Magazine. 13.06.2017. https://theshadesmag.wordpress.com/2017/06/13/roma-houses-on-fire-a-third-day-of-an-anti-roma-pogrom-in-athens/
Athens: An anti-Roma pogrom continues for a second day. In: Shades Magazine. 12.06.2017. https://theshadesmag.wordpress.com/2017/06/12/athens-an-anti-roma-pogrom-continues-for-a-second-day/ [link-preview url=”https://theshadesmag.wordpress.com/2017/06/13/roma-houses-on-fire-a-third-day-of-an-anti-roma-pogrom-in-athens/ “]
Residents of Menidi a suburb to the North of Athens, have been clashing with the police and rioting against Roma following the death of a 11 years old boy who was killed by a stray bullet in the schoolyard.
A 23 years old Rom was arrested in connection with the stray bullet.
– Greek Riot Police Stop Angry Crowd From Attacking Roma Community. In: Greek Reporter. 12.06.2017. http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/06/12/greek-riot-police-stop-angry-crowd-from-attacking-roma-community/#sthash.Kuv0ePmF.dpuf
– 23-Year-Old Roma Arrested in Connection with the Stray Bullet that Killed Young Boy. In: Greek Reporter. 10.06.2017. http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/06/10/23-year-old-roma-arrested-in-connection-with-the-stray-bullet-that-killed-young-boy/#sthash.LqtzCJ2D.dpuf
– Menidi residents clash with police, demand crime crackdown. In: Ekathimerini. 12.06.2017. http://www.ekathimerini.com/219192/article/ekathimerini/news/menidi-residents-clash-with-police-demand-crime-crackdown [link-preview url=”http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/06/12/greek-riot-police-stop-angry-crowd-from-attacking-roma-community/#sthash.Kuv0ePmF.dpuf “]
The Irish government unveiled a plan to improve integration and reduce discrimination against Travellers and Roma in the country.
Good!
– Traveller and Roma strategy targets access to employment, health. In: The Irish Times. 14.06.2017. http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/traveller-and-roma-strategy-targets-access-to-employment-health-1.3118689 [link-preview url=”http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/traveller-and-roma-strategy-targets-access-to-employment-health-1.3118689″]
The leader of the Five Star movement, Beppe Grillo stated he wants to close the Roma camps that dot the surroundings of Rome and other major Italian cities and fight against beggars.
Two issues here: First – this has been promised by the Five Star movement several times (and by its mayor of Rome, Virginia Raggi, numerous times, and second – Beppe Grillo is using all STEREOTYPES on can imagine: “Those who say they have no income and go around in luxury cars are out. Those who ask for money in the metro, with kids in tow, are out. What’s more, vigilance against purse snatchers on the metro will be raised.”
Bad
– Scrap Rome’s Roma camps and beggars. In: ANSA.13.06.2017. http://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2017/06/13/scrap-romes-roma-camps-and-beggars_163db6e0-035a-4bd1-a1d5-9c1f80213d9f.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ansa.it/english/news/politics/2017/06/13/scrap-romes-roma-camps-and-beggars_163db6e0-035a-4bd1-a1d5-9c1f80213d9f.html”]
A follow up on the beatings by the police of Roma residents from the Slovak town of Zborov. On April 16th, the police beat up children, pregnant women, and finally threatened residents in case a video of the incident would be released (which happened).
Shame that the police can do this, double shame that they have not yet been prosecuted.
– https://youtu.be/OrCwfhc9leo
– Slovakia: Romani residents of Zborov tell Romea.cz that police beat children, pregnant women, threatened retribution if video released. In: Romea.cz. 12.06.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/slovakia-romani-residents-of-zborov-tell-romea-cz-that-police-beat-children-pregnant-women-threatened-retribution-if-video [link-preview url=”https://youtu.be/OrCwfhc9leo “]
There has been much less news lately in France about Roma. Whereas there used to be many articles in the Press, there are now much less, which is good.
In Bobigny, near Paris, the camp can stay for the time being. In Triel-Carrièrres, in the Paris region, a camp is not that lucky and will be closed. In addition, a fire – probably of criminal nature burnt part of the camp. In Valmy, in North Eastern France, another camp was closed. In the North, in Roubaix, another camp was evacuated while the justice declared an eviction of Roma to have been illegal and finally, in Lille, several of the owners of the land on which a camp is located went to court to force an evacuation.
– Bobigny : un sursis pour les familles du campement rom. In: Le Parisien. 09.06.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/bobigny-93000/bobigny-un-sursis-pour-les-familles-du-campement-rom-09-06-2017-7035054.php
– Bobigny. Les Roms en appellent à la justice. In: L’Humanité. 07.06.2017. http://www.humanite.fr/bobigny-les-roms-en-appellent-la-justice-637017
– Bobigny : les Roms se concertent après l’arrêté d’évacuation. In: Le Parisien. 26.05.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/bobigny-93000/bobigny-les-roms-se-concertent-apres-l-arrete-d-evacuation-26-05-2017-6986658.php
– Triel-Carrières : les quatre camps des Roms bientôt fermés. In: Le Parisien. 31.05.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/carrieres-sous-poissy-78955/triel-carrieres-les-quatre-camps-des-roms-bientot-fermes-31-05-2017-7002666.php
– Incendie criminel dans le camp de Roms. In: 78 Actu. 16.05.2017. http://www.78actu.fr/incendie-criminel-dans-le-camp-de-roms_49184/
– APRÈS LE DÉMANTÈLEMENT DU CAMP VALMY, LES ROMS LOGÉS PROVISOIREMENT AU GYMNASE. In: Place Grenet. 25.05.2017. http://www.placegrenet.fr/2017/05/25/apres-le-demantelement-du-camp-valmy-les-roms-loges-provisoirement-au-gymnase/139630
– Le camp de Roms du quai de Bordeaux évacué ce vendredi matin. In: La Voix du Nord. 19.05.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/165127/article/2017-05-19/le-camp-de-roms-du-quai-de-bordeaux-evacue-ce-vendredi-matin
– Une décision de justice donne raison à la famille rom, a posteriori. In: La Voix du Nord. 06.06.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/173795/article/2017-06-06/une-decision-de-justice-donne-raison-la-famille-rom-posteriori
– L’occupation de la ferme de l’Éperonnerie encore en débat au tribunal. In: La Voix du Nord. 08.06.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/175060/article/2017-06-08/l-occupation-de-la-ferme-de-l-eperonnerie-encore-en-debat-au-tribunal
– Trois procédures en attente pour l’expulsion de camps de Roms. In: La Voix du Nord. 18.05.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/164737/article/2017-05-18/trois-procedures-en-attente-pour-l-expulsion-de-camps-de-roms [link-preview url=”http://www.leparisien.fr/bobigny-93000/bobigny-un-sursis-pour-les-familles-du-campement-rom-09-06-2017-7035054.php “]
An exhibition called “Racial Diagnosis: Gypsy” – the term used by the Nazis to brand Roma as inferior beings, opened in Nuremberg. It tells the story of the persecution under the Nazis, but also the story of the survivors post 1945.
– »Rassendiagnose: Zigeuner« im Doku-Zentrum Nürnberg. In: Sontagsblatt. 08.06.2017. http://www.sonntagsblatt.de/artikel/kultur/rassendiagnose-zigeuner-im-doku-zentrum-nuernberg [link-preview url=”http://www.sonntagsblatt.de/artikel/kultur/rassendiagnose-zigeuner-im-doku-zentrum-nuernberg”]
The Ombudsman judged that the city of Helsinki acted rightfully in refusing to open a shelter for Roma.
Really???
– Ombudsman: Helsinki city acted lawfully in Roma shelter refusal. In: Yle. 07.06.2017. https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/ombudsman_helsinki_city_acted_lawfully_in_roma_shelter_refusal/9654632 [link-preview url=”https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/ombudsman_helsinki_city_acted_lawfully_in_roma_shelter_refusal/9654632″]
Two more articles on the opening of the European Roma Institute for Art in Berlin last Thursday. From the New York Times and the Smithonian.
– Lifting Up the Arts and Culture of Europe’s Roma in Berlin. In: The New York Times. 09.07.2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/09/arts/design/lifting-up-the-arts-and-culture-of-europes-roma-in-berlin.html?_r=0
First-Ever Roma Cultural Institution Opens in Europe. In: The Smithonian. 09.07.2017. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/first-ever-roma-cultural-institution-opens-europe-180963620/ [link-preview url=”https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/09/arts/design/lifting-up-the-arts-and-culture-of-europes-roma-in-berlin.html?_r=0 “]
The German Socialist party (SPD) is accusing the rightist coalition in parliament to block the establishment of a planned expert committee of the Bundestag for the historical workup of the discrimination against the Sinti and Roma in Germany.
A pity.
– „Hierzulande besonders menschenverachtende Angriffe gegen Roma“. In: Die Welt. 08.06.2017. https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article165326151/Hierzulande-besonders-menschenverachtende-Angriffe-gegen-Roma.html [link-preview url=”https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article165326151/Hierzulande-besonders-menschenverachtende-Angriffe-gegen-Roma.html”]
The European Roma Institute for Art and Culture was formally inaugurated yesterday in Berlin in presence of politicians and George Soros.
Great!
– Roma cultural center launched in Berlin. In: Deutsche Welle. 08.06.2017. http://www.dw.com/en/roma-cultural-center-launched-in-berlin/a-39161296
– Künstler kämpfen gegen Vorurteile. In: Tagesschau.de. 08.06..2017. https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/roma-institut-berlin-101.html
– Ein Ort, an dem die Roma ihre Geschichte selbst erzählen. In: Süddeutsche. 08.06.2016. http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/sinti-und-roma-ein-ort-an-dem-die-roma-ihre-geschichte-selbst-erzaehlen-1.3538636
– A place to call our own’: Europe’s first Roma cultural centre opens in Berlin. In: The Guardian. 08.06.2017. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/08/roma-artists-launch-art-cultural-centre-institute-berlin
– Roma artists and writers launch cultural institute in Berlin. In: The Art Newspaper. 08.06.2017. http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/roma-artists-and-writers-launch-cultural-institute-in-berlin/
– Center showcasing European Roma culture set up in Berlin. In: WRAL.com. 08.06.2017. http://www.wral.com/center-showcasing-european-roma-culture-set-up-in-berlin/16749805/ [link-preview url=”https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/roma-institut-berlin-101.html “]
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