According to the EU, Roma arriving in Scotland are being unfairly targeted by border control.
Not surprising, unfortunately.
– Roma arriving in Scotland being ‘targeted unfairly’. In: The Herald. 12.12.2017. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15715277.Roma_arriving_in_Scotland_being____targeted_unfairly___/ [link-preview url=”http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15715277.Roma_arriving_in_Scotland_being____targeted_unfairly___/”]
Roma seem to be the new scapegoats of society in the UK: An article on the Roma community in Glasgow.
– The Roma are yet again scapegoats for society’s ills. In: The Guardian. 10.12.2017. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/10/roma-again-scapegoats-for-ills-of-society [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/10/roma-again-scapegoats-for-ills-of-society”]
Seems that the UK is not really a safe haven for refugees. The case of a Romni raped by an immigration official while she was waiting to be deported.
– Immigration centre officer ‘raped a vulnerable Roma migrant, 23, and another had an inappropriate sexual relationship with her at Yarl’s Wood as she awaited deportation’. In: Daily Mail. 05.12.2017. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5147063/Roma-asylum-seeker-23-raped-detention-officer.html [link-preview url=”http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5147063/Roma-asylum-seeker-23-raped-detention-officer.html”]
A recent Slovak survey showed that a very large majority of Slovaks does not want to live close to Moslems or to Roma. Roma come out worse in the survey.
No surprises, but really bad results across the party lines.
– Slováci sú stále intolerantní, ukázal prieskum: Nechceme bývať vedľa Rómov, ani moslimov. In: Topky. 02.12.2017. http://www.topky.sk/cl/10/1672795/Slovaci-su-stale-intolerantni–ukazal-prieskum–Nechceme-byvat-vedla-Romov–ani-moslimov [link-preview url=”http://www.topky.sk/cl/10/1672795/Slovaci-su-stale-intolerantni–ukazal-prieskum–Nechceme-byvat-vedla-Romov–ani-moslimov”]
According to one councillor in Bristol, people are fed up of funding an “alternative lifestyle” for travellers, while in Plymouth, they are attempting to find temporary camping sites to avoid travellers “hogging” council land.
– Bristol is ‘fed up’ with ‘subsidising’ the ‘alternative lifestyle’ of travellers. In: Bristol Post. http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristol-fed-up-subsidising-alternative-815076
– Plans for new traveller sites in Plymouth. In: The Herald. 21.11.2017. http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/more-traveller-sites-could-introduced-808736 [link-preview url=”http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristol-fed-up-subsidising-alternative-815076 “]
Following the accusations of a social workers in Glasgow whereas Roma children were sold into prostitution by their parents, the police is investigating.
– Police to launch inquiry into Roma sex abuse claims in Govanhill. In: The Times. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/police-to-launch-inquiry-into-roma-sex-abuse-claims-in-govanhill-nzmcldp7z [link-preview url=”https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/police-to-launch-inquiry-into-roma-sex-abuse-claims-in-govanhill-nzmcldp7z”]
A social worker who exposed a large children sexual abuse ring has said that encountered similar structures among Roma. She says that girls as young as ten or eleven where forced into prostitution – implicitly by other Roma.
This is bad.
– Fear for Roma ignored in Rotherham. In: The Times. 17.11.2017. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fear-for-roma-ignored-in-rotherham-hq3wtbjvn [link-preview url=”https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fear-for-roma-ignored-in-rotherham-hq3wtbjvn”]
The two minorities will work more closely in the UK to fight against increased levels of hate and bigotry.
– Jews and Gypsies unite in effort to beat ‘obscene’ levels of hate. In: The Jewish Chronicle. 30.10.2017. https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/jews-and-gypsies-unite-1.446919 [link-preview url=”https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/jews-and-gypsies-unite-1.446919″]
A recent study shows that Travellers and Roma are slowly moving to the South of England in search of richer communities. Needless to say, the article focuses on crimes …
– Travellers move south due to austerity, police find. In: The Telegraph. 28.10.2017. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/28/travellers-move-south-due-austerity-police-find/ [link-preview url=”http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/28/travellers-move-south-due-austerity-police-find/”]
A Travellers and Roma horse fair in Snow, Gloucestershire. This fair has been held for centuries now.
The title and some of the article comments are typical of the way some of the papers write about Roma and Travellers in the UK.
– My big fat Gypsy Horse Fair: Travellers from all over the country converge on the Cotswolds for traditional festival. In: The Mail Online. 276.10.2017. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5021769/Stow-Gypsy-Horse-Fair-sees-hundreds-travellers-attend.html [link-preview url=”http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5021769/Stow-Gypsy-Horse-Fair-sees-hundreds-travellers-attend.html”]
Apparently, hundreds of Roma children were excluded from school in the Sheffield region due to racism and bullying.
This in the UK. Really?
– Crisis fears over hundreds of Roma and Gypsy pupils excluded from Sheffield schools. In: The Star. 26.10.2017. http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/crisis-fears-over-hundreds-of-roma-and-gypsy-pupils-excluded-from-sheffield-schools-1-8825858 [link-preview url=”http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/crisis-fears-over-hundreds-of-roma-and-gypsy-pupils-excluded-from-sheffield-schools-1-8825858″]
A formal complaint against the Judge in a slavery affair has been dismissed. The Judge while condemning the Traveller’s family for a really horrid slavery case, made generalising comments about all Travellers and Roma.
Bad.
– Formal complaint dismissed over judges’ remarks made at Rooney family modern slavery case. In: Linconlshire Live. 24.10.2017. http://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/formal-complaint-dismissed-over-judges-672120 [link-preview url=”http://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/formal-complaint-dismissed-over-judges-672120″]
Rodney Bickerstaffe an activist who engaged himself for the cause of Travellers and Roma died.
May he rest in peace.
– Letters: Rodney Bickerstaffe obituary. In: The Guardian. 17.10.,2017. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/oct/17/letters-rodney-bickerstaffe-obituary [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/oct/17/letters-rodney-bickerstaffe-obituary”]
The UK Parliament decided recently to debate on “Gypsies and Travellers” in a fully generic and general fashion. Labour MP Laura Pidcock rightfully slammed the parliament for this approach.
Well done!
– Laura Pidcock slams parliament in a storming speech on racism. But only a handful of MPs turned up. [VIDEO]. In: The Canary. 11.10.2017, https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2017/10/11/laura-pidcock-slams-parliament-storming-speech-racism-handful-mps-turned-video/ [link-preview url=”https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2017/10/11/laura-pidcock-slams-parliament-storming-speech-racism-handful-mps-turned-video/”]
The UK survey on “race disparity” prompted many articles in the UK press, too many to list here on a single topic. But it raised the right questions!
– Why we should all ask ourselves: am I racist? In: The Guradian. 11.10.2017. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/11/why-we-should-all-ask-ourselves-am-i-racist
– May’s race disparity audit – our panellists give their verdict. In: The Guardian. 10.10.2017. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/10/theresa-may-race-audit-guardian-panel [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/11/why-we-should-all-ask-ourselves-am-i-racist “]
A new YouGov Poll shows that nearly half of the people interviewed would be unhappy if a close relative had a relation with a Traveller …
– Nearly half of British people would be ‘unhappy’ if a relative had a relationship with an Irish Traveller – new poll. In: Irish Post. 09.10.2017. http://irishpost.co.uk/nearly-half-british-people-unhappy-relative-relationship-irish-traveller-new-poll/ [link-preview url=”http://irishpost.co.uk/nearly-half-british-people-unhappy-relative-relationship-irish-traveller-new-poll/”]
A new government survey on inequality in school and workplaces shows the implicit discrimination and issues faced by minorities. Worst off, it seems are Roma and Travellers.
Bad.
– Audit lays bare racial disparities in UK schools, courts and workplaces. In: The Guardian. 09.10.2017. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/09/audit-lays-bare-racial-disparities-in-uk-schools-courts-and-workplaces
– New race survey makes for ‘uncomfortable reading’, says campaigner. In: Sky News. 09.10.2017. http://news.sky.com/story/new-race-survey-makes-for-uncomfortable-reading-says-campaigner-11074373 [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/09/audit-lays-bare-racial-disparities-in-uk-schools-courts-and-workplaces “]
A UK judge who, while sentencing a Traveller’s gang for slavery and human trafficking, made some very inappropriate comments in general about Travellers has been cleared.
Bad.
– Judge cleared of making inappropriate remarks in modern slavery case. In: The Guardian. 05.10.2017. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/05/judge-cleared-of-making-inappropriate-comments-in-modern-slavery-case [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/05/judge-cleared-of-making-inappropriate-comments-in-modern-slavery-case”]
The government of Erdogan, having already cleaned the oldest Istanbul Roma neighbourhood (Sulukule) are continuing their policy of expulsions, this time in the Tarlabasi neighbourhood.
There is a clear design to remove all Roma from the city limits.
– EXPULSIONS – Amnesty International s’inquiète pour les habitants de Tarlabasi. In: Le Petit Journal Istanbul. 29.09.2017. https://lepetitjournal.com/istanbul/expulsions-amnesty-international-sinquiete-pour-les-habitants-de-tarlabasi-104815 [link-preview url=”https://lepetitjournal.com/istanbul/expulsions-amnesty-international-sinquiete-pour-les-habitants-de-tarlabasi-104815″]
What Travellers have to go through in the UK.
– In ITV. 21.09.2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld6mli3T3iU [link-preview url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld6mli3T3iU”]
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