An interview of Brigitta Balogh, Romni, Law Student, and activist!
– Brigitta Balogh: Romani human rights campaigner and law student. In: Travellers Times. 20.09.2017. http://travellerstimes.org.uk/Blogs–Features/Brigitta-Balogh-Romani-human-rights-campaigner-.aspx [link-preview url=”http://travellerstimes.org.uk/Blogs–Features/Brigitta-Balogh-Romani-human-rights-campaigner-.aspx”]
Young Romnja are bucking the trend and are going to university in the UK.
Good!
– Gypsy women breaking education barriers with uni degrees. In: BBC. 03.09.2017. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-40728470 [link-preview url=”http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-40728470″]
A new Tory MP for Moray, UK, is severely biased against travellers are Roma. He apologised for saying that dealing with travellers “would be a number one priority as prime minister” but continued to state that [roadside encampments] are a “blight on our community” and current laws and protections make it difficult to get “get rid of them”.
One can only wonder what he meant by “getting rid of them” …
– If not here, then where? On Douglas Ross’ war against the Gypsy/Traveller community in Moray. In: Open Democracy UK. 28.08.2017. https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/lynne-tammi/if-not-here-then-where-on-douglas-ross-ethnic-war-against-gypsytraveller-community-i [link-preview url=”https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/lynne-tammi/if-not-here-then-where-on-douglas-ross-ethnic-war-against-gypsytraveller-community-i”]
The UK press had a field day when the details of the slavery case were highlighted last week. A family of travellers held people in squalid conditions as de-facto slaves.
Here is the response to this act from the Traveller Community.
– ‘Traveller slavery’ and the press – a TT response. In: The Travellers’ Times. 21.08.2017. http://travellerstimes.org.uk/Blogs–Features/Traveller-slavery-and-the-press–a-TT-response.aspx [link-preview url=”http://travellerstimes.org.uk/Blogs–Features/Traveller-slavery-and-the-press–a-TT-response.aspx”]
The trend against travellers in the UK seems to be growing.
Bad.
– Anti-traveller trench dug in Stapleford. In: BBC News. 18.08.2017. http://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-cambridgeshire-40977124/anti-traveller-trench-dug-in-stapleford [link-preview url=”http://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-cambridgeshire-40977124/anti-traveller-trench-dug-in-stapleford”]
A study on the integration of Roma in Eastern UK is being helped by several Roma of the community.
– Community champions from Roma gypsy communities in Great Yarmouth, Ipswich, Luton, Peterborough and Southend to help Fenland Council in £150,000 study. In: The Wisbech Standard. 17.08.2017. http://www.wisbechstandard.co.uk/news/community-champions-from-roman-gypsy-communities-in-great-yarmouth-ipswich-luton-peterborough-and-southend-to-help-fenland-council-in-150-000-study-1-5153629 [link-preview url=”http://www.wisbechstandard.co.uk/news/community-champions-from-roman-gypsy-communities-in-great-yarmouth-ipswich-luton-peterborough-and-southend-to-help-fenland-council-in-150-000-study-1-5153629″]
An open letter by a Romani parish councillor on the lack of camping sites for Roma travellers.
– Letter: There Is A Lack of Provision of Gypsy and Traveller Pitches. In: The Guilford Dragon News. 13.08.2017. http://www.guildford-dragon.com/2017/08/12/letter-lack-provision-gypsy-traveller-pitches/ [link-preview url=”http://www.guildford-dragon.com/2017/08/12/letter-lack-provision-gypsy-traveller-pitches/”]
Welsh travellers in Cardiff are billed up to three time the average water costs of a family in Wales… Really?
– People on a Cardiff traveller site are angry they pay three times more for water than an average home. In: Wales Online. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/people-cardiff-traveller-site-angry-13461715 [link-preview url=”http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/people-cardiff-traveller-site-angry-13461715″]
And here we go. Father sells his daughter into slavery in the UK. And this in the Times.
BAD.
– Roma girl, 12, was sold by father to work for British family. In: The Times. 11.08.2017. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/roma-girl-12-was-sold-by-father-to-work-for-british-family-bm0v57pgw [link-preview url=”https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/roma-girl-12-was-sold-by-father-to-work-for-british-family-bm0v57pgw”]
A testimony of travelling Roma in the UK and the issues they face, especially in Leeds.
– ‘I’m a Roma Gypsy – and a proud and responsible Loiner – and I’m fed up of all the negativity about my community’ In: The Yorkshire Evening Post. 09.08.2017. http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/i-m-a-roma-gypsy-and-a-proud-and-responsible-loiner-and-i-m-fed-up-of-all-the-negativity-about-my-community-1-8694300 [link-preview url=”http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/i-m-a-roma-gypsy-and-a-proud-and-responsible-loiner-and-i-m-fed-up-of-all-the-negativity-about-my-community-1-8694300″]
Tips for social workers working with Roma… And lots of stereotypes in them.
– Tips for social workers supporting east-European Roma families. In: Community Care. 04.08.2017. http://www.communitycare.co.uk/2017/08/04/tips-social-workers-supporting-east-european-roma-families/ [link-preview url=”http://www.communitycare.co.uk/2017/08/04/tips-social-workers-supporting-east-european-roma-families/”]
Racism seems to be a serious issue in the UK, especially against Roma and travellers.
Shame.
– Schools need to address the last acceptable form of racism. In: School Week. 16.07.2017. http://schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-need-to-address-the-last-acceptable-form-of-racism/ [link-preview url=”http://schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-need-to-address-the-last-acceptable-form-of-racism/”]
Roma going to universities face blatant racism in the UK. In the 21st century …
BAD.
– Gypsy students face prejudice at universities. In: The Times. 08.07.2017. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/gypsy-students-face-prejudice-at-universities-smn0g5vhq [link-preview url=”https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/gypsy-students-face-prejudice-at-universities-smn0g5vhq”]
An article on the unfortunately very common racism found in schools in the UK, especially against Roma and Travellers.
BAD.
– Racism in schools isn’t just part of the grim past – it’s hiding in plain sight. In: The Guardian. 07.07.2017. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/07/racism-schools-bame-pupils-teachers [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/07/racism-schools-bame-pupils-teachers”]
An article on the Roma community in Istanbul: one of the oldest continuously registered Roma neighbourhood – Sulukule – was already closed a few years ago (to make room for a development sponsored by Erdogan’s party). Now it is the turn of other neighbourhoods and Roma are driven out of the city.
– Istanbul’s ancient Roma community falls victim to building boom. In: Reuters. 19.06.2017. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-roma-landrights-idUSKBN19A1WE [link-preview url=”https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-roma-landrights-idUSKBN19A1WE”]
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”]
Some pictures of one of the oldest traveller’s fair in the country.
– ROMA FROM HOME. Crystal balls, donkeys and litres of fake tan on display at annual traveller fair as hundreds of families from across the UK descend on quiet town. In: The Sun. 12.05.2017. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3543268/hundreds-of-travellers-show-off-their-fashion-sense-at-annual-horse-fair-where-families-from-across-the-uk-come-together/ [link-preview url=”https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3543268/hundreds-of-travellers-show-off-their-fashion-sense-at-annual-horse-fair-where-families-from-across-the-uk-come-together/”]
31 percent of Eastern European questioned in a survey would not accept Rroma as citizen …
– Many Eastern Europeans Reject Jews, Muslims and Roma, Pew Data Shows. In: Yahoo News. 11.05.2017. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/many-eastern-europeans-reject-jews-113451437.html [link-preview url=”https://uk.news.yahoo.com/many-eastern-europeans-reject-jews-113451437.html”]
Orland Bloom has been in the middle of a controversy following his use of the term “Pikey” on a show.
– Orlando Bloom explains use of ‘pikey’ term on Radio 1. In: BBC News. 27.04.2017. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-39726655 [link-preview url=”http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-39726655″]
An exhibition in Scotland called “Gypsy Maker” was commissioned by a Rroma organisation with two installations by contemporary artists aiming to engage Gypsy Roma Traveller communities with the wider public.
– Gypsy Maker-Commissioned Exhibitions At Barrys Art Central. In: The Daily Vale. 29.03.2017. http://thedailyvale.com/gypsy-maker-commissioned-exhibitions-at-barrys-art-central [link-preview url=”http://thedailyvale.com/gypsy-maker-commissioned-exhibitions-at-barrys-art-central”]
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