An appeal to the government to enrol Rroma children who live in camps. This is a fundamental right!
Scary thoughts about the direction Europe is taking on migrants and refugees. Will we see concentration camps again in the near future?
Amnesty International launched a petition to the Czech government protesting the enrollment of Rroma children in schools for children with disabilities. This practice is still continuing in spite of multiple protests.
THIS HAS TO STOP!
Police was attacked when they went into a camp near Kosiče, in Slovakia where they were called by paramedics following a fight within the camp. This is not the first time, and follows a pattern. The Slovak police is known for its heavy handed practices as well as for its bias against Rroma.
Barbara Stamm on refugees, migrants, and on the violence against them.
A MUST READ.
In Montreuil, north of Paris, a new integration policy is being put in place.
About time!
We reported about a planned wall in Wattrelos a while back. This wall that will separate the Belgian houses and garden from the French side where a transit camp for travellers is located. The Wall is going to be built in spite of several hefty protests.
SHAME.
An overview of Germany’s proposal on refugees. Good but for one point: Safe countries. For Rroma, Balkan states are not really safe countries. On the contrary.
Racist acts, against Moslems, but also against Rroma are on the increase in Belgium.
An article highlighting the need for a fundamental change and reform of the EU in order the further the Rroma integration.
Xavier Bertrand, deputy mayor of Saint-Quentin in the North of France affirmed that travellers had military weapons. The former ministers wants to disarm them to prevent violence like the recent murder in a camp in the north of France.
This is definitively DAFT! But the Figaro went a step further…
While saying that no, travellers have no military weapons, it manages to say that all Rroma are stealing and dealing with stolen goods. Nice generalisation.
UNACCEPTABLE!
Following Saturday’s blocking of the A1 highway by Rroma, the French Press is full of articles on that action. Stress is on why they were allowed to do so, and on the costs. The real question namely why it went that far doesn’t seem to be asked by anyone.
An article in the Figaro is attempting to clarify the distinction between Travellers (Gens du Voyage in French), Rroma, and other “Tsiganes”…
While the Figaro is right to say that Traveller is a legal statute, at least in France, for the rest, the Figaro is utterly confused …
Let’s put it straight: Not all Travellers are Rroma, only a small portion of Rroma are travelling, and Rroma encompasses many different groups who often, like the Sinti prefer to use their group’s name instead of the generic Rroma one.
The British tabloid press had a field day protesting against the “Roma gypsies” who blocked the A1 last Saturday. We wonder why they feel the need to write “Roma gypsies”, after all, these are usually referring to the same people.
Time for the British tabloid press to review how they report on minorities…
An article on refugees in Germany, the Balkan, and Rroma.
An article about the engagement of NGOs in Lausanne to enroll 6 young migrant Rroma in schools there. Well done, but let’s not forget that these migrant Rroma represent less than ONE PERCENT of the Rroma in Switzerland. And these go to school, and even to university!
An article on the migrants that sleep outside in Lausanne. 30 to 80 on average. And, yes, while there are a few Rroma amongst them, they are by far not the majority.
The Huffington post posted an article on refugees from the Balkan, with five issues that Europe needs to tackle if they ever want to get migration under control. Among these: Discrimination against Rroma in several Balkan Countries.
Besides the closure of the Rroma camp in la Courneuve and the shooting in the North of France, there have been other news on France this week. A camp had to make space for an integration project in Deuil la Barre; life goes on in the North in Lille; and eexpulsed Rroma who had to leave their integration village are spending their 35th night in tents in St. Ouen.
Nice debunking of standard mythology on refugees… A MUST READ.
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