Many Roma are fighting in the ranks of the Ukrainian army. They, however, fear that once the war is over, discriminations will return.
In an interview with Právo, the director of the non-profit organization Khamoro, which focuses on helping the Roma minority, explained why it is a problem for Roma refugees from Ukraine to find accommodation. It is called racism …
Well, they simply prefer to return to Ukraine rather than stay in Hungary …
Discriminations against Roma are an everyday occurrence in German schools.
The student association of Sinti and Roma in Germany supports Sinti and Roma at universities with advice and action. One of the founders of the association, Radoslav Ganev, talks about the antigypsy myths and stereotypes that students are still confronted with at universities today.
In brief, academia has the same bias against Roma.
Romani Rose, chairman of the Council of German Sinti and Roma denounces the racism shown by personnel from the Deutsche Bahn against Roma refugees from the Ukraine.
Especially the German train company should be somewhat cautious in this matter…
Slovakia has a big problem with discrimination against the Roma. Amnesty International, the world’s largest human rights NGO, has published its annual report on the state of human rights in the world in 2021 and the report highlights the problems with discrimination against Roma in the country.
A video and interviews on the discrimination of Roma in high schools in Romania. From the actress Alina Serban.
Seems that the Hamburg politics has an anti-Roma racism issue.
It has been 40 years since Germany acknowledged the Roma Holocaust. Nevertheless, discriminations still perdure.
Or the bleak reality of the everyday racism against Roma in that country.
Better not be Rom or African at the Ukrainian Slovak border. Bus drivers there refused Roma, even forbade them the use of toilets, and many of them were left for days at the border.
Bad.
The condemnation for incitation to racial hatred and discrimination against two young SVP politicians (the youth branch of a populist rightist party in Switzerland) was finally confirmed by Switzerland’s highest court.
Good!
Many Roma from the Ukraine are facing discrimination when fleeing Ukraine.
Bad.
A bus driver from the Czech Republic refused to take a Romni and child stuck at the Slovak border.
The openhearted welcome of Poles towards Ukrainians stops when they are Roma. Several of them are stuck in Młyny on the Polish-Ukrainian Border.
We have reports of others in Przemyśl.
Numbers are unclear but rather small according to our informations.
The German federal government wants to better record attacks on Sinti and Roma in the future with a civil society monitoring agency. With this, Berlin is pursuing a goal of a fight against racism.
Some people noticed the course on Gypsy criminality from the Kansas City Police (which showed, by the way their total ignorance of the subject). The course got cancelled.
Good!
Experiences of discrimination are still part of everyday life for Sinti and Roma in Germany. The federal government now wants to counteract this grievance with an antitziganism strategy. The appointment of an antiziganism commissioner, as agreed in the coalition agreement, has not yet taken place.
The Central Council of German Sinti and Roma welcomes the national strategy adopted by the Federal Government “Fight antigypsyism, ensure participation!”
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