{"id":1369,"date":"2014-06-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/%20rroma.org\/05-06-2014-further-evictions-in-the-ile-de-france\/"},"modified":"2022-08-04T11:48:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T10:48:19","slug":"05-06-2014-further-evictions-in-the-ile-de-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rroma.org\/de\/05-06-2014-further-evictions-in-the-ile-de-france\/","title":{"rendered":"05.06.2014 Further evictions in the \u00cele-de-France"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several papers report on \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfurther evictions of informal Rroma settlements in the \u00cele-de-France. Thus, in \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVillebon (Essonne) a camp that was built on a former industrial site, was \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tevicted. The settlement was home to between 200 and 250 people. Samu social<\/em> tired to provide as many \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\talternative accommodation options to those affected as possible. On the day of \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe evacuation, the majority of the inhabitants had already left. When, at half \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tpast six, the security forces arrived, only about fifteen people were on site. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA Rroma charity organisation criticizes in particular that the future education \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tof the children is put in question by the eviction. Sometimes, the children are \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\taccommodated up to 70 kilometres from their school. A young Rroma is even enrolled \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tat the local university: \u201cAbout fifteen \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tchildren were enrolled in a special class, five children in the high school of \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPalaiseau and a adolescent was enrolled at the Faculty of Law\u201d, said M. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPeschanski. \u201cThis effort of the enrolment that was coming to fruition, was \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdestroyed this morning\u201d, he added\u201d<\/em> (France 3 2014). Previously, the \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tresidents of the settlement were trying to obtain a postponement of the \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\teviction on part of the authority until the end of the school year. Around 900 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tpeople had signed a petition that was presented to the local prefect. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInconclusive. The evacuation was carried out as planned and more are imminent. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBarr\u00e9 (2014\/I) points out that since the last municipal elections, in which the \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFront National has increased its share of votes, the mayors are under constant \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tpressure to act. The Rroma are made to scapegoats for social ills, by connecting \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthem with fears. The reservations are also directed to the responsible \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tpoliticians. Mayors who previously supported the Rroma were not re-elected or \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tnow behave hide their views on the issue. However, small integration projects \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thave shown that the inclusion of some selected families with the active support \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tof the communities delivers very positive results. However, these create envy \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tof observers who disapprove special treatment for a selected group. Therefore, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tit is important to emphasize that all needy people have a right to support, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tregardless of their ethnicity. One should also cease to speak of a Rroma \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tproblem. However, at present, communication silence prevails. No discussions take \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tplace, but the eviction policy is continued uncritically (compare Barr\u00e9 2014\/II, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDelin 2014, Francetv info 2014, Labreigne 2014, Le Figaro 2014, Monier 2014).<\/p>\n