{"id":1831,"date":"2014-07-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/%20rroma.org\/30-07-2014-slovakia-walls-against-the-rroma\/"},"modified":"2022-07-26T13:50:39","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T12:50:39","slug":"30-07-2014-slovakia-walls-against-the-rroma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rroma.org\/de\/30-07-2014-slovakia-walls-against-the-rroma\/","title":{"rendered":"30.07.2014 Slovakia: walls against the Rroma"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\">Vincent (2014) reports  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ton a radical policy of segregation in Slovakia. In recent years, more and more  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twalls were built around Rroma settlements, separating the homes of ethnic  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSlovaks from those of the minority. Although the word \u201csegregation\u201d is being  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tavoided, the walls are a clear expression of the fact that reservations and frustrations  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tagainst the minority have prevailed in local politics. The criticism of the  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEuropean Commission, which called for an immediate destruction of the walls, remained  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twithout effect:<em style=\"font-family: Arial;\"> \u201cIn Slovakia, around 10%  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tof the 5.4 million Slovaks are of Roma origin \u2013 one of the highest rates in  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEurope. But since the fall of communism in 1989, when work was compulsory, they  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thave not ceased to sink into poverty. Only 20% of men have a job today. Many  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfamilies are in debt and intolerance towards them has increased. [&#8230;] On the  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tside of the city of Kosice, one continues to defend oneself against any  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u00abracism\u00bb by declaring that the young Roma of Lunik IX were absolutely not the  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tonly ones who harassed the neighbourhood. The young Slovaks also had their  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thabits for small machinations there. The controversy passed, the wall was  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttacitly approved. The detour imposed on the Rroma was considered minimal. The  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdistant call towards its destruction by the European Commission did not change  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tanything.\u201d <\/em>Vincent also sees a widespread cynicism towards an improvement of  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe situation of Rroma, which resulted in \u201cpragmatic solutions\u201d such as the erected  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twalls. The Slovak commissary of the European Commission, Miroslav Sklenka, sees  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe problem of the continued exclusion of the Rroma not in the lack of money  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbut in the lack of political will to change anything.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\">Vincent, Elise (2014) En Slovaquie, des \u00ab murs \u00bb contre les Roms. In: <em style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Le Monde online<\/em> vom 28.7.2014. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/societe\/article\/2014\/07\/28\/en-slovaquie-des-murs-contre-les-roms_4463590_3224.html\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\">http:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/societe\/article\/2014\/07\/28\/en-slovaquie-des-murs-contre-les-roms_4463590_3224.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vincent (2014) reports on a radical policy of segregation in Slovakia. 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