{"id":1838,"date":"2014-01-31T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/%20rroma.org\/31-01-2014-media-attention-on-immigrant-rroma-in-illegal-settlements-continues\/"},"modified":"2022-08-04T11:48:34","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T10:48:34","slug":"31-01-2014-media-attention-on-immigrant-rroma-in-illegal-settlements-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rroma.org\/de\/31-01-2014-media-attention-on-immigrant-rroma-in-illegal-settlements-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"31.01.2014 Media attention on immigrant Rroma in illegal settlements continues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Huguenin (2014) of \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFrance 3 reports on a recently evicted illegal settlement in Languedoc- \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRoussillon, near which Rroma have again resettled. The article reproduces \u2013 despite \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tits emphatic perspective \u2013 a negative image of poor, uneducated Rroma, as the \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFrench right so often portrays.<\/p>\n

In Val-de-Marne, a Rroma \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsettlement with 1000 to 2000 inhabitants is being evicted. Residents were \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tinformed a week before the eviction about the upcoming action. The majority of the \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tchildren are enrolled in Bonneuil. This clearance challenges the continued \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tschooling of minors (Le Parisien 2014\/I). The one-sided media focus on Rroma in \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tslums increases the biased public impression that all Rroma live in such \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconditions. It is constantly neglected that there are many Rroma in France who \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tlead an integrated and unobtrusive life.<\/p>\n

The mayor of Roquebrune-sur-Argens, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLuc Jousse, doesn\u2019t have to fear any sanctions from his party, the UMP, which dropped \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tall charges against the mayor. Jousse had stated in December 2013, that a fire \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tin a Rroma settlement was reported too early to the authorities, which from his \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tpoint of view was a pity. For this tasteless statement, Jousse had been \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsuspended until further notice (Le Parisien 2014\/II , Francetv info 2014 Nice \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMatin 2014\/I, Nice Matin 2014\/II).<\/p>\n

Gu\u00e9vart (2014) from the Courrier \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPicard meanwhile mocks himself without shame about the fate of the Kosovar Rroma \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tgirl Leonarda and her family. He accuses the left-wing supporters of the family \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tof blind humanitarianism and sees the rejection of the asylum application as a \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tjust conclusion to this matter: \u201cThe left \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thas criticized the evictions as being managed like an industry in the era of \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSarkozy-Gu\u00e9ant, being continued now in its his own camp [through Manuel Valls]. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat now? Not applying the law to avoid controversy? Hold a press conference to \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\treach out to a teenager who stands up to the president of the French state, and \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\toffer her … what to do? Home, studies, all expenses paid by whom?\u201d<\/em> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGu\u00e9vart is totally indifferent towards the situation Rroma face in Kosovo. He \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdoesn\u2019t care that they are confronted with the aftermath of the civil war and \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tall its consequences.<\/p>\n

Paupe (2014) meantime \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tquestions the effectiveness of the French migration policy regarding Rroma. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tManuel Valls ordered 20,000 deportations of Rroma in 2013. The number of \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tforeign Rroma in France meanwhile stays around 17,000 people. The numbers are \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmisleading because the same people were often deported multiple times, the \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tauthor states. The organization Romeurope criticizes the usefulness of a \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\trigorous deportation policy. What is really wanted is constructive solutions, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\timproving the conditions of all actors involved. To only remind continuously of \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe necessity to cut down public spending isn\u2019t solving anything, Umberto \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGuerra from Romeurope criticized. The evictions indeed exacerbate the long-term \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\timprovement of the life situation of those affected. They complicate a regulated \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\taccess to health, education, and labour institutions.<\/p>\n