Daily Archives: février 7, 2016

Rroma Refugees in Canada

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Following the calls last week to review the rejected asylum claims of Hungarian Rroma in Canada, there seem to be little chances for the ones who were already deported to come back.

Rroma Craftsmen and Swedish Designers

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An exhibition in Sweden entitled “Nomadic Design Practices” is the result of the collaboration of Swedish designers with Rroma craftsmen.

French Rroma Camps: Reflection

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Two articles on the Rroma camps in France. In an Interview, Grégoire Cousin, an anthropologist, reflects on the cost of dismantling camps. In another article, the question of what to do with such camps is posed and discussed.

For us, one thing is clear: It would be cheaper to lodge those 15’000 Rroma and find a permanent solution rather than moving them from camp to camp…

Petite Ceinture: Rroma Manifestation

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The Rroma who were expelled last week from their camp on the disused railway tracks of the petite ceinture around Paris manifested in Paris prior to their expulsion in a last ditch attempt to avoid being thrown out. Listen to the comments of the people watching the manifestation. This is scary …

A Survey in France …

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A survey published last week in France is shocking the French. It is about racism, and included questions such as “if your daughter married a Muslim” or “have you ever had problems Rroma, etc.” Well, in this latter case, it seems that 27% of the French (Yes) have encountered problems with Rroma. That is more than one in 4 … We would doubt that one in four French has ever seen or met a Rrom … People were also shocked to find out that this survey was initiated by a Jewish organisation.

First Rrom in UK Police

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Petr Torak, a Rrom of Slovak or Czech origin is allegedly the first serving Rrom police officer in the UK. Not bad, when one remembers that the police there is quite racist (see all articles on the MET and their facebook postings).

Canada: Reassessing Rejected Refugees

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There are calls to re-assess the rejected asylum claim of Hungarian Rroma in Canada. They were often defended by lawyers that were at best sloppy if not negligent.

Let’s see what happens!

Paris: The Camp on the Petite Ceinture is Dismantled

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The Rroma camp on the old tracks of the “Petite Ceinture” railway with close to roughly 400 inhabitants has been cleared yesterday. It was, according to the press the “largest” remaining camp near Paris.

One cannot but wonder that so few people attract so much attention, and that for such a small number of people, a more dignified solution could not be found earlier…

Switzerland … Oh well …

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One of the really least researched, most populist articles in the Swiss press in a long time. Low concentration of facts and logic, high populist overtones.

Not acceptable. And by the way, the results of the study (see second article) are not acceptable either.

PROTEST!

Sweden: Beggars …

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The Swedish government is telling its citizen not to give any money to beggars, who, anyhow apparently are mostly Romanian and Bulgarian…

No comments, apart that there are better ways to solve the problem.

SHAME!!!!

Sinti and Rroma in Schoolbooks

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An initiative by the government of Hessen aims at teaching children about Sinti and Rroma in Germany, and the overall role of discrimination and the need to fight against segregation.

Good!

“Foreign” Travellers in Switzerland

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An article on foreign (i.e. Rroma) travellers in Swotzerland. These are often described as dirty by the local travellers (Jenische) and by the press and accused of leaving a mess behind when they leave their camps. This study is somewhat more differentiated!

Italy: Informing on the Holocaust

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A series of articles was published in Italy in the context of the remembrance day of the Holocaust on the 27th of January, explaining that Rroma were also singled out by the Nazis during World War Two. This is not well known in Italy, so GOOD!

 

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