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Babyn Yar

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82 years ago today, the massacre of Babyn Yar started. It had been preceded by the execution two days earlier of some Jewish and mentally ill patients two days earlier.

The Nazis killed mostly Jews, but also Roma, Russian POWs and many others. The Mayor of Kyiv, Vitaliy Klyshko and the Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky paid homage to the victims.

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Ukraine and Roma

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Unfortunately, another one of those (on both sides). Roma were arrested in Kharkiv region in Ukraine for having swindled pensioneers. They were arrested and will be tried.

The issue as usual is that this is depicted as an ethnic trait.

Bad.

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Poland and Roma Refugees

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Joanna Talewicz-Kwiatkowska, with her foundation, tried for several months to find an apartment for a family of Roma refugees from Ukraine. No chance. – I never thought I would see such a moment – says the activist with regret. And he emphasizes that the Roma are treated worse than others, even though they are also fleeing from the war.

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Roma Refugees

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Apparently, there is a recent influx in Germany of Roma with brand new Ukrainian passports but who also have Hungarian passports asking for asylum. No one seems to know whether they are Ukrainian or Hungarian, and they speak Hungarian.

The most prosaic answer to this is that they are most probably from Transcarpathian Ukraine, and that thanks to the Hungarian Prime Minister, they were able to get a Hungarian passport as Hungarian speakers living abroad. Orban did grant Hungarian citizenship to Hungarian speakers outside of the country since quite a while.

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Kharkiv: Roma Robbers

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The police in Kharkiv arrested four Roma (the article says it is a “gang”) who robbed and robbed elderly people during the war. The bandits took 1.8 million hryvnias worth of money and property from the homes of the victims.

“The perpetrators came to the homes of the elderly and presented themselves as volunteers distributing humanitarian aid. Under this pretext, the suspects entered the apartments of the victims, after which they stole their property, money and openly robbed,” the prosecutor’s office said.

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Ukraine, the Church, and Refugees

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Roma IDPs in Lviv are getting baptised in the Polish catholic church. They were most probably orthodox prior to this. What is the point?

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Ukraine, Roma, and Education

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In Ukraine, among the legal problems faced by Roma, education stands out as a separate topic. About 20% of the adult population of the Roma community have no education and have never attended school as reported by the Secretariat of the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights.

As usual, 20% of what …

“Among a number of legal, social, and economic problems, one of the key ones remains the issue of Roma access to education. The educational level of the Roma population in general remains extremely low. According to the latest research by Roma public organizations, about 20% of the adult population do not have any education and have never attended school,” the message reads.

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Mass Murder in the Ukraine

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A reportage of the mass murder committed by German tropps on Roma during World War Two in the Ukraine.

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Ukraine, War, and Minorities

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Roma displaced by the war still have problems with access to the labour market in the Ukraine. According to a study by an international charitable organization, which was conducted in May 2023 among Roma immigrants in the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya, Odesa, and Zakarpattia regions, the situation has improved.

However, there still are integration problems, discrimination, access to the labour market and ensuring the financial independence of immigrant families, information, and children’s access to education. The most difficult situation is in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions.

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Czech Republic, Roma, and Ukrainians

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Some Czech Roma are protesting about the release of the Ukrainian who killed a Rom in Brno recently. He is no longer in jail but on bail. The release of the murderer from the Brno case is a slap in the face of the Roma. “One less gypsy, so what?” according to Romani leader Tancoš.

These confrontations between Ukrainian refugees and Roma have not been good. Some Roma sided with some extreme right parties to complain about Ukrainian refugees. Our attitude is: Let’s see what justice says about this case. It is definitively bad that the suspect was released on bail, with the judge expressing doubt about this being a murder.

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Ukrainian Roma Refugees in Poland

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The Fundacja w Stronę Dialogu [Towards Dialogue Foundation] has published a monitoring report for 2022-2023 entitled “They are not refugees, but travelers” on the situation of Roma refugees in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship. The material presented in the report was collected by the foundation’s team during regular local visits in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship, mainly in Przemyśl, conducted from March 2022 to May 2023.

According to the report, in addition to unequal treatment, Roma face widespread anti-Gypsyism, and the challenges they face when fleeing are particularly acute. As a result of the outbreak of war, assistance for this group took on a new dimension: substandard support in reception points and places of collective accommodation.

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Ukraine and IDPs

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The Uzhhorod City Council violates the right of internally displaced Roma to housing and social protection. The resettled Roma sent an appeal to the Office of the Ombudsman of Ukraine, claiming discrimination on the basis of ethnicity. In the appeal, representatives of the national minority complain that the Uzhhorod City Council violates their rights to housing and social protection.

The applicants with their families and minor children are internally displaced citizens, so they currently live in the premises of the local multidisciplinary lyceum in Uzhgorod, in the Zakarpattia region. One of the displaced women has a newborn baby.

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Ukraine: Stereotypes

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Unfortunately, again the type of articles on should not call journalism.

Law enforcement officers and social service workers visited Roma who settled near Ternopil. Ukraine.

The article states: “They do not care about the hygiene and health of children.”

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Ukraine and Roma

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According to this article, a “flood” of complaints was filed with the police because of Roma renting apartments. According to the article, unsanitary conditions and neglect of parental responsibilities are often cited as a reason for the complaints.

How about mentioning poverty and discrimination?

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Occupied Ukraine: Deportations

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The Russian government forcibly evicts the “Gypsy population” from the territory of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, because they “distribute prohibited substances and violate the laws of the Russian Federation.”

In addition, in the document, they call for strengthening the controls over publications in Telegram channels – since dissatisfaction among the “Gypsy youth” with the forced deportation has become a noticeable problem for the Russian authorities.

Another Russian crime.

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Czech Republic: Roma and Ukrainian Refugees

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Manifestations of Roma against Ukrainian refugees continue in the Czech Republic. Not only due to the few incidents, but also because of the resentment of the Roma who feel that while nothing has been done in the country for them, the Ukrainians are helped more than they ever were.

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Germany and Roma Refugees from the Ukraine

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According to Daniel Strauss, chairman of the State Association of Sinti and Roma in Baden-Württemberg, Roma were discriminated against in Ukraine, a discrimination which continued after fleeing the war zone to Germany.

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Czech Republic: All False

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A video purposedly showing three Roma beating a Ukrainian in Brno, is a total fake. Yesterday, it came out that the person beaten up was not a Ukrainian, but today, the Brno police confirmed that neither Roma nor Ukrainians were involved.

Total disinformation.

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Switzerland, Ukrainian Refugees, and Roma

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An “article” about Roma refugees from the Ukraine in Switzerland, claiming they cash in the money and then leave again and come back after a while. The accusations are anonymous (diverse sources say …) or attributed to an Ukrainian.

When you know that the daily stipend of an adult refugee is less than 20 CHF per day and half that for children, this makes little financial sense but again, it portrays Roma as profiteers and liars.

Bad.

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