Swiss Roma protested on Friday against the proposed census of Roma in Italy.
– Salvini: Schweizer Roma protestieren vor italienischem Konsulat. In: Nau. 06.07.2018. https://www.nau.ch/nachrichten/schweiz/2018/07/06/salvini-schweizer-roma-protestieren-vor-italienischem-konsulat-65364694 [link-preview url=”https://www.nau.ch/nachrichten/schweiz/2018/07/06/salvini-schweizer-roma-protestieren-vor-italienischem-konsulat-65364694″]
An article about the old suspicions whenever there is a blond child amongst Roma. In this case, families had to leave their homes in Ireland.
– Suspicion about Roma abductions drove innocent family out of town. 07.06.2018. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/suspicion-about-roma-abductions-drove-innocent-family-out-of-town-lc53bv67g [link-preview url=”https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/suspicion-about-roma-abductions-drove-innocent-family-out-of-town-lc53bv67g”]
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Sharp critique from the EU at the Italian Roma census idea…
– Roma census talk ‘deplorable’ – EC. In: Ansa. 04.07.2018. http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/07/04/roma-census-talk-deplorable-ec-3_c0b75af5-0959-48b8-b92c-e7fd7e8c56b6.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/07/04/roma-census-talk-deplorable-ec-3_c0b75af5-0959-48b8-b92c-e7fd7e8c56b6.html”]
Lombardy, a stronghold of the Lega has started a census of Roma in its region. This is not yet an Italian wide census, but is bad enough.
One can only wonder at how do they determine who is Rom? Colour of the skin? Way of life? Social status? Or simple bureaucrat decision?
– Italien startet umstrittene Roma-Zählung. In: Wiener Zeitung. 05.07.2018. https://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/europa/europastaaten/975331_Italien-startet-Roma-Zaehlung.html
– Lombardei startet mit der Roma-Zählung. In: Heute. 05.07.2018. http://www.heute.at/welt/news/story/Lombardei-startet-mit-der-Roma-Zaehlung-56089766
– Italien: Region Lombardei startet mit Roma-Zählung. In: ORF. 05.07.2018. http://orf.at/stories/2445749/ [link-preview url=”https://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/europa/europastaaten/975331_Italien-startet-Roma-Zaehlung.html “]
An article about an illegal camp of traveller in the Surrey in the UK. If you read through the article, they speak about “incursions”, with a map, and give advice on how to get rid of them …
Really bad.
– Unauthorised traveller encampment set up at Hersham Recreation Ground. In: Get Surrey. 05.07.2018. https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/unauthorised-traveller-encampment-set-up-14868712 [link-preview url=”https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/unauthorised-traveller-encampment-set-up-14868712″]
A reportage inside the camps on Rome outskirts.
– Italy’s Gypsy Camps Allege Government Purge. In: Reuters’ TV. 02.07.2018. http://www.reuters.tv/v/ene/2018/07/02/italy-s-gypsy-camps-allege-government-purge [link-preview url=”http://www.reuters.tv/v/ene/2018/07/02/italy-s-gypsy-camps-allege-government-purge”]
Roma in the UK fear that they will be deported following Brexit. This, even though Roma are mostly EU citizen and should be able to remain.
– Roma communities fear deportation in post-Brexit Britain. In: The Guardian. 02.07.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/02/roma-communities-fear-deportation-in-post-brexit-britain [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/02/roma-communities-fear-deportation-in-post-brexit-britain”]
A review of Damian Le Bas book.
– The Stopping Places by Damian Le Bas, review: a stunning memoir of Gypsy life. In: The Telegraph. 01.07.2018. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/stopping-placesby-damian-le-bas-review-stunning-memoir-gypsy/ [link-preview url=”https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/stopping-placesby-damian-le-bas-review-stunning-memoir-gypsy/”]
An interesting overview of the situation of Roma in Lviv.
– Ukraine’s Roma under attack in wave of hate crimes. In: AFP. 01.07.2018. https://www.afp.com/en/news/205/ukraines-roma-under-attack-wave-hate-crimes-doc-16p9v51
– Agence France-Presse: Ukraine’s Roma under attack in wave of hate crimes. In: Kyiv Post. 01.07.2018. https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/agence-france-presse-ukraines-roma-under-attack-in-wave-of-hate-crimes.html [link-preview url=”https://www.afp.com/en/news/205/ukraines-roma-under-attack-wave-hate-crimes-doc-16p9v51″]
France may have invented them, but when it comes to respecting them, it could do better. This time, France is criticised on migrants and Roma …
– Droits de l’homme, la France épinglée par l’ONU. In: La Croix. 28.06.2018. https://www.la-croix.com/France/Justice/Droits-lhomme-France-epinglee-lONU-2018-06-28-1200950953 [link-preview url=”https://www.la-croix.com/France/Justice/Droits-lhomme-France-epinglee-lONU-2018-06-28-1200950953″]
A report on a more humane approach to the Roma camps: A project that allows for small grants for those who want to set up a small business as a mean of getting people out of the camps and into the mainstream society.
– A Roma progetti di inclusione per togliere rom e sinti dai campi, c’è anche un contributo di 5mila euro per nuove attività. In: Notizie Tiscali. 28.06.2018. http://notizie.tiscali.it/cronaca/articoli/rom-superare-campi-contributo-imprenditoria/ [link-preview url=”http://notizie.tiscali.it/cronaca/articoli/rom-superare-campi-contributo-imprenditoria/”]
Many news in France on Salvini’s suggestion to count Roma, and several articles on the Ukraine this week. First, several arrivals from Albania in Western France. The local prefect “suspects” the existence of a criminal ring helping them arrive there. Nearby, a mayor is insinuating that Roma are responsible for the increased criminality. Then, the more usual news with a fire in a camp in the North and, following a fire of criminal nature in a camp near Grenoble, associations have made a formal complaint. Finally, an expulsion near Paris.
– Saint-Lô. Huit familles albanaises arrivent en trois jours. In: Ouest France. 25.06.2018. https://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/saint-lo-50000/saint-lo-huit-familles-albanaises-arrivent-en-trois-jours-5846606
– Le préfet de la Manche soupçonne à Saint-Lô l’existence d’un réseau de passeurs pour les Albanais. In: FR3 France Info. 29.06.2018. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/normandie/manche/saint-lo/prefet-manche-soupconne-saint-lo-existence-reseau-passeur-albanais-1503749.html
– Sécurité à Quimper. « Un discours inquiétant » pour des conseillers d’opposition. In: Ouest France. 29.06.2018. https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/quimper-29000/securite-quimper-un-discours-inquietant-pour-des-conseillers-d-opposition-5854195
– Nord: Un camp de Roms partiellement détruit par un incendie. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 29.06.2018. https://www.20minutes.fr/lille/2298907-20180629-nord-camp-roms-partiellement-detruit-incendie
– INCENDIE DU CAMP À MISTRAL : L’ASSOCIATION ROMS ACTION PORTE PLAINTE À SON TOUR. In: Place Grenet. 29.06.2018. https://www.placegrenet.fr/2018/06/29/roms-action-plainte-incendie-mistral/199002
– Camp brûlé dans le quartier Mistral à Grenoble : Roms Action porte plainte. In: Le Dauphiné. https://www.ledauphine.com/isere-sud/2018/06/26/camp-brule-a-mistral-roms-action-porte-plainte
– Thorigny-sur-Marne : les squatteurs de la rue du Maréchal-Joffre expulses. In: Le Parisien. 29.06.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-et-marne-77/thorigny-sur-marne-les-squatteurs-de-la-rue-du-marechal-joffre-expulses-29-06-2018-7800219.php [link-preview url=”https://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/saint-lo-50000/saint-lo-huit-familles-albanaises-arrivent-en-trois-jours-5846606 “]
Many news in France on Salvini’s suggestion to count Roma, and several articles on the Ukraine this week. First, several arrivals from Albania in Western France. The local prefect “suspects” the existence of a criminal ring helping them arrive there. Nearby, a mayor is insinuating that Roma are responsible for the increased criminality. Then, the more usual news with a fire in a camp in the North and, following a fire of criminal nature in a camp near Grenoble, associations have made a formal complaint. Finally, an expulsion near Paris.
– Saint-Lô. Huit familles albanaises arrivent en trois jours. In: Ouest France. 25.06.2018. https://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/saint-lo-50000/saint-lo-huit-familles-albanaises-arrivent-en-trois-jours-5846606
– Le préfet de la Manche soupçonne à Saint-Lô l’existence d’un réseau de passeurs pour les Albanais. In: FR3 France Info. 29.06.2018. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/normandie/manche/saint-lo/prefet-manche-soupconne-saint-lo-existence-reseau-passeur-albanais-1503749.html
– Sécurité à Quimper. « Un discours inquiétant » pour des conseillers d’opposition. In: Ouest France. 29.06.2018. https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/quimper-29000/securite-quimper-un-discours-inquietant-pour-des-conseillers-d-opposition-5854195
– Nord: Un camp de Roms partiellement détruit par un incendie. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 29.06.2018. https://www.20minutes.fr/lille/2298907-20180629-nord-camp-roms-partiellement-detruit-incendie
– INCENDIE DU CAMP À MISTRAL : L’ASSOCIATION ROMS ACTION PORTE PLAINTE À SON TOUR. In: Place Grenet. 29.06.2018. https://www.placegrenet.fr/2018/06/29/roms-action-plainte-incendie-mistral/199002
– Camp brûlé dans le quartier Mistral à Grenoble : Roms Action porte plainte. In: Le Dauphiné. https://www.ledauphine.com/isere-sud/2018/06/26/camp-brule-a-mistral-roms-action-porte-plainte
– Thorigny-sur-Marne : les squatteurs de la rue du Maréchal-Joffre expulses. In: Le Parisien. 29.06.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-et-marne-77/thorigny-sur-marne-les-squatteurs-de-la-rue-du-marechal-joffre-expulses-29-06-2018-7800219.php [link-preview url=”https://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/saint-lo-50000/saint-lo-huit-familles-albanaises-arrivent-en-trois-jours-5846606 “]
While one nowadays speaks about Salvini, let’s not forget the French Premier Manuel Valls… Fact is, Roma are convenient scapegoats.
– Persecution of the Roma brings shame on Europe. In: The Guardian. 24.06.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/24/persecution-of-the-roma-brings-shame-on-europe [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/24/persecution-of-the-roma-brings-shame-on-europe”]
While one nowadays speaks about Salvini, let’s not forget the French Premier Manuel Valls… Fact is, Roma are convenient scapegoats.
– Persecution of the Roma brings shame on Europe. In: The Guardian. 24.06.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/24/persecution-of-the-roma-brings-shame-on-europe [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/24/persecution-of-the-roma-brings-shame-on-europe”]
Italy is clearing the first Roma camps … Coincidence? Or policy?
– Camp cleared as Italy’s far-right puts spotlight on Roma community. In: Reuters. 29.06.2018. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-politics-roma/camp-cleared-as-italys-far-right-puts-spotlight-on-roma-community-idUSKBN1JP1TB
– Camp Cleared as Italy’s Far-Right Puts Spotlight on Roma Community. In: US News. 29.06.2018. https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-06-29/camp-cleared-as-italys-far-right-puts-spotlight-on-roma-community#close-modal [link-preview url=”https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-politics-roma/camp-cleared-as-italys-far-right-puts-spotlight-on-roma-community-idUSKBN1JP1TB “]
Italy is clearing the first Roma camps … Coincidence? Or policy?
– Camp cleared as Italy’s far-right puts spotlight on Roma community. In: Reuters. 29.06.2018. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-politics-roma/camp-cleared-as-italys-far-right-puts-spotlight-on-roma-community-idUSKBN1JP1TB
– Camp Cleared as Italy’s Far-Right Puts Spotlight on Roma Community. In: US News. 29.06.2018. https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-06-29/camp-cleared-as-italys-far-right-puts-spotlight-on-roma-community#close-modal [link-preview url=”https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-politics-roma/camp-cleared-as-italys-far-right-puts-spotlight-on-roma-community-idUSKBN1JP1TB “]
The UK Police is asking for more camping sites for travellers.
– Police chiefs call for more Gypsy and Traveller camps. In: The Week. 28.06.2018. http://www.theweek.co.uk/94634/police-chiefs-call-for-more-gypsy-and-traveller-camps
– Open season for traveller camps: Police chiefs want scores more caravan sites set up… and they’ve rejected calls for tougher powers. In: The Daily Mail/ 28.06.2018. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5894237/Police-chiefs-want-scores-caravan-sites-set-rejecting-calls-tougher-powers.html
– Travellers move one mile to Ashley Park, Walton, after eviction from Oatlands Recreation Ground, Weybridge. In: Surrey Live. 28.06.2018. https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/travellers-move-one-mile-ashley-14842151 [link-preview url=”https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/travellers-move-one-mile-ashley-14842151″]
An analysis of the situation of Roma in Italy…
– ‘Treated like dogs’: Italy’s Roma minority on society’s fringe. In: BBC News. 29.06.2018. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44632472 [link-preview url=”https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44632472″]
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