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About the Story of a Rom

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The testimony of a Rom published in die Zeit has a follow up: In the corresponding Tagesspiegel article, one learns that the case against the arsonists who set the refugee home on fire, a fire that killed the Rom’s daughter was mishandled by the police and closed as it was not registered as manslaughter.
Bad…

– Brennender Hass. In: Tageszeitung. 18.10.2018. https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/gewalt-gegen-roma-brennender-hass/23202388.html

Roma and Sinti Integration

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The school authorities in Rome are looking for partners NGO to outsource the integration of Roma and Sinti children in the school system. All this, as a part of the national project for the integration of RSC (Rom-Sinti-Caminanti) children.

– Roma. Bambini Rom-Sinti-Caminanti: inserimento scolastico. In: La Prima Pagina. 02.08.2018. https://www.laprimapagina.it/2018/09/02/roma-bambini-rom-sinti-caminanti-inserimento-scolastico/

EU and Roma Holocaust Day

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The official EU statement on Roma Holocaust and the transcript of the EU Commission vice president Timmermans and chairman Jourova.
Too bad they still use “Porrajmos” and even worse that they misspell it.

– European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day (Pharrajimos). In: Council of Europe. 02.08.2018. https://www.coe.int/en/web/holocaust/-/european-roma-holocaust-memorial-day-pharrajimos-
– Statement by First Vice-President Timmermans and Commissioner Jourová ahead of Roma Holocaust Memorial Day on 2 August. In Council of Europe. 01.08.2018. http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-18-4749_en.htm

The Third Way

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An analysis of why the “Third Way” – or the policies that Virginia Raggi, Rome’s mayor – has put in place have failed. The third way was meant to close the camps who were run by the state and NGOs and subject to a mafia racket, and to integrate the Roma with the help of EU funds.
Now, this is more pure expulsions.

– Campi rom: ecco perché al River la “terza via” di Raggi ha fallito. In: Roma Today. 30.07.2018. http://www.romatoday.it/politica/campi-rom-raggi-terza-via-cos-e.html

Roma Gathering

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Roma from several countries are gathered and camp in a park in the Western Slovak spa town of Piešťany. It is apparently due to a vision of the Virgin Mary that a healer had on that spot. Many Roma – from the evangelical churches have been bringing their ill relatives are on the site.

– Rómovia z celého sveta kempujú v parku kúpeľného mesta: Do Piešťan ich láka veľká záhada! In: Novy Čas. 18.07.2018. https://www.cas.sk/clanok/718679/romovia-z-celeho-sveta-kempuju-v-parku-kupelneho-mesta-do-piestan-ich-laka-velka-zahada/
– Rómovia už niekoľko dní okupujú parčík v Piešťanoch. In: MY Trnava. 17.06.2018. https://mytrnava.sme.sk/c/20871828/romovia-uz-niekolko-dni-okupuju-parcik-v-piestanoch.html

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