Not much about Roma in France this week. Two articles on the judicial system: One  where two Roma who were accused of stealing copper were freed for lack of proof; the other, the case of a child removed from her mother based on a wrong testimony. The usual story about the closure of camps in Bordeaux – they simply pop up again somewhere else. And finally, an intervention in the French senate about the lack of social care for Roma children, and the fact that the Roma population living in camps does not decrease. There are roughly 15’000 of them. Since at least 20 years.

• Enquête mal ficelée ? : jugés pour un vol de cuivre, deux jeunes Roms relaxes. In: Actu.fr. 05.05.2023. https://actu.fr/occitanie/montpellier_34172/montpellier-enquete-mal-ficelee-juges-pour-un-vol-de-cuivre-deux-jeunes-roms-relaxes_59445895.html
• Sur la parole d’un témoin complotiste et raciste, on a retiré un bébé rom à sa mère qui mendiait. In radio France. 03.05.2023. https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/podcasts/la-revue-de-presse/la-revue-de-presse-du-mercredi-03-mai-2023-7475056
• A Bordeaux, l’évacuation sans fin des bidonvilles de précaires de la vigne. In: Yahoo. 06.05.2023. https://fr.news.yahoo.com/bordeaux-lévacuation-fin-bidonvilles-précaires-073058583.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmZyLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJbMofsquDs91WPC_EkckWzcMvfuSQAEBPKGKiHQzS19hQTgcRpOMtgwfEosgXqbj5E0ZPu5jWXUveidH7kyMq-VF9IAWh8ctpqv6Ari_3cVaUE4DR08HA4QTsGAvN4FyCXGwmfxGEhIF_KGnvQUGUiXDVDZVP-QET_YFCUFk9G9
• Manque de protection sociale des enfants issus de la communauté Rom. In: Senat.fr. 04.05.2023. https://www.senat.fr/questions/base/2023/qSEQ23050660S.html

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