Beggars Archives - rroma.org https://rroma.org/fr/tag/beggars/ Sun, 13 Oct 2024 13:11:22 +0000 fr-FR hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png Beggars Archives - rroma.org https://rroma.org/fr/tag/beggars/ 32 32 Switzerland and Begging https://rroma.org/fr/switzerland-and-begging/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=switzerland-and-begging Sun, 13 Oct 2024 13:11:22 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=25423 Very soon, begging in the streets of Lausanne, Vevey or Yverdon will no longer be a good idea. On October […]

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]]> Very soon, begging in the streets of Lausanne, Vevey or Yverdon will no longer be a good idea. On October 1st, the Grand Council of Vaud adopted a new law on begging that is stricter than the draft of the Council of State, which prohibits the persons concerned from begging in a large number of places, such as markets, near public buildings, daycare centres, schools, playgrounds, banks, post offices, cash machines and parking meters, shops, medical and care facilities, museums, theatres and cinemas.

While the law was originally thought against Roma beggars, it affects many drug addicts who are Swiss too…

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]]> Bulgaria, Roma, Beggars, and Switzerland https://rroma.org/fr/bulgaria-roma-beggars-and-switzerland/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bulgaria-roma-beggars-and-switzerland Wed, 26 Jun 2024 15:00:17 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=24334 Due to the presence of s few Roma beggars from Bulgaria in Bern, members of the police in charge of […]

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]]> Due to the presence of s few Roma beggars from Bulgaria in Bern, members of the police in charge of foreigners went to Burgas, Bulgaria, together with journalists from the Tages-Anzeiger.

They do report on the poverty, precarity, and dreadful living conditions, but also speak (rather lest someone speak) about Roma chiefs, who, when owed money that is not repaid, “forces” people to work, “for example as a beggar” in Switzerland. They also say that begging is an important source of income.

Not when the average income of a beggar is less than 20 francs. There are other means that are way more lucrative.

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]]> Beggars https://rroma.org/fr/beggars/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beggars Mon, 03 Jun 2024 05:09:00 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=24164 A reportage on Roma beggars in Lausanne. Now, there are also Bulgarian Roma. À la rencontre des mendiants roms. In: […]

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]]> A reportage on Roma beggars in Lausanne. Now, there are also Bulgarian Roma.

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]]> Trnava, Slovakia, and Beggars https://rroma.org/fr/23972-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=23972-2 Tue, 14 May 2024 08:32:29 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=23972 A worrying article about an increase of beggars in the town of Trnava in central Slovakia. Most of these beggars […]

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]]> A worrying article about an increase of beggars in the town of Trnava in central Slovakia. Most of these beggars are local Roma, and according to the article, people feel threatened by them.

Bad.

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]]> Bulgaria, Easter, and Beggars https://rroma.org/fr/bulgaria-easter-and-beggars/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bulgaria-easter-and-beggars Mon, 06 May 2024 11:20:32 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=23895 Another one of those articles in the Bulgarian press. This time, it is reporting on the increase of Roma due […]

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]]> Another one of those articles in the Bulgarian press. This time, it is reporting on the increase of Roma due to the Orthodox Easter festivities.

Again, bad for all…

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]]> Luxembourg and Roma https://rroma.org/fr/luxembourg-and-roma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=luxembourg-and-roma Wed, 21 Feb 2024 05:59:16 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=23120 This tiny country doesn’t often make the headlines in terms of Roma. Now Simone Beissel, a member of the municipal […]

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]]> This tiny country doesn’t often make the headlines in terms of Roma. Now Simone Beissel, a member of the municipal executive board of the city of Luxembourg is facing criticisms and demands for resignation after having made what many deem racists comments on Roma in the context of begging.

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]]> Switzerland and Beggars https://rroma.org/fr/switzerland-and-beggars-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=switzerland-and-beggars-2 Thu, 08 Feb 2024 15:15:26 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=22997 Ann article in the Swiss boulevard press about organized beggars due to the condemnation of several Roma for having abused […]

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]]> Ann article in the Swiss boulevard press about organized beggars due to the condemnation of several Roma for having abused people and forced them to beg in Switzerland. When one thinks that the average money made by a beggar in Switzerland is around 20 CHF per day and person, this is really not the most lucrative criminal operation. Such articles generalizing from a single case are really bad.

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]]> Switzerland and Roma https://rroma.org/fr/switzerland-and-roma-4/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=switzerland-and-roma-4 Thu, 12 Oct 2023 07:01:53 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=21935 An article about a scam in Zurich, whereby a person asks for food near an automatic distributor, and when a […]

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]]> An article about a scam in Zurich, whereby a person asks for food near an automatic distributor, and when a person is kind enough to pay, the scammer selects a charger instead, for a higher sum, which can be returned for deposit at a later stage. According to the victim, a reporter for a local newspaper, she was asked by a “young woman who I would classify as Sinti or Roma”…

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]]> Roma in Swiss Press https://rroma.org/fr/roma-in-swiss-press/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roma-in-swiss-press Sun, 01 Oct 2023 11:42:29 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=21834 This is the text that is presented in this article: Mirabela, Bobi and Ilie live in Geneva and sleep on […]

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]]> This is the text that is presented in this article: Mirabela, Bobi and Ilie live in Geneva and sleep on the streets, in their cars or in emergency shelters. Due to lack of work, these Roma sometimes beg. However, begging is prohibited in strategic places in Geneva’s public space. Roma are therefore regularly arrested and fined by the police. Their debt can reach astronomical sums and risks being converted into days in prison.

It is true that begging is forbidden. But, there is a whiff of generalisation here… And that is bad.

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]]> Montenegro and Begging https://rroma.org/fr/montenegro-and-begging/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=montenegro-and-begging Mon, 10 Apr 2023 06:21:57 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=20055 The President of the Montenegro Roma Council, Mensur Šalaj, warned that the problem of child begging is widespread throughout the […]

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]]> The President of the Montenegro Roma Council, Mensur Šalaj, warned that the problem of child begging is widespread throughout the country. According to the council, there are no systemic measures to fight child begging, and often only the consequences, and not the causes, of this phenomenon are dealt with.

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