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French Chronicle …

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Apart from the controversy following an interview of the actors of Clavier’s film, not htat many news in France on the Rroma.
First, an article on the impact of the expulsions on school attendance by Rroma children. Clearly, these expulsions do nothing for integration. Then, near Paris, protests by Rroma in Ivry, following their expulsion and the lack of alternative lodgings; the story of the “insertion village” in St. Genis les Ollières near Lyon; some questions on travellers’ sites in the North of France; near Nantes, 120 expulsed Rroma moved to another site; a protest in Fontaine, near Grenoble (where one FN politician suggested one should take the Rroma’s golden teeth); Rroma asking for a reprive in Nice until Easter; and finally, an association defending Rroma in Toulouse.

– La reprise des expulsions menace la scolarisation des enfants roms. In: FR3 Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur. 30.03.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/metropole-aix-marseille/marseille/reprise-expulsions-menace-scolarisation-enfants-roms-1224869.html
– Roms d’Ivry : les oubliés du bidonville Truillot attendent toujours un lodgement. In: Le Parisien. 29.03.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/creteil-94000/roms-d-ivry-les-oublies-du-bidonville-truillot-attendent-toujours-un-logement-29-03-2017-6807570.php
– St-Genis-les-Ollières : la vie du village d’insertion. In: FR3 Auvergne Rhône Alpes. 30.03.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/rhone/st-genis-ollieres-vie-du-village-insertion-1224473.html
– Comment sont gérées les aires d’accueil pour les gens du voyage ? In: Nord Éclair. 31.03.2017. http://www.nordeclair.fr/48649/article/2017-03-31/comment-sont-gerees-les-aires-d-accueil-pour-les-gens-du-voyage
– Nantes Le campement Rom d’Indre a rejoint Bouguenais. In: Presse Océan. 29.03.2017. http://www.presseocean.fr/actualite/nantes-le-campement-roms-dindre-a-rejoint-bouguenais-29-03-2017-223896
– Près de Nantes, 120 Roms expulsés d’Indre s’installent à Bouguenais. In: Ouest France. 28.03.2017. http://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/pres-de-nantes-120-roms-expulses-d-indre-s-installent-bouguenais-4888105
– CONSEIL MUNICIPAL TENDU À FONTAINE SUITE AUX PROPOS ANTI-ROMS TENUS PAR UN ÉLU FN. Place Gre’Net. 28.03.2017. http://www.placegrenet.fr/2017/03/28/conseil-municipal-tendu-a-fontaine-suite-aux-propos-anti-roms-tenus-elu-fn/129867
– Les Roms demandent un sursis jusqu’à Pâques. In: Nice Matin. 01.04.2017. http://www.nicematin.com/vie-locale/les-roms-demandent-un-sursis-jusqu-a-paques-126318
– François Piquemal (DAL) : «Toulouse doit rester à ses habitants » In: La Dépèche. 02.04.2017. http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2017/03/31/2547605-francois-piquemal-dal-toulouse-doit-rester-a-ses-habitants.html [link-preview url=”http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/metropole-aix-marseille/marseille/reprise-expulsions-menace-scolarisation-enfants-roms-1224869.html “]

Slovakia and Rroma Education

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A long article by a researcher from Amnesty International on the constant discrimination and exclusion of Rroma children in Slovakia. The situation is just simply not improving fast enough.

– EN SLOVAQUIE, LES MAUVAISES NOTES DU PAYS SUR LE SUJET DES ENFANTS ROMS. In: Amnesty International. 24.03.2017. https://www.amnesty.fr/discriminations/actualites/slovaquie-mauvaises-notes-sur-le-sujet-des-enfants-roms [link-preview url=”https://www.amnesty.fr/discriminations/actualites/slovaquie-mauvaises-notes-sur-le-sujet-des-enfants-roms”]

French Chronicle …

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It seems that with the polemics on the Front National politician on gold teeth, the rest of the news is pretty much concentrated in the North of France… Why is a mystery, but clearly one speaks more about Rroma in the North of France than in any other region of the country bar Paris.
More closures in Roubaix, on the Quai de Bordeau; and with one squat being on the list of impeding closures; in Ronchin, where the former school Sainte Thérèse has been closed and is now being sealed to prevent any other arrival; and finally for the North, the arrest of a 14 years old Rroma boy following a theft, and who was recognised by a women who was sexually assaulted, prompting the closure of several camps in Lille.
Other news in France cover the interpellation of Marine Le Pen in the South of France by a Rrom on the affair of the gold teeth; the visit of an “insertion village” in the Isère by the Minister of Housing; and a reportage on children sleeping in the rough in Caen, in Normandie.

– Les Roms du quai de Bordeaux seront-ils expulsés vers le camp des Couteaux? In: La Voix du Nord. 22.03.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/136539/article/2017-03-22/les-roms-du-quai-de-bordeaux-seront-ils-expulses-vers-le-camp-des-couteaux
– Les Roms du quai de Bordeaux seront-ils expulsés vers le camp des Couteaux? In: Nord Éclair. 22.03.2017. http://www.nordeclair.fr/46277/article/2017-03-22/les-roms-du-quai-de-bordeaux-seront-ils-expulses-vers-le-camp-des-couteaux
– Le squat de la rue Nain risque aussi l’évacuation. In: La Voix du Nord. 22.03.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/136537/article/2017-03-22/le-squat-de-la-rue-nain-risque-aussi-l-evacuation
– Loin de la Roumanie, Adrian et Maritza découvrent la première maison de leur vie. In: La Voix du Nord. 23.03.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/136675/article/2017-03-23/loin-de-la-roumanie-adrian-et-maritza-decouvrent-la-premiere-maison-de-leur-vie
– Désamiantage puis demolition. In: La Voix du Nord. 22.03.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/136672/article/2017-03-22/desamiantage-puis-demolition
– Arrêté pour vol ce dimanche, un ado de 14 ans reconnu par une joggeuse agressée en 2016. In: La Voix du Nord. 20.03.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/135671/article/2017-03-20/arrete-pour-vol-ce-dimanche-un-ado-de-14-ans-reconnu-par-une-joggeuse-agressee
– Au nom des Roms, il interpelle Marine Le Pen. In: Nice Matin. 22.03.2017. http://www.nicematin.com/politique/au-nom-des-roms-il-interpelle-marine-le-pen-123503
– EMMANUELLE COSSE AU VILLAGE DU RONDEAU : “ON A BESOIN DE CES LIEUX-LÀ !”
In: Place Grenet. 24.03.2017. http://www.placegrenet.fr/2017/03/24/emmanuelle-cosse-au-village-du-rondeau-on-a-besoin-de-ces-lieux-la/129266
– Chaque nuit à Caen, des enfants dorment à la rue. In: Ouest France. 22.03.2017. http://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/caen-14000/chaque-nuit-caen-des-enfants-dorment-la-rue-4876378 [link-preview url=”http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/136539/article/2017-03-22/les-roms-du-quai-de-bordeaux-seront-ils-expulses-vers-le-camp-des-couteaux “]

Rroma From Slovenia in Israel

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A Rroma educator from Slovenia left her country to get an education in Israel. And she ends up as one of the few Rroma in Slovenia with a university degree.
Good for her, and what does it say about the country? That with equal opportunity, things would work better!

– Romski vzgojitelj iz Prekmurja: Ni mi žal, da sem se odločil za študij v Izraelu. In: RTV Slovenia. 13.03.2017. https://www.rtvslo.si/lokalne-novice/romski-vzgojitelj-iz-prekmurja-ni-mi-zal-da-sem-se-odlocil-za-studij-v-izraelu/417212 [link-preview url=”https://www.rtvslo.si/lokalne-novice/romski-vzgojitelj-iz-prekmurja-ni-mi-zal-da-sem-se-odlocil-za-studij-v-izraelu/417212″]

A Row in the Czech Republic on Discrimination

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An NGO officially disagrees with a judgement of court stating that the principal of a school in Ostrava-Muglinova discriminated against two Rroma pupils…
Bad enough that this happened, good that the court agreed, it is even more complicated. The NGO is an organisation that has been part for a long time in Rroma education and is funded in part by the Open Society Foundations. They say there is no discrimination, just a row on education.
Nothing is simple …

– Czech Republic: NGO disagrees with court that principal discriminated against Romani pre-schoolers. In: Romea.cz. 11.03.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-republic-ngo-disagrees-with-court-that-principal-discriminated-against-romani-preschoolers [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-republic-ngo-disagrees-with-court-that-principal-discriminated-against-romani-preschoolers”]

French Chronicle …

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More camps being closed in the Lille region, following the accusations of aggressions by Rroma youngsters, with one camps dismantled in Lille Hellemes; and a collective is asking the Mayor of Lille whether he wants to “clean up” the town of Rroma (Martine Aubry is the socialist mayor of Lille); then a new trend – garbage – with two articles, one on Rroma helping cleaning out their camp, the other stating that tons of garbage were left by Rroma – both are an old story used to justify eviction; some news in the West on the Holocaust; and finally, some better news in Montpellier, with an association calling for the end of stigmatisation of Rroma, and with a mediation being put in place to allow children to attend school.

– Lille-Hellemmes : un camp rom évacué ce mercredi. In: FR3 Hauts-de-France. 08.03.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/hauts-de-france/nord-pas-calais/nord/lille-metropole/lille/lille-hellemmes-camp-rom-evacue-ce-mercredi-1210179.html
– Le camp rom de l’ex-imprimerie H2D démantelé. In: La Voix du Nord. 08.03.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/128935/article/2017-03-08/le-camp-rom-de-la-rue-chanzy-evacue-ce-mercredi-matin
– « Voulez-vous faire table rase ou construire ? », demande le collectif Roms à Martine Aubry. In: La Voix du Nord. 09.03.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/129859/article/2017-03-09/voulez-vous-faire-table-rase-ou-construire-demande-le-collectif-roms-martine
– Champs-sur-Marne. Les Roms participent au nettoyage de leur camp. In: Le Parisien. 10.03.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/champs-sur-marne-77420/champs-sur-marne-les-roms-participent-au-nettoyage-de-leur-camp-10-03-2017-6751740.php
– Courdimanche : après le départ des Roms, des tonnes de déchets à évacuer. In: Le Parisien. 07.03.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/val-d-oise-95/courdimanche-apres-le-depart-des-roms-des-tonnes-de-dechets-a-evacuer-07-03-2017-6741165.php
– Semaine de la Mémoire à Coutances. Le destin tragique des Roms. In: Ouest France. 05.03.2017. http://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/coutances-50200/semaine-de-la-memoire-coutances-le-destin-tragique-des-roms-4836986
– La mission des associations de Montpellier : ne plus stigmatiser les Roms. In: Midi Libre. 11.03.2017. http://www.midilibre.fr/2017/03/10/montpellier-ne-plus-stigmatiser-les-roms,1477177.php
Montpellier : une médiation mise en place pour scolariser les enfants roms. In: Midi Libre. 12.03.2017. http://www.midilibre.fr/2017/03/11/montpellier-une-mediation-mise-en-place-pour-scolariser-les-enfants-roms,1477445.php [link-preview url=”http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/hauts-de-france/nord-pas-calais/nord/lille-metropole/lille/lille-hellemmes-camp-rom-evacue-ce-mercredi-1210179.html “]

Slovakia and Education

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Harsh critique of the government from the opposition on its Rroma Education. According to the critique, the government is “helpless” and has not done a thing in the last ten years.
Maybe this will start the ball rolling!

– KDH: Vláda je bezradná vo vzdelávaní Rómov, robí nezmyselné kroky. In: Teraz Slovensko. 10.03.2017. http://www.teraz.sk/slovensko/kdh-vlada-je-bezradna-vo-vzdelavani/247983-clanok.html [link-preview url=”http://www.teraz.sk/slovensko/kdh-vlada-je-bezradna-vo-vzdelavani/247983-clanok.html”]

Moldavia: An Activist

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A portrait of Cristina Raducan, a leading Rromani pushing hard for better schooling of Rroma children in her country.
Good!

– LA FÉE ROM QUI ENVOIE LES FILLES À L’ÉCOLE. In: Amnesty International. 08.03.2017. https://www.amnesty.ch/fr/sur-amnesty/publications/magazine-amnesty/2017-1/cristina-raducan-reseau-femmes-roms-moldavie [link-preview url=”https://www.amnesty.ch/fr/sur-amnesty/publications/magazine-amnesty/2017-1/cristina-raducan-reseau-femmes-roms-moldavie”]

Macron and Rroma

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The French candidate to the presidential election Emmanuel Macron was confronted by Anina Ciuciu on the fate of Rroma children who are denied the right of going to school in France.
Good that this topic is being raised!

– https://www.facebook.com/La.voix.des.Rroms/videos/1857042574553374/ [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/La.voix.des.Rroms/videos/1857042574553374/”]

France and Education

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The story of a young Rroma boy who went to school but can no longer register and be admitted in one.
SHAME!

– Basti, enfant rom de 10 ans, voudrait simplement aller à l’école. In: Nord Éclair. 01.03.2017. http://www.nordeclair.fr/40430/article/2017-03-01/basti-enfant-rom-de-10-ans-voudrait-simplement-aller-l-ecole [link-preview url=”http://www.nordeclair.fr/40430/article/2017-03-01/basti-enfant-rom-de-10-ans-voudrait-simplement-aller-l-ecole”]

Slovakia and Rroma Education

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There have been many articles recently that thematise the segregation of Rroma children in the Slovak education system and the consequences thereof. Also in Slovakia itself.
Good that this gains traction!

– Roma segregation – Slovakia’s evergreen problem. In: The Slovak Spectator. 01.03.2017. https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20471589/roma-segregation-slovakias-evergreen-problem.html
– Slovakia continues to allow discrimination against Roma children. In: EURAKTIV. 02.03.2017. http://www.euractiv.com/section/justice-home-affairs/news/slovakia-continues-to-allow-discrimination-against-roma-children/ http://www.euractiv.fr/section/justice-affaires-interieures/news/slovakia-continues-to-allow-discrimination-against-roma-children/
– Rights groups: Slovakia discriminates against Roma kids. In: Associated Press. 28.02.2017. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/rights-groups-slovakia-discriminates-roma-kids-45812947
– Slovak Roma Students Still Segregated Says Report. In: TOL. 02.03.2017. http://www.tol.org/client/article/26739-slovakia-roma-segregation-schools-report.html
– AI: Slovensko nezabezpečuje rovný prístup rómskych detí k vzdelaniu. In: Spravy Pravda. 01.03.2017. http://spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok/421645-ai-slovensko-nezabezpecuje-rovny-pristup-romskych-deti-k-vzdelaniu/
– Amnesty International preháňa, tvrdí Kaliňák o kritike segregácie Rómov. In: TA3. 25.02.2017. http://www.ta3.com/clanok/1100609/amnesty-international-prehana-tvrdi-kalinak-o-kritike-segregacie-romov.html [link-preview url=”https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20471589/roma-segregation-slovakias-evergreen-problem.html “]

France and Schools

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The French Republic is no longer what it used to be … Yet another case of a mayor refusing to enrol Rroma children in school, one of the fundamental rights in that country.
Bad!

– Prémesques : la commune s’oppose à la scolarisation d’enfants roms. In: FR3 Hauts de France. 27.02.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/hauts-de-france/nord-pas-calais/nord/lille-metropole/premesques-commune-s-oppose-scolarisation-enfants-roms-1204213.html [link-preview url=”http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/hauts-de-france/nord-pas-calais/nord/lille-metropole/premesques-commune-s-oppose-scolarisation-enfants-roms-1204213.html”]

Slovakia and Education

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Another article on the failure of the Slovakian school system for Rroma. And it is unfortunately true in many cases.

– Government failing to educate, integrate Roma children. In: Al Jazeera. 02.02.2017. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/03/government-failing-educate-integrate-roma-children-170301171600351.html [link-preview url=”http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/03/government-failing-educate-integrate-roma-children-170301171600351.html”]

Slovakia and Education

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A Slovak action plans wants to reduce the disparities of the level of education between Rroma and the rest of the population as well as to improve the level of financial literacy (sic… and really?) amongst Rroma.
How about integrating Rroma in the regular school system instead of placing them in special schools?

– Ravasz chce lepšiu finančnú gramotnosť Rómov a rómske deti na SŠ. In: Školsky Servis. 22.02.2017. http://skolskyservis.teraz.sk/skolstvo/ravasz-chce-lepsiu-financnu-gramotnos/32792-clanok.html [link-preview url=”http://skolskyservis.teraz.sk/skolstvo/ravasz-chce-lepsiu-financnu-gramotnos/32792-clanok.html”]

Wales and Education

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Once again Rroma are in the news on education, being the lowest achievers according to the statistics. Bad, but actually these statistics need to be looked at carefully. If you don’t know how many Rroma there are, how can you give a percentage ????

– ‘Firmer grip’ needed on education improvement grants. In: BBC News. 21.02.2017. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-39032241 [link-preview url=”http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-39032241″]

Romania and Slavery

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Romania had 5 centuries of Rroma slavery and it was only abolished in 1862. The subject is still nearly taboo and is not taught in schools. It is thus quite impressive to see a theatre play in Bucharest by a Rromni.

– L’esclavage des Roms, la « Grande Honte » de la Roumanie. In: Café Babel. 20.02.2017. http://www.cafebabel.fr/societe/article/lesclavage-des-roms-la-grande-honte-de-la-roumanie.html [link-preview url=”http://www.cafebabel.fr/societe/article/lesclavage-des-roms-la-grande-honte-de-la-roumanie.html”]

France, Rroma, and Education

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A good article by the New York Times on Rroma and education in France. And on the fact that France is less than keen in getting Rroma in its school classes.

– For Roma in France, Education Is an Elusive Path to Integration. In: The New York Times. 09.02.2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/09/world/europe/for-roma-in-france-education-is-an-elusive-path-to-integration.html?_r=0 [link-preview url=”https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/09/world/europe/for-roma-in-france-education-is-an-elusive-path-to-integration.html?_r=0″]

France: A Mayor and Rroma

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A French Mayor accused of having prevented Rroam from going to school in her commune was cleared of all charges.
SHAME!!!

– Accusée d’avoir discriminé des Roms, la maire (LR) de Sucy relaxée définitivement. In: Le Parisien. 10.02.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/sucy-en-brie-94370/accusee-d-avoir-discrimine-des-roms-la-maire-lr-de-sucy-definitivement-relaxee-10-02-2017-6671394.php
– Une maire accusée d’avoir refusé de scolariser des Roms mise hors de cause. In: Europe 1. 10.02.2017. http://www.europe1.fr/societe/une-maire-accusee-davoir-refuse-de-scolariser-des-roms-mise-hors-de-cause-2974883
– Une maire accusée d’avoir refusé de scolariser des Roms relaxée. In: Boursorama. 10.02.2017. [link-preview url=”http://www.leparisien.fr/sucy-en-brie-94370/accusee-d-avoir-discrimine-des-roms-la-maire-lr-de-sucy-definitivement-relaxee-10-02-2017-6671394.php”]

Really?

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This story is so not typical of Slovakia that one almost asks oneself how is this possible. A private school in Bratislava wants to attract Rroma, especially disabled ones to the school. The school costs over 2’00 EUR per year, a sum which is beyond the reach of many Rroma families, and subsidies will be given …

– Na súkromné bratislavské gymnázium chcú prilákať Rómov, deti na vozíčku aj z chudobných rodín. In: Dennik. 01.02.2017. https://dennikn.sk/667891/na-sukromne-bratislavske-gymnazium-chcu-prilakat-romov-deti-na-vozicku-aj-z-chudobnych-rodin/ [link-preview url=”https://dennikn.sk/667891/na-sukromne-bratislavske-gymnazium-chcu-prilakat-romov-deti-na-vozicku-aj-z-chudobnych-rodin/”]

Propaganda

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A real piece of official news from Hungary. It is a letter to the editor to an article we also published here. The Orban government did a lot for Rroma. Yes, you read it. For example advocating segregation in schools (for the good of the Rroma – according to Mr. Balog, Human Resource Minister), and many more “good” deeds.
This is alternative news …

– Hungary is not ‘hell’ for Roma. In: Politico. 30.01.2017. http://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-is-not-hell-for-roma/ [link-preview url=”http://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-is-not-hell-for-roma/”]

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