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UK: Pilot Projects

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Six new pilot projects aimed at the Roma and Travellers communities are being launched in the UK. They range from school to health.
Small, but a start.

– SIX PILOT PROJECTS ANNOUNCED TO SUPPORT GYPSY, ROMA AND TRAVELLER COMMUNITIES. In: Care Appointment. 03.06.2018. https://www.careappointments.co.uk/care-news/england/item/44289-six-pilot-projects-announced-to-support-gypsy-roma-and-traveller-communities [link-preview url=”https://www.careappointments.co.uk/care-news/england/item/44289-six-pilot-projects-announced-to-support-gypsy-roma-and-traveller-communities”]

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Travellers in Switzerland

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An article on Roma travellers in Switzerland, and for once, one that is not as negative as the usual presentation in the country’s press.
And it shows one can do things differently.

– «Schaue ich vorbei, werde ich oft zum Kaffee eingeladen». In: Der Bund. https://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/schaue-ich-vorbei-werde-ich-oft-zum-kaffee-eingeladen/story/24489767 [link-preview url=”https://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/schaue-ich-vorbei-werde-ich-oft-zum-kaffee-eingeladen/story/24489767″]

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Appleby

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The largest horse fair in the UK, the Appleby horse fair is being prepared with many travellers slowly gathering. The fair will be held between June 7 and 10.

– Gypsies and travellers make their way to Appleby for horse fair. In: The Westmoreland Gazette. 01.06.2018. http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/16264205.Gypsies_and_travellers_make_their_way_to_Appleby_for_horse_fair/ [link-preview url=”http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/16264205.Gypsies_and_travellers_make_their_way_to_Appleby_for_horse_fair/”]

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More on the Complaint

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First reactions in Switzerland on the complaint against an SVP politician who made derogatory comments about Roma travellers.

– SVP-Politiker hat Anzeige am Hals. In: FM1 Today. 31.05.2018. http://www.fm1today.ch/svp-politiker-hat-anzeige-am-hals/781689 [link-preview url=”http://www.fm1today.ch/svp-politiker-hat-anzeige-am-hals/781689″]

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Switzerland: Complaint

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The Society for Threatened People and the Association of Sinti and Roma Switzerland have lodged a complaint against a SVP (right wing populist party) politician for racism and incitation to racial hatred for his comments on Roma travellers.

– «Das ist rassistisch» Strafanzeige gegen Arboner SVP-Mann nach Verbalattacke auf Fahrende. In: Tagblatt. 30.05.2018. https://www.tagblatt.ch/ostschweiz/nach-verbalattacke-auf-roma-strafanzeige-gegen-den-arboner-svp-fraktionspraesidenten-ld.1024762 [link-preview url=”https://www.tagblatt.ch/ostschweiz/nach-verbalattacke-auf-roma-strafanzeige-gegen-den-arboner-svp-fraktionspraesidenten-ld.1024762″]

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Switzerland and Holocaust

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An article on Ceija Stojka in the Swiss press, and information about the Holocaust on Roma. This is news in Switzerland, as Roma generally are only beggars or travellers …
Good.

– Le travail de mémoire de Ceija Stojka. In: Le Temps. 25.05.2018. https://www.letemps.ch/culture/travail-memoire-ceija-stojka [link-preview url=”https://www.letemps.ch/culture/travail-memoire-ceija-stojka”]

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Roma Travellers

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Several Roma are camping in Rüthi in the canton Saint Gall. They are apparently gathering for a wedding. The press is saying residents are afraid of the dirt, depredations etc. that will certainly occur.
Well, how about seeing first, and then saying what happened …

– Anwohner bangen vor Hochzeit unter Fahrenden. In: 20 Minuten CH. 23.05.2018. http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/ostschweiz/story/Fahrende-in-Ruethi-23594499 [link-preview url=”http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/ostschweiz/story/Fahrende-in-Ruethi-23594499″]

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Appleby Horse Fair

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The main horse fair for travellers in the UK is being prepared. It will take place between the 7th and 13th of June.

– County Durham Prepares for Travellers Heading to Appleby Horse Fair. In: Durham Magazine. 22.05.2018. https://durhammagazine.co.uk/durham-news/county-durham-prepares-for-travellers-heading-to-appleby-horse-fair/02659/ [link-preview url=”https://durhammagazine.co.uk/durham-news/county-durham-prepares-for-travellers-heading-to-appleby-horse-fair/02659/”]

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Bern: Camping Sites

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The discussion on sites for travellers in the canton of Bern is a never-ending story. Two sites cannot be used, and now maybe an alternative on prison land can be found…

– Fahrende auf Land von Gefängnis? In: 20 Minuten (CH). 18.05.2018. http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/bern/story/Fahrende-auf-Knast-Land–16907062 [link-preview url=”http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/bern/story/Fahrende-auf-Knast-Land–16907062″]

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French Chronicle …

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Not much on Roma this week in France. A socialist mayor of the North of France is calling for a manifestation to protest the illegal camps of Travellers (Mostly Roma – French Manouches, Lovara and Kalderaša). In Marseilles, the president of the largest soccer club invites 20 Roma children to watch a soccer game. Near Marseilles, the presentation of a book on Roma and their integration will take place on the 24th of May. Another article on the controversial exhibition in Paris – full of praise thereof, unfortunately. Finally, yet another camp is going to be closed.

– Face aux installations de gens du voyage, le gros coup de gueule de Roger Vicot. In: La Voix du Nord. 13.05.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/375897/article/2018-05-13/face-aux-installations-de-gens-du-voyage-le-gros-coup-de-gueule-de-roger-vicot
– Face aux installations de gens du voyage, le gros coup de gueule de Roger Vicot. In: Nord Éclair. 13.05.2018. http://www.nordeclair.fr/159745/article/2018-05-13/face-aux-installations-de-gens-du-voyage-le-gros-coup-de-gueule-de-roger-vicot
– Soutien de l’École au présent, Jacques-Henri Eyraud invite vingt enfants roms au Vélodrome. In: Marsactu. 11.05.2018. https://marsactu.fr/bref/soutien-de-lecole-au-present-jacques-henri-eyraud-invite-vingt-enfants-roms-au-velodrome/
– Familles roms, le choix de l’accueil. In: Mille Sabords. http://www.millebabords.org/spip.php?article31751
– Expo photos : sur la route avec les gitans. In: Grazia. 13.05.2018. https://www.grazia.fr/culture/arts-architecture/expo-photos-sur-la-route-avec-les-gitans-887737
– Prévessin-Moëns: le camp sauvage de Roms sera expulse. In: Le Pays Gessiens. 10.05.2018. http://www.lepaysgessien.fr/a-la-une-le-pays-gessien/prevessin-moens-le-camp-sauvage-de-roms-sera-expulse-ia922b0n198057# [link-preview url=”https://marsactu.fr/bref/soutien-de-lecole-au-present-jacques-henri-eyraud-invite-vingt-enfants-roms-au-velodrome/ “]

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Ireland, Travellers, and Roma

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An analysis of the situation of Travellers and Roma in Ireland and the continuing discrimination they face.

– Perniciousness of racism and ableism in Ireland still continues. In: The Irish Times. 08.05.2018. https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/perniciousness-of-racism-and-ableism-in-ireland-still-continues-1.3480297 [link-preview url=”https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/perniciousness-of-racism-and-ableism-in-ireland-still-continues-1.3480297″]

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Travellers in Switzerland

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The new law in the canton of Neuchatel in Switzerland is all but friendly towards travellers. In fact, it is so bad, that it may very well contradict basic human rights and definitively agreements signed with the EU…
An appeal to the Swiss Federal Tribunal has been made by several organisations.

– Fahrende sehen sich im Kanton Neuenburg diskriminiert. In: Watson. 24.04.2018. https://www.watson.ch/Schweiz/articles/338482985-Fahrende-sehen-sich-im-Kanton-Neuenburg-diskriminiert [link-preview url=”https://www.watson.ch/Schweiz/articles/338482985-Fahrende-sehen-sich-im-Kanton-Neuenburg-diskriminiert”]

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Switzerland and Travellers

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The Swiss Federal Tribunal will have to decide a recourse against the new law on Travellers issued by the Canton of Neuchatel. This law is definitively repressive and singles out a minority. As such, it cannot be accepted.

– Bundesgericht soll Neuenburger Gesetz zum Aufenthalt von Fahrenden für ungültig erklären. In: GfbV. 24.05.2018. https://www.gfbv.ch/de/medien/medienmitteilungen/bundesgericht-soll-neuenburger-gesetz-zum-aufenthalt-von-fahrenden-fuer-ungueltig-erklaeren/ [link-preview url=”https://www.gfbv.ch/de/medien/medienmitteilungen/bundesgericht-soll-neuenburger-gesetz-zum-aufenthalt-von-fahrenden-fuer-ungueltig-erklaeren/”]

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Paris: Exhibition

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Another article on the photography exhibition in Paris called “Mondes Tsiganes – La Fabrique des Images” in the museum for migration.The exhibition aims at showing how stereotypes were created via photography.
BUT: The name “Tsigane” as well as the place “Immigration” museum are not the right ones. And the Press now speaks of “Travellers”…

– Les gens du voyage sous l’œil des photographes. In: RFI. 28.03.2018. http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20180328-gens-voyage-sous-oeil-photographes [link-preview url=”http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20180328-gens-voyage-sous-oeil-photographes”]

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Paris – Photo Exhibition

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An exhibition of photographs of “Gens du Voyage” [travellers] with pictures between 1860 and now is open in Paris at the National Museum of the History of Immigration.

– Les « gens du voyage » en images au Musée national de l’histoire de l’immigration. In: Le Monde. 13.03.2018. http://www.lemonde.fr/photo/portfolio/2018/03/13/les-gens-du-voyage-en-images-au-musee-national-de-l-histoire-de-l-immigration_5270110_4789037.html#Tso4CrlrOvD6JXRq.99 [link-preview url=”http://www.lemonde.fr/photo/portfolio/2018/03/13/les-gens-du-voyage-en-images-au-musee-national-de-l-histoire-de-l-immigration_5270110_4789037.html#Tso4CrlrOvD6JXRq.99″]

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Switzerland: Law on Travellers

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The Law on travellers proposed by the Canton of Bern is getting bashed by a law professor who considers it illegal. The proposal would bring drastic measures against travellers who would be treated in the same way as hooligans.
Bad law, good critique!

– «Lex Fahrende» erhält miese Noten. In: Der Bund. 14.03.2018. https://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/lex-fahrende-erhaelt-miese-noten/story/18895340
– Jus-Professor kritisiert «Lex Fahrende». In: Berner Zeitung. 14.03.2018. https://www.bernerzeitung.ch/region/kanton-bern/jusprofessor-kritisiert-lex-fahrende/story/12727031 [link-preview url=”https://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/lex-fahrende-erhaelt-miese-noten/story/18895340 “]

Europe

Empowering Women

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The council of Europe is stating that women are change makers and that empowering Roma and Traveller women and girls to access leadership positions is the key towards the inclusion of Roma and Travellers into society.

– ROMA-Latest News. In: Council of Europe. 08.03.2018. https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/empowering-roma-and-traveller-women-and-girls-to-access-leadership-positions-is-the-key-towards-the-inclusion [link-preview url=”https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/empowering-roma-and-traveller-women-and-girls-to-access-leadership-positions-is-the-key-towards-the-inclusion”]

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Camping Site

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A site for “foreign” travellers (i.e. Roma) is opening in Brügg, Switzerland. Switzerland has a policy of de-facto segregation – reserving sites for Swiss travellers only. This is a rather recent development, started around 2014.

– Transitplatz für Fahrende in Brügg. In: Bauernzeitung. 08.03.2018. https://www.bauernzeitung.ch/news-archiv/2018/transitplatz-fuer-fahrende-in-bruegg [link-preview url=”https://www.bauernzeitung.ch/news-archiv/2018/transitplatz-fuer-fahrende-in-bruegg”]

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Westminster Mass

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Last Saturday saw a special mass in London’s Westminster Cathedral for Travellers. It was attended by Travellers from all over the UK.

– Hundreds attend Mass for Traveller Community at Westminster Cathedral. In: ICN. 26.02.2018. https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/34415 [link-preview url=”https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/34415″]

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Travellers Rights

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A portrait of a young Scottish traveller activist. We need more of this.

– “We are finally finding our voice to speak up and stand up for ourselves and our rights!” In: Youth Traveller Times. 19.02.2018. https://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/ytt/news/2018/02/we-are-finally-finding-our-voice-speak-and-stand-ourselves-and-our-rights [link-preview url=”https://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/ytt/news/2018/02/we-are-finally-finding-our-voice-speak-and-stand-ourselves-and-our-rights”]

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