{"id":1099,"date":"2014-10-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/%20rroma.org\/03-10-2014-athens-attempted-eviction-of-a-rroma-camp-leads-to-protests\/"},"modified":"2022-07-26T13:57:15","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T12:57:15","slug":"03-10-2014-athens-attempted-eviction-of-a-rroma-camp-leads-to-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rroma.org\/fr\/03-10-2014-athens-attempted-eviction-of-a-rroma-camp-leads-to-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"03.10.2014 Athens: attempted eviction of a Rroma camp leads to protests"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kemmos (2014) reports on \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tan attempted eviction of an informal Rroma settlement in Halandri, a suburb of \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAthens. The Rroma who, according to the journalist, have been living on the \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tprivate grounds since 40 years, shall now be evicted, following a decision by \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe ministry of interior. They were offered a site in Megara, a town forty kilometres \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\teast of Halandri. However, the inhabitants of the settlement do not want to move \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvoluntarily to the new location. Firstly, the new site is not yet habitable, and \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ton the other hand, they have set up small businesses in Halandri, such as the \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\trecycling of metal, and have a social network there. Upon the police\u2019s appearance, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe residents reacted by erecting barricades: \u201cBut the residents of the camp, supported by the mayor, decidedly resist. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEntrenched in the inside, they organise the defence. The demolition operation \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthat was planned for this morning did not take place. Forty residents of the camp \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tof Halandri, located in the northeast of Athens, were able to block the arrival \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tof the police cars by setting up barricades on the main access roads, producing \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsignificant traffic congestion at the entrance to the capital. At another \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentrance of the camp, trash and tires were set on fire, which forced the \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tevacuation teams to make a U-turn.\u201d<\/em> The further fate of the settlement is \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstill unclear. In Greece, according to estimates of the Rroma Foundation, there \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tare 200,000 to 300,000 Rroma. Quite a few of them have training, a job, and a \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tflat. Rroma belong to all social classes, but are indeed particularly affected \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby poverty and discrimination (compare Citizenside France 2014, Okeanews 2014, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPress TV). \u00a0<\/p>\n