Myria, a Belgian Federal organisation on migration issued its 19th report on human trafficking. In Belgium, 33 infractions to the law on human trafficking were related to begging and implicitly to Rroma.
Enough for the Press to title and generalise that all beggars are in the hands of human traffickers and a mafia, stereotypes that are totally untrue and dangerous. Really BAD!!!
And across the border, in the North of France, the police tries to arrest beggars in Lille … This will not solve the problem.

– Quand les mendiants sont aux mains des trafiquants. In: Le Soir. 13.10.2016. http://plus.lesoir.be/63725/article/2016-10-13/quand-les-mendiants-sont-aux-mains-des-trafiquants
– Mendicité : la vérité sur les Roms. In: Le Vif. 13.10.2016. http://www.levif.be/actualite/belgique/mendicite-la-verite-sur-les-roms/article-normal-561385.html
– Des mendiants aux mains de trafiquants. In: La Libre. 14.10.2016. http://www.lalibre.be/actu/belgique/des-mendiants-aux-mains-de-trafiquants-57ffa651cd70cd5761c9f196
– Mendicité des enfants roms : série d’arrestations de parents par la police. In: La Voix du Nord. 13.10.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/58987/article/2016-10-13/mendicite-des-enfants-roms-serie-d-arrestations-de-parents-par-la-police

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