Beggars – rroma.org https://rroma.org Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:53:24 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png Beggars – rroma.org https://rroma.org 32 32 Canada and Roma https://rroma.org/canada-and-roma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=canada-and-roma Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:53:24 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32214 A crude article pandering to st3ereotypes about Roma in a Canadian publication. Bad. Even if yes, there are indeed some Roma who are begging …

]]> French Chronicle … https://rroma.org/french-chronicle-356/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=french-chronicle-356 Sun, 22 Mar 2026 09:28:33 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31926 Quite a few articles about two Romanian Roma families who were condemned for having forced their children to beg. Other than that, in Nantes, Roma are voting to try to influence their fate in that city. Finally, in central France, two Serbian and two Romanian Roma were condemned for a series of burglaries.

]]> Poverty Migrants https://rroma.org/poverty-migrants/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=poverty-migrants Tue, 14 Oct 2025 13:13:24 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=30150 A study on poverty driven migration examines the topic of poverty migration from a sociological perspective in order to understand the situation of those affected from a scientific perspective. ITts focus is on the everyday lives of those in need and how they deal with potential stigmatization. Using key question-based interviews with Slovak and Romanian citizens, the living conditions of those in need were examined. The results show that those in need lack vital basic necessities in their countries of origin, which is why commuter migration to Western Europe is the only option.

]]> Lausanne and Beggars https://rroma.org/lausanne-and-beggars-4/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lausanne-and-beggars-4 Sun, 13 Apr 2025 07:37:53 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27922 The beggars who challenged the law forbidding begging in the canton of Vaud have lost their appeal. The Constitutional Court rejected the petition of nine plaintiffs, including four Roma, a homeless person, and a pastor. Their fundamental rights were not be violated.

]]> Lausanne: No Insertion https://rroma.org/27918-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=27918-2 Sun, 13 Apr 2025 07:36:55 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27918 The canton of Vaud will not attempt a pilot experiment for Roma integration, which was supposed to provide housing for a limited period of time to around fifteen families. On Tuesday, members of the Grand Council rejected the proposal to this effect.

]]> Switzerland: Romanian Beggars https://rroma.org/switzerland-romanian-beggars/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=switzerland-romanian-beggars Sun, 23 Feb 2025 08:13:27 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27265 The story of Romanian beggars who have been in Neuchâtel since end of last year. And now, they are not part of a criminal beggar gang, as the Swiss press often claims.

]]> Switzerland and Begging https://rroma.org/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 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…

]]> Bulgaria, Roma, Beggars, and Switzerland https://rroma.org/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 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.

]]> Beggars https://rroma.org/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.

]]> Trnava, Slovakia, and Beggars https://rroma.org/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 are local Roma, and according to the article, people feel threatened by them.

Bad.

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