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Slovakia: Segregation

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The Roma Monitoring Report, prepared for the European Commission notes several cases of blatant segregation in the Slovak school system. Children are put in special school (nothing new), and teachers of such schools were even documented offering bribes to the parents to get the children in their schools. In many cases, the children were almost automatically “diagnosed” with mental illness, boosting the revenue of the school.
Clearly, these schools do not do much in matters of education.
SHAME!

– Segregácia Rómov sa presúva zo základných škôl už aj na stredné. In: Slovensko Honline. 25.04.2018. https://slovensko.hnonline.sk/1734001-segregacia-romov-sa-presuva-zo-zakladnych-skol-uz-aj-na-stredne [link-preview url=”https://slovensko.hnonline.sk/1734001-segregacia-romov-sa-presuva-zo-zakladnych-skol-uz-aj-na-stredne”]

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Slovakia: Education and Inclusion

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NGOs in Slovakia have criticised the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport (MŠVVaŠ) of the Slovak Republic on their implementation of inclusive education of pupils from socially disadvantaged environment based on the approved Strategy of the Roma Integration for 2020.
The criticism is based on the NGOs monitoring report on the implementation of measures of the national Roma integration strategy in Slovakia that was delivered to the EU.

– Inkluzívne vzdelávanie má zlepšiť stratégiu začlenenia Rómov. In: Dobre Noviny. 25.04.2018. https://www.dobrenoviny.sk/c/130454/inkluzivne-vzdelavanie-ma-zlepsit-strategiu-zaclenenia-romov [link-preview url=”https://www.dobrenoviny.sk/c/130454/inkluzivne-vzdelavanie-ma-zlepsit-strategiu-zaclenenia-romov”]

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Slovakia: A Teacher

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A Slovak teacher simply refused to grade racist essays. Good! Read the interview.

– Slovakia: Meet the Romani teacher who refused to grade racist essays. In: Romea. 14.04.2018. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/slovakia-meet-the-romani-teacher-who-refused-to-grade-racist-essays# [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/world/slovakia-meet-the-romani-teacher-who-refused-to-grade-racist-essays#”]

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Roma Integration in the Balkans

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A recent statistic from the World Bank in the Western Balkans shows some improvements in schooling for Roma but also shows an increasing gap between Roma and Gadže regarding health and work.

– Roma integration in the Western Balkans still far away. In: The Brussels Times. 11.04.2018. http://www.brusselstimes.com/eu-affairs/10960/roma-integration-in-the-western-balkans-still-far-away [link-preview url=”http://www.brusselstimes.com/eu-affairs/10960/roma-integration-in-the-western-balkans-still-far-away”]

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REALLY?????

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Mateo Salvini, the current Italian leader of the Lega Nord – the far right party which won a large number of seats in the recent Italian elections found nothing better than to comment on the International Roma day by saying:

“if many of them worked more and stole less, if many of them sent their children to school instead of teaching them to steal, then it really would be something to celebrate”.

No further comments.

– Italy’s far-right League marks International Roma Day by telling them to “work more and steal less”. In: Il Globo. 09.04.2018. http://ilglobo.com.au/news/38209/italys-far-right-league-marks-international-roma-day-by-telling-them-to-work-more-and-steal-less/
– Try stealing less, League head tells Roma. In: Pulse Live. 08.04.2018. http://www.pulselive.co.ke/news/world/try-stealing-less-italian-league-head-tells-roma-id8222907.html
– Try stealing less, Italian League head tells Roma. In: The Malay Mail. 08.04.2018. http://www.themalaymailonline.com/world/article/try-stealing-less-italian-league-head-tells-roma
– Try stealing less, Italian League head tells Roma. In: Le Journal du Cameroon. 08.04.2018. https://www.journalducameroun.com/en/try-stealing-less-italian-league-head-tells-roma/ [link-preview url=”https://www.journalducameroun.com/en/try-stealing-less-italian-league-head-tells-roma/”]

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Domari in Irak

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One speaks too little about them, but the Domari – the Middle Eastern cousins of Roma suffered tremendously from IS. In one of their villages the school was reconstructed recently in Iraq.
Good but the press should use the proper name instead of calling them “Gypsies” in a more politically correct fashion.

– Iraqi Roma village school reopens 14 years after destruction. In : The Jordan Times. 29.03.2018. http://www.jordantimes.com/news/region/iraqi-roma-village-school-reopens-14-years-after-destruction [link-preview url=”http://www.jordantimes.com/news/region/iraqi-roma-village-school-reopens-14-years-after-destruction”]

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Roma Education Fund

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Positions available at the Roma Education Fund.

– Positions Available: Two Country Coordinators for VELUX Foundations Project Shaping Academic and Employment Skills for Young Roma in Hungary and Slovakia. In: Roma Education Fund. http://www.romaeducationfund.org/news/ref/news-and-events/positions-available-two-country-coordinators-velux-foundations-project-shap [link-preview url=”http://www.romaeducationfund.org/news/ref/news-and-events/positions-available-two-country-coordinators-velux-foundations-project-shap”]

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Slovakia and Education

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Nils Muižneks, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights has stated that segregated education leads to poor outcomes and prevents Roma children as well as disabled children from joining society. It is to be noted that Slovakia often segregates Roma children into schools for children with disabilities.
The Commissioner urged the Slovak authorities to address, on a broader scale, the persistent segregation in the education of children with disabilities as well as Roma children and to apply inclusive an education.

– Muižnieks: Vzdelávanie Rómov a detí s postihnutím potrebuje víziu. In: Dobre Noviny. 17.03.2018. https://www.dobrenoviny.sk/c/127312/muiznieks-vzdelavanie-romov-a-deti-s-postihnutim-potrebuje-viziu [link-preview url=”https://www.dobrenoviny.sk/c/127312/muiznieks-vzdelavanie-romov-a-deti-s-postihnutim-potrebuje-viziu”]

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Ukraine and Roma

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The Council of Europe chided Ukraine on the continuing discrimination of Roma in that country. The Advisory Committee recommends that the Ukrainian authorities immediately enact appropriate legislation to protect national minorities; promote respect and fight against = stereotypes in political discourse and society as a whole; provide firm legal guarantees for the protection and use of all minority languages; help in stopping the constant segregation of Roma children in schools and ensuring that the rights of national minorities will not be limited due to changes in administrative boundaries.
Let’s see …

– Совет Европы обеспокоен дискриминацией ромов в Украине. In: Komsomolskaja Pravda. 16.03.2018. https://kp.ua/politics/603512-sovet-evropy-obespokoen-dyskrymynatsyei-romov-v-ukrayne [link-preview url=”https://kp.ua/politics/603512-sovet-evropy-obespokoen-dyskrymynatsyei-romov-v-ukrayne”]

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Hungary: Roma and School

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A chilling article on the treatment of Roma children in schools in Hungary. The testimonies were given in the context of a lawsuit against a school.
This will have little chances of succeeding, unfortunately.

– Roma children systematically humiliated in Hungary’s segregated schools. In: Budapest Beacon. 15.03.2018. https://budapestbeacon.com/roma-children-systematically-humiliated-in-hungarys-segregated-schools/ [link-preview url=”https://budapestbeacon.com/roma-children-systematically-humiliated-in-hungarys-segregated-schools/”]

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It is good but …

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Good intentions – getting poor Roma children to school, wrong presentation, especially for Bulgaria. This country had until recently one of the most integrated Roma minority with many of them having completed higher education.
Roma in Bulgaria are Orthodox or Moslems. Why convert them? Religion and humanitarian help are not the best friends.

– Bulgaria: ACN project encourages Roma children to go to school. In: Independent Catholic News. 12.03.2018. https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/34499 [link-preview url=”https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/34499″]

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Slovakia: Evacuated

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A further twist on the fate of the 100 Roma who were evacuated following a fire in their housing estate and who are now lodged in a cinema. The city council needs to vote on funds to buy container housing as an “interim” solution, and meanwhile, children are returning to school after their spring break.

– Žiaci potrebujú od pondelka školu na učenie. Rómov presťahovali do Kina Máj. In: Poprad 24. 03.03.2018. http://poprad.dnes24.sk/ziaci-potrebuju-od-pondelka-skolu-na-ucenie-romov-prestahovali-do-kina-maj-292985
– Stovku Rómov, ktorí prišli po požiari o bývanie, presťahovali do kina. In: Spiš Korzar. 03.03.2018. https://spis.korzar.sme.sk/c/20772823/stovku-romov-ktori-prisli-po-poziari-o-byvanie-prestahovali-do-kina.html [link-preview url=”https://spis.korzar.sme.sk/c/20772823/stovku-romov-ktori-prisli-po-poziari-o-byvanie-prestahovali-do-kina.html”]

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Slovakia: Fire

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108 Roma lost their homes after a fire gutter a housing estate in Matejovce, in the Poprad region on February 22nd. The Roma were initially housed in a school but have now been moved to a cinema. There is no permanent situation in sight, and this at a time where the weather is extremely bad.

– Rómov, ktorí prišli po požiari v Poprade o bývanie, presťahovali do kina. In: Spravy Pravda. 03.03.2018. https://spravy.pravda.sk/regiony/clanok/460820-romov-ktori-prisli-po-poziari-v-poprade-o-byvanie-prestahovali-do-kina/ [link-preview url=”https://spravy.pravda.sk/regiony/clanok/460820-romov-ktori-prisli-po-poziari-v-poprade-o-byvanie-prestahovali-do-kina/”]

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French Chronicle …

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A large Roma camp was closed this week in Sainte Luce sur Loire in Western France, prompting many articles in the press. On a more positive note, an article about an “integration village” in the region of Nantes highlights the fact that expulsions are not the right way to deal with Roma camps. Near Paris, a new camp was established in Houilles; in Ris Oranigies, the Roma left their camp for a site that is classified as extremely toxic; along the Marne river, near a Roma camp, a huge clean-up of garbage has been organised; and in Saint Denis, a hospital gives shelters. In the North of France, a house where squatters lived burnt down; a mayor’s tongue slipped – he compared one of his opponent to Roma and it was not meant to be a compliment; an association is ready to collaborate with the prefect; an initiative of a travelling school; and finally an initiative of students who are helping school children.

– Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire : un camp de roms évacué. In: FR3 Pays de la Loire. 02.03.2018. https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/pays-de-la-loire/loire-atlantique/sainte-luce-loire-camp-roms-evacue-1433873.html
– Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire Un camp de Roms expulsé vendredi matin. In: Presse Océan. 02.03.2018. http://www.presseocean.fr/actualite/sainte-luce-sur-loire-un-camp-de-roms-expulse-ce-vendredi-matin-02-03-2018-264022
– Roms expulsés : 42 caravanes sur le bord de la route près de Nantes. In: Ouest France. 03.03.2018. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/roms-expulses-42-caravanes-sur-le-bord-de-la-route-pres-de-nantes-5601271
– Évacuation du camp de Roms à la Minais. In: Ouest France. 03.03.2018. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/sainte-luce-sur-loire-44980/evacuation-du-camp-de-roms-la-minais-5600890
– Les camps de Roms évacués à Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire ce matin. In: Nantes Maville. 02.03.3018. https://nantes.maville.com/actu/actudet_-les-camps-de-roms-evacues-a-sainte-luce-sur-loire-ce-matin_52716-3392777_actu.Htm
– Nantes: ” Quand on expulse les Roms, on ne fait que repousser le problème “. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 26.02.2018. https://www.20minutes.fr/nantes/2226807-20180226-nantes-quand-expulse-roms-fait-repousser-probleme
– Houilles : le bidonville de Roms inquiète les riverains. In: 78 Actu. 28.02.2018. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/houilles_78311/houilles-bidonville-roms-inquiete-riverains_15690856.html
– Ris-Orangis : les Roms quittent leur campement de l’A6 pour un site Seveso. In: Le Parisien. 28.02.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/essonne-91/ris-orangis-les-roms-quittent-leur-campement-de-l-a6-pour-un-site-seveso-28-02-2018-7583778.php
– Ris-Orangis : les Roms partis des abords de l’A6 s’installent … sur un site classé Seveso. In: Évasion. 01.03.2018. https://www.evasionfm.com/actualite-32858-ris-orangis-les-roms-partis-des-abords-de-l-a6-s-installent-sur-un-site-classe-seveso.html
– Saint-Thibault-des-Vignes / Pomponne ► Décharge et camp rom : dimanche, ils vont ” oser ” le grand nettoyage. In: Magjournal. 02.03.2018. http://www.magjournal77.fr/saint-thibault-vignes-pomponne-decharge-et-camp-rom-dimanche-ils-vont-oser-le-grand-nettoyageecharge-camp-rom-dimanche-oser-grand-nettoyage/
– Saint-Thibault-des-Vignes : un bateau aidera les nettoyeurs des bords de Marne. In: Le Parisien. 02.03.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-et-marne-77/saint-thibault-des-vignes-un-bateau-aidera-les-nettoyeurs-des-bords-de-marne-02-03-2018-7587117.php
– Pomponne. Le camp de Roms et les berges seront nettoyés. In: Actu. 28.01.2018. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/pomponne_77372/pomponne-camp-roms-berges-seront-nettoyes_15707329.html
– Saint-Denis : l’hôpital Delafontaine fait une place aux sans-abri. In: Le Parisien. 27.02.2018. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis-93/saint-denis-l-hopital-delafontaine-fait-une-place-aux-sans-abri-27-02-2018-7582383.php
– Une maison désaffectée s’embrase rue de l’espérance. In: La Voix du Nord. 27.02.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/325479/article/2018-02-27/une-maison-desaffectee-s-embrase-rue-de-l-esperance
– Quand Gérard Caudron compare les Mulliez à des Roms… In: La Voix du Nord. 27.02.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/325470/article/2018-02-27/quand-gerard-caudron-compare-les-mulliez-des-roms
– Le collectif Solidarité Roms prêt à travailler avec la prefecture. In: La Voix du Nord. 26.02.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/324747/article/2018-02-26/le-collectif-solidarite-roms-pret-travailler-avec-la-prefecture
– Au bord de la route, l’école ambulante où les enfants roms font leurs classes. In: La Voix du Nord. 25.02.2018. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/323906/article/2018-02-25/au-bord-de-la-route-l-ecole-ambulante-ou-les-enfants-roms-font-leurs-classes
– Des étudiants s’engagent auprès d’enfants roms. In: La Vie. 28.02.2018. http://www.lavie.fr/solidarite/initiatives/des-etudiants-s-engagent-aupres-d-enfants-roms-28-02-2018-88392_815.php [link-preview url=”https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/pays-de-la-loire/loire-atlantique/sainte-luce-loire-camp-roms-evacue-1433873.html “]

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Roma, Work, and Slovenia

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Although the high rate of Roma unemployment in Central and South-Eastern Europe is often attributed to a low level of education and professional skills, one of the more important reasons is discrimination that prevents Roma from entering the labour market on an equal footing.
Integration into the labour market should be a priority in promoting a full social inclusion. Some steps towards this goal were made by the recently completed two-year international Working Roma project, which included the Novo Mesto Society for the Development of Volunteer Work.
As project coordinator Tina Cigler says, in the Working Roma project, partners from nine European countries have tried to develop new tools to prevent intolerance against Roma in the labour market, thereby increasing their employment prospects. The tools and recommendations were developed on the basis of study visits by partner countries, consultations within different groups and good practices that we detected in our partner countries: Italy, Portugal, Spain, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, Greece, Malta and the United Kingdom.
Let’s see.

– Se zaposlovanju Romov obetajo boljši časi? In: Dolenski List. 28.02.2018. http://www.dolenjskilist.si/2018/02/28/191553/novice/dolenjska/Se_zaposlovanju_Romov_obetajo_boljsi_casi/ [link-preview url=”http://www.dolenjskilist.si/2018/02/28/191553/novice/dolenjska/Se_zaposlovanju_Romov_obetajo_boljsi_casi/”]

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Spain and Racism

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The European Council Anti-Racism Commission (ECRI) has been asking Spain to tackle racism and discrimination against Roma and migrants. IT wants the country to further integration and education.

– Spain urged to create equality watchdog to tackle racism against Roma and refugees. In: The Local. 27.02.2018. https://www.thelocal.es/20180227/spain-urged-to-create-equality-watchdog-to-tackle-racism-against-roma-and-refugees [link-preview url=”https://www.thelocal.es/20180227/spain-urged-to-create-equality-watchdog-to-tackle-racism-against-roma-and-refugees”]

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Uzhgorod – First School

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An article about one of the first Roma school which opened in Uzhgorod in 1926, at that time in Czechoslovakia. It also describes the osada in the city and the living conditions. A good read.

– Втрачений Ужгород: як у місті відкрили першу в Європі ромську школу (Фото). In: Prozahid. 17.02.2018. http://prozahid.com/content-56914.html [link-preview url=”http://prozahid.com/content-56914.html”]

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Slovakia: Opinion

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Vladimír Ledecký the independent mayor of Spišský Hrhov writes about how Roma issues can be solved. He says that the current “schizophrenia” does not help, and that “convincing all people to pull the car in the same direction” is the way to go. He advocates work, education, and measures to help with accumulated debts. His village is actually one the of the model of integration in the country.

– Ako riešiť problémy Rómov a rodín v núdzi (názor). In: Aktuality. 05.02.2018. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/561439/ako-riesit-problemy-romov-a-rodin-v-nudzi-nazor/ [link-preview url=”https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/561439/ako-riesit-problemy-romov-a-rodin-v-nudzi-nazor/”]

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

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The controversy that followed casting a white student in the role of Esmeralda in the play based on Victor Hugo’s novel on the Hunchback of Notre Dame has made it to the front page of major newspapers in the US. Several students of the high school which scheduled the play managed to have it cancelled, saying that casting a “white” student in the role of a Romni was racist or at least cultural appropriation. Reactions against them were really bad and of course, Breitbart also pitched in.
What does it have to do with Roma: Well, actually not much, as the only thing that links Roma to this controversy is the fact that they are depicted in a play … Let’s hope that they are not the un-intended victims of this controversy.

– Casting Controversy Derailed a High School Play. Then Came the Threats. In: The New York Times. 08.02.2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/08/theater/hunchback-of-notre-dame-ithaca-high-school.html
– High School Cancels ‘Hunchback of Notre Dame’ Production After White Student Cast as Lead. In: Breitbart. 05.08.2018. http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/02/05/high-school-cancels-hunchback-of-notre-dame-production-after-white-student-cast-as-lead/
– ‘QUITE DISTURBING’: National coverage of Ithaca High’s play controversy brings threats. In: The Ithaca Journal. 08.02.2018. http://www.ithacajournal.com/story/news/local/2018/02/08/national-coverage-ithacas-hunchback-controversy-results-doxxing-threats/320826002/
– Ithaca High School pulls ‘Hunchback of Notre Dame’ over casting diversity outcry. The Ithaca Journal. 29.01.2018. http://www.ithacajournal.com/story/news/local/2018/01/29/new-project-planned-place-ithaca-musical-hunchback-notre-dame-cancelled-amid-outcry-diversify-castin/1074212001/ [link-preview url=”https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/08/theater/hunchback-of-notre-dame-ithaca-high-school.html “]

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Not Only Eastern Europe …

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Roma children are at a high risk of being taken into care and removed from their parents. Not, not in Eastern Europe, but simply in the UK. And for the same reasons…

– GYPSY, ROMA AND TRAVELLER CHILDREN MORE LIKELY TO BE TAKEN INTO CARE. In: Care Appointment. 07.02.2018. https://www.careappointments.co.uk/education-training/item/43267-gypsy-roma-and-traveller-children-more-likely-to-be-taken-into-care [link-preview url=”https://www.careappointments.co.uk/education-training/item/43267-gypsy-roma-and-traveller-children-more-likely-to-be-taken-into-care”]

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