Another article about the current Bulgarian initiative aiming at getting Roma children in school.
– Bulgarie: la carotte et le bâton pour scolariser les enfants roms. In: Le Point. 12.10.2017. http://www.lepoint.fr/monde/bulgarie-la-carotte-et-le-baton-pour-scolariser-les-enfants-roms-12-10-2017-2163953_24.php [link-preview url=”http://www.lepoint.fr/monde/bulgarie-la-carotte-et-le-baton-pour-scolariser-les-enfants-roms-12-10-2017-2163953_24.php”]
A French association is helping Roma children living in slums to go to school.
This is the way!
– Seine-Saint-Denis, la difficile scolarisation des enfants des bidonvilles. In: Le Point. 10.10.2017. http://www.lepoint.fr/societe/seine-saint-denis-la-difficile-scolarisation-des-enfants-des-bidonvilles-10-10-2017-2163381_23.php [link-preview url=”http://www.lepoint.fr/societe/seine-saint-denis-la-difficile-scolarisation-des-enfants-des-bidonvilles-10-10-2017-2163381_23.php”]
We’re back to “normal”, i.e. to the litany of expulsions and camps closures in France. You’d really think that for less than 20’000 people in France (and in France since several years), there could be a better solution …
First, the expulsion of the Roma who camped on the future training grounds of the Paris St. Germain football club – actually astonishing that they managed to stay that long; in Montreuil, just outside Paris, further expulsions; in Limeil, residents request the closure of a Roma camp; in Melun, Roma families living on a disaffected hospital site are asking for an extenson so that their children can go to school; in the North in Lille, a new camping site along the river increased tension with local; in Nice, another site has been cleared; in Annecy in the Alps, a camp has been closed putting 71 people on the street.
– Poissy : les Roms installés sur les terrains du PSG évacués. In: Le Parisien. 12.10.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/poissy-78300/poissy-les-roms-installes-sur-les-terrains-du-psg-evacues-12-10-2017-7326060.php
– Poissy : 150 familles Roms expulsées par la police. In: 78 Actu. 12.10.2017. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/poissy_78498/poissy-150-familles-roms-expulsees-par-police_12981081.html
– PSG : Démantèlement d’un camp de Roms. In: Blasting News. 12.10.2017. http://fr.blastingnews.com/sport/2017/10/psg-demantelement-dun-camp-de-roms-002084129.html
– Poissy : un camp de Roms, installé sur le terrain du futur centre du PSG, a été évacué. In: FR3 Frqnce Info. 12.10.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/paris-ile-de-france/yvelines/poissy-camp-roms-installe-terrain-du-futur-centre-du-psg-ete-evacue-1346001.html
– Yvelines : les roms installés sur les terrains du PSG à Poissy évacués ce matin par les forces de l’ordre. In: Info Yvelines. 12.10.2017. http://www.infonormandie.com/Yvelines-les-roms-installes-sur-les-terrains-du-PSG-a-Poissy-evacues-ce-matin-par-les-forces-de-l-ordre_a18123.html
– En attendant la trêve, à Montreuil on expulse. In: Mediapart. 12.10.2017. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/121017/en-attendant-la-treve-montreuil-expulse
– Limeil : excédés par les Roms, 80 habitants se font entendre. In: Le Parisien. 10.10.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/limeil-brevannes-94450/limeil-excedes-par-les-roms-80-habitants-se-font-entendre-10-10-2017-7321035.php
– Camps Roms : Limeil-Brévannes n’en peut plus. In: Le Parisien. 08.10.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/limeil-brevannes-94450/camps-roms-limeil-brevannes-n-en-peut-plus-08-10-2017-7316988.php
– Installation de Roms à l’hôpital de Melun. Romeurope demande un délai pour la scolarité des enfants. In: Actu.fr. 12.10.2017. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/melun_77288/installation-roms-lhopital-melun-romeurope-demande-delai-la-scolarite-enfants_12933247.html
– Tensions avec des bateliers après l’arrivée d’un camp de Roms à Vauban. In: La Voix du Nord. 11.10.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/238514/article/2017-10-11/tensions-avec-des-bateliers-apres-l-arrivee-d-un-camp-de-roms-vauban
– Des Roms qui “squattaient” les rives du Paillon délogés par la police. In: Nice Matin. 14.10.2017. http://www.nicematin.com/vie-locale/des-roms-qui-squattaient-les-rives-du-paillon-deloges-par-la-police-175058
– Annecy : le campement de Roms, rue des Alpins, a été évacué. In: L’Essor Savoyard. 11.10.2017. http://www.lessorsavoyard.fr/a-la-une-l-essor-savoyard/le-campement-de-roms-rue-des-alpins-a-ete-evacue-ia919b0n188607
– 71 personnes évacuées de l’école Saint-Joseph ce matin. In: Le Dauphiné. 11.10.2017. http://www.ledauphine.com/haute-savoie/2017/10/11/71-personnes-evacuees-de-l-ecole-saint-joseph-ce-matin [link-preview url=”https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/poissy_78498/poissy-150-familles-roms-expulsees-par-police_12981081.html “]
The Bulgarian government seems to make an effort to make sure Roma children are going to school in the country.
Nice to try to convince the parents, but definitively not enough. One needs to prevent discrimination which exists in school and make sure the children have the means to buy books and material.
– Bulgaria makes effort to bring Roma children back to school. In: Euraktiv. 12.10.2013. https://www.euractiv.com/section/languages-culture/news/bulgaria-makes-effort-to-bring-roma-children-back-to-school/ [link-preview url=”https://www.euractiv.com/section/languages-culture/news/bulgaria-makes-effort-to-bring-roma-children-back-to-school/”]
An interview with Christian Klippl, president of the Austrian Roma Cultural Association in which he asks for a right for minorities to have their language taught in schools.
– Servus Szia Zdravo Del tuha. In: ORF. 08.10.2017. http://tvthek.orf.at/profile/Servus-Szia-Zdravo-Del-tuha/85512/Servus-Szia-Zdravo-Del-tuha/13948547/Kulturverein-Oesterreichischer-Roma-Fest-der-Roma-und-Freunde/14148949 [link-preview url=”http://tvthek.orf.at/profile/Servus-Szia-Zdravo-Del-tuha/85512/Servus-Szia-Zdravo-Del-tuha/13948547/Kulturverein-Oesterreichischer-Roma-Fest-der-Roma-und-Freunde/14148949″]
A new government survey on inequality in school and workplaces shows the implicit discrimination and issues faced by minorities. Worst off, it seems are Roma and Travellers.
Bad.
– Audit lays bare racial disparities in UK schools, courts and workplaces. In: The Guardian. 09.10.2017. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/09/audit-lays-bare-racial-disparities-in-uk-schools-courts-and-workplaces
– New race survey makes for ‘uncomfortable reading’, says campaigner. In: Sky News. 09.10.2017. http://news.sky.com/story/new-race-survey-makes-for-uncomfortable-reading-says-campaigner-11074373 [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/09/audit-lays-bare-racial-disparities-in-uk-schools-courts-and-workplaces “]
Ten years of action – this is the title of a manifestation that happened on October 7th in Lille in the north of France to celebrate the engagement of several associations helping Roma.
In other parts of France, other news: In Antibes, in the South of France, an association helps Roma children doing their school homework; and in Paris, videos from several artists, one of which shows work with children from a Roma camp can be seen.
More in line with the usual French News, 3 camps are closed in Montigny, near Paris; earth is piled on a site near Paris to prevent the creation of a new camp; a policeman wounded by a dog during an intervention in a Roma Camp in the North of France; the case of a pensioner who shot and killed Roma burglars in the South of France is on trial; and finally a doom ad gloom set of news from the extreme rightist Breizh Info – always on the forefront of assimilating Roma and migrants to criminals.
– Le combat pour les Roms perdure depuis dix ans. In: La Voix du Nord. 06.10.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/235359/article/2017-10-06/le-combat-pour-les-roms-perdure-depuis-dix-ans
– Le 7 octobre, journée « 10 ans d’actions avec les Roms » à Lille. In: Actu.fr. 02.10.2017. https://actu.fr/hauts-de-france/lille_59350/le-7-octobre-journee-10-ans-dactions-roms-lille_11999513.html
– Cette association Aide les enfants roms dans leurs devoirs scolaires à Antibes. In: Nice Matin. 03.10.2017. http://www.nicematin.com/education/cette-association-aide-les-enfants-roms-dans-leurs-devoirs-scolaires-a-antibes-171891
– Deux étoiles dans la Nuit blanche. In: La Croix. 06.10.2017. https://www.la-croix.com/Culture/Expositions/Deux-etoiles-Nuit-blanche-2017-10-06-1200882346
– Montigny : les trois camps de Roms évacués ce matin. In: Actu.fr. 05.10.2017. https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/montigny-le-bretonneux_78423/montigny-trois-camps-roms-evacues-ce-matin_12870501.html
– Limeil-Brévannes : de la terre pour empêcher un campement sauvage. In: Le Parisien. 01.10.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/limeil-brevannes-94450/limeil-brevannes-de-la-terre-pour-empecher-un-campement-sauvage-01-10-2017-7300518.php
– Un policier gravement blessé par un chien pendant une rébellion généralisée dans un camp rom. In: La Voix du Nord. 03.10.2017. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/233289/article/2017-10-03/un-policier-gravement-blesse-par-un-chien-pendant-une-rebellion-generalisee-dans
– Cambriolage mortel à Servian, la légitime défense en question. In: lengadoc Info. 07.10.2017. http://www.lengadoc-info.com/5644/societe/cambriolage-mortel-servian-legitime-defense/
– Agressions, vols et violences : le cocktail nantais explosive. In: Breizh Info. 02.10.2017. https://www.breizh-info.com/2017/10/02/78550/agressions-vol-violence-nantes [link-preview url=”https://actu.fr/hauts-de-france/lille_59350/le-7-octobre-journee-10-ans-dactions-roms-lille_11999513.html “]
A map of the languages spoken by Roma in Slovakia (principal language). A Roma activist has proposed that Romanes be taught as a language in school as it is the principal language (often together with Hungarian) of many Roma in Slovakia.
– Slovenčinu chcú učiť ako cudzí jazyk, nová mapa ukazuje, kde sa mieša s rómčinou. In: Dennik. 03.10.2017. https://dennikn.sk/898985/slovencinu-mozu-ucit-ako-cudzi-jazyk-nova-mapa-ukazuje-kde-sa-miesa-s-romcinou/ [link-preview url=”https://dennikn.sk/898985/slovencinu-mozu-ucit-ako-cudzi-jazyk-nova-mapa-ukazuje-kde-sa-miesa-s-romcinou/”]
Quite a few people of the town of Californai (PA) went to see a screening of the movie “our school” by Miruna Coca-Cozma – an excellent movie which highlights the difficulties and racism faced by Roma in Romania.
The town was at the centre of a media frenzy with the arrival of ca 50 Roma refugees from Romania.
– Film Shown to Highlight Struggles of Roma People. In: CalTimes. 03.10.2017. https://www.caltimes.org/3941/showcase/film-shown-to-highlight-struggles-of-roma-people/ [link-preview url=”https://www.caltimes.org/3941/showcase/film-shown-to-highlight-struggles-of-roma-people/”]
Quite a few news in France this week. First, a huge fire in Marseilles nearly totally burnt a Roma camp. Near Paris, Roma are returning to a camp that burnt down last week. In Paris itself, the camp on the tracks of the former petite ceinture railway can stay for another month; near Paris too, a camp that was vacated last week left a mountain of trash. Further south, in Lyon, 145 Roma were expulsed. This is deemed the “largest” camp in Lyon …
In Nice, the concern is on the schooling of the young Roma from the camp – at least a constructive approach!
And finally, a view against the exclusion policies of the French state.
– Marseille : un camp de Roms a été presque entièrement détruit par un incendie. In: France Bleu. 17.09.2017. https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/marseille-un-camp-de-roms-a-ete-presque-entierement-detruit-par-un-incendie-1505628460
– Un camp de Roms en grande partie détruit par un incendie à Marseille. In: France Info FR3. 17.09.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/marseille/camp-roms-grande-partie-detruit-incendie-marseille-1329509.html
– Val-de-Marne : après l’incendie, les Roms retournent dans leur camp de Villeneuve-Saint-Georges. In: Le Parisien. 12.09.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/villeneuve-saint-georges-94190/villeneuve-saint-georges-apres-l-incendie-les-roms-retournent-dans-leur-camp-12-09-2017-7254630.php
– Paris : un mois de sursis pour les Roms de la petite ceinture. In: Le Parisien. 14.09.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75018/paris-un-mois-de-sursis-pour-les-roms-de-la-petite-ceinture-14-09-2017-7261113.php
– Montesson : « Des montagnes de déchets » après le départ des Roms de la Plaine. In: Le Parisien. 13.09.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/montesson-78360/montesson-des-montagnes-de-dechets-apres-le-depart-des-roms-de-la-plaine-13-09-2017-7257690.php
– Villeurbanne: 145 personnes expulsées d’un camp de Roms. In: Le Progrès. 13.09.2017. http://www.leprogres.fr/rhone/2017/09/13/villeurbanne-un-camp-de-roms-en-cours-d-expulsion
– 150 Roms expulsés du plus gros bidonville de la Métropole de Lyon. In: Rue 89 Lyon. 13.09.2017. http://www.rue89lyon.fr/2017/09/13/150-roms-expulses-plus-gros-bidonville-de-metropole-de-lyon/
– Ces enfants roms qui vivent sur les bords du Paillon à Nice. In: Nice Matin. 11.09.2017. http://www.nicematin.com/vie-locale/ces-enfants-roms-qui-vivent-sur-les-bords-du-paillon-a-nice-165564
– Scolarisation : ces enfants roms des bords du Paillon. In: Nice Matin. 13.09.2017. http://www.nicematin.com/vie-locale/scolarisation-ces-enfants-roms-des-bords-du-paillon-165953
– Contre la politique d’exclusion des populations roms de France. In: Médiapart. 17.09.2017. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/140917/contre-la-politique-dexclusion-des-populations-roms-de-france [link-preview url=”https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/marseille-un-camp-de-roms-a-ete-presque-entierement-detruit-par-un-incendie-1505628460 “]
The US ambassador attended a ceremony at a school for Roma children. It is a special school for ca. 80 pupils, aiming at a 0 dropout rate.
But it is a segregated school – this is really bad.
– Bulgaria: U.S. Ambassador Rubin attends ceremony at school for Roma children. In: The Sofia Globe. 16.09.2017. http://sofiaglobe.com/2017/09/16/bulgaria-u-s-ambassador-rubin-attends-ceremony-at-school-for-roma-children/ [link-preview url=”http://sofiaglobe.com/2017/09/16/bulgaria-u-s-ambassador-rubin-attends-ceremony-at-school-for-roma-children/”]
A reportage on a civil service man helping young Roma from Roma camps near Paris get into school.
– Bidonvilles : “En service civique, j’accompagne des enfants roms vers la scolarité”. In: L’Obs. 06.09.2017. http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/education/20170906.OBS4307/bidonvilles-en-service-civique-j-accompagne-des-enfants-roms-vers-la-scolarite.html [link-preview url=”http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/education/20170906.OBS4307/bidonvilles-en-service-civique-j-accompagne-des-enfants-roms-vers-la-scolarite.html”]
The impact of evictions on children… An article about Roma children in Marseilles, the week of the start of school in France.
– Rentrée sur le fil pour les enfants roms. In: Marsactu. 02.09.2017. https://marsactu.fr/rentree-sur-le-fil-pour-les-enfants-roms/ [link-preview url=”https://marsactu.fr/rentree-sur-le-fil-pour-les-enfants-roms/”]
Young Romnja are bucking the trend and are going to university in the UK.
Good!
– Gypsy women breaking education barriers with uni degrees. In: BBC. 03.09.2017. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-40728470 [link-preview url=”http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-40728470″]
What a surprise … Roma are discriminated in the Czech school system. This has not changed much, according to the latest report on the state of human rights in the Czech Republic. And Roma children are still put in “special” schools…
– Czech Gov’t human rights report finds Romani children are still discriminated against in education. In: Romea. 01.09.2017. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-gov-t-human-rights-report-finds-romani-children-are-still-discriminated-against-in-education-2
– Report: Czech Roma kids still face discrimination in education. In: The Prague Monitor. 01.09.2017. http://www.praguemonitor.com/2017/08/31/report-czech-roma-kids-still-face-discrimination-education [link-preview url=”http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-gov-t-human-rights-report-finds-romani-children-are-still-discriminated-against-in-education-2 “]
A workshop in Italy with the local Roma, the Abbruzzesi. Led by Santino Spinelli who recorded the language of this group of Roma.
– Roma Culture 101: Opening Minds With Song, Talk and Laughter. In: The New York Times. 29.08.2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/29/world/europe/roma-culture-school-bias.html [link-preview url=”https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/29/world/europe/roma-culture-school-bias.html”]
How a 19 year old future teacher organised a summer camp in Slovakia for Roma children. And the camp is full – for, as she says, Roma children want to learn.
Well done!
– Budúca učiteľka má len 19 rokov, do jej letnej školy sa už hlásili desiatky Rómov. In: Dennik. 21.08.2017. https://dennikn.sk/851615/buduca-ucitelka-ma-len-19-rokov-do-jej-letnej-skoly-sa-uz-hlasili-desiatky-romov/ [link-preview url=”https://dennikn.sk/851615/buduca-ucitelka-ma-len-19-rokov-do-jej-letnej-skoly-sa-uz-hlasili-desiatky-romov/”]
A typical story for Slovakia. The government plenipotentiary for Roma affairs, Abel Ravasz, is trying to mediate an issue of bullying of Roma in a school and a de-facto attempt at school segregation. Bullying against Roma children happened in Demandice, a village where Roma from two neighbouring communes are attending school in. The local council has decided to exclude Lontov and Ipeľský Sokolec from their school district, meaning that the mostly Roma pupils from these municipalities are allowed to attend a school in Demandice, but will not have the travel expenses paid. This is a de-facto exclusion of the Roma as they depend on this stipend.
Rómsky splnomocnenec sa dohodol so starostami na postupe v Demandiciach. In: SME Domov. 22.08.2017. https://domov.sme.sk/c/20631878/splnomocnenec-sa-dohodol-so-starostami-na-rieseni-problemov-v-demandiciach.html [link-preview url=”https://domov.sme.sk/c/20631878/splnomocnenec-sa-dohodol-so-starostami-na-rieseni-problemov-v-demandiciach.html”]
Do you spot the issue? Two parties in schoolyards in Serbia. In the first scantily clad go-go dancers, in the second, a Roma wedding.
Against which were protests logged? Clearly against the “depravation” of a Gypsy Wedding.
– Schoolyards in south: Go-go dancers and Roma wedding party. In: B92. 07.08.2017. http://www.b92.net/eng/news/society.php?yyyy=2017&mm=08&dd=07&nav_id=102007 [link-preview url=”http://www.b92.net/eng/news/society.php?yyyy=2017&mm=08&dd=07&nav_id=102007″]
A longer analysis of the statements of Zoltan Balog Hungarian Minister of Human Resources who is suggesting to segregate Roma in schools. He’s been saying that for a long time …
– Minister Balog suggests officially segregating Roma schools. In: The Hungarian Spectrum. 25.07.2017. http://budapestbeacon.com/featured-articles/minister-balog-suggests-officially-segregating-roma-schools/49007 [link-preview url=”http://budapestbeacon.com/featured-articles/minister-balog-suggests-officially-segregating-roma-schools/49007″]
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