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Slovenia and the Roma “Problem”

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Slovenia and the Roma “Problem”

The municipalities with registered Roma settlements signed an agreement in Trebnje, with which they undertook to use the funds they receive from the state as municipalities where Roma live. It is a total of around eight million euros. At the same time, the mayors expressed their disappointment that the state has not yet prepared the promised measures to solve Roma issues.

These mayors had proposed coercive measures that were openly directed at Roma and were dismissed at national level. Let’s see what comes out of this, but, if the title is any indication, this will not go well. The title says: “Many Roma children do not go to school and indulge in crime on the street”.

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Poznan and Roma

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Poznan and Roma

Roma immigrants of Romanian origin live in former allotment gardens at Lechicka Street in Poznań. The city has had problems with the encampment for years. Now, the city hall has an application for an environmental decision for a new investment – multi-family buildings on that site.

Question is what will happen with the Roma?

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Slovenian Roma Settlements

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Slovenian Roma Settlements

Laura Kovač from Dolga vasi is the recipient of Miklošič’s award from the Faculty of Arts of the University of Maribor in the field of sociology. She was awarded for her master’s thesis Roma settlements in Slovenia.

Her research was based on the observation that Roma settlements Slovenia are often called ghettoes, which carries a negative connotation and is often associated with adjectives such as black, immigrant or Roma. “I think that such labeling of areas where Roma live affects the formation of (additional) negative ideas of the wider society about life in Roma settlements, that these can be dangerous places that should be avoided,” she said, adding that the motivation for the analysis also came from the fact that she grew up in the Roma settlement Dolga vas.

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Šutka

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Šutka

The Šutka offers the iconic but often caricatural image of the Roma of North Macedonia. The municipality of Šuto Orizari, on the outskirts of Skopje, was born in 1963, after the earthquake which devastated the Macedonian capital. Far from the “slum” imagined by some, travel to discover the many faces of the neighbourhood. First part of a series of 4 articles.

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Poznan Roma Camp

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Poznan Roma Camp

Roma settled in the area of former allotment gardens near Lechicka Street in Poznan in 2014. The area had previously had to be abandoned by the Polish Allotment Owners’ Association following its purchase by a private person. Now, a request for building several apartments in the are has been submitted, which could mean the end of this camp.

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Slovenia and Roma

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Slovenia and Roma

Another article about the Roma “problem” and, in this cas, the apparent incapacity of the local government to do anything. According to the article Golob’s government had to prepare legislative changes by the end of 2023, “which will adequately and effectively address the Roma issue, especially from the point of view of integrating Roma into society and strengthening the social responsibility of the individual.” They did nothing.

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Jarovnice – Slovakia

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Jarovnice – Slovakia

Michal Šľachta has been working in Jarovnice since the summer. He worked for ten years at the Office of the Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Government for Roma communities in Bratislava. In the summer, he accepted an offer to work in Jarovnice. Almost 7,500 inhabitants live in the village, around 70 to 80 percent are from the Roma community.

He wants the village to apply for becoming a town, and wants to finally name streets and number houses. The current ghetto doesn’t have any street names.

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Slovenia and Roma

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Slovenia and Roma

Another case of the Roma “problem” in Slovenia. In this case, the difficult cohabitation of Roma and locals in the town of Šentjernej. The people there apparently no longer feel safe in their municipality, the situation is getting worse, and their trust in state authorities to improve things is decreasing. Apparently, insecurity is indeed increasing.

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Slovenia: Usual Narrative

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Slovenia: Usual Narrative

A fairly usual story: Roma built houses without land deeds. Communal lands, but also on plots where they have been since before the war, and where, after the fall of socialism, they did not manage to get deeds. Here, a town ploughed a field in front of a settlement, saying this was due to garbage, but did not manage to get rid of the houses. Probably next step.

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Amnesty on Slovakia

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Amnesty on Slovakia

Slovakia has not yet made a commitment to protect the right to housing and end homelessness. In addition, the report states that “a disproportionate number of Roma in Slovakia still live in segregated, environmentally dangerous dwellings with insufficient access to water, sanitation and electricity in 2023.

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Slovakia, Health, and Roma

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Slovakia, Health, and Roma

An article in the Slovak press that says more than it intends: A Romani grandmother saved a new-born in a Roma settlement in Slovakia, even though she has not medical education. Fact is, if you live in a Roma settlement in Slovakia, you can write off health case, and no doctor or ambulance will go there.

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Barcelona and Roma

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Barcelona and Roma

A route through Barcelona is quite different from the ones that take place in the city centre and which aim to show the beautiful side of Barcelona. Organized by EMIC Maridadges Culturals and the Catalan Institute of Anthropology (ICA), in the framework of Anthropology Week, it is called La ciutat dels oblidats. It is led by the historian Montse Solé and wants to show the city that is often not explained. In other words, visit the places where mainly the Roma population settled, and which were on the outskirts of Barcelona.

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Slovenia and the Roma “Problem”

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Slovenia and the Roma “Problem”

Another article on the Roma “Problem” in Slovenia in the regions of Dolenjci, Belokranjci, and Posavci. The situation is difficult, but to write what is in the article is not exactly helpful. The article says:

“The majority of Roma are uneducated and consequently unemployed. Roma settlements, most of which grew up on foreign land, with “black” houses, became ghettos, and it is difficult to talk about any kind of socialization. The main source of livelihood for the majority is social transfers, which depend on the size of the family – more children, more money. But what if many spend it on alcohol, drugs and weapons, and crime and threats to people’s safety are also connected to this.”

So in brief, we are all uneducated unemployed social security abusers with many children who are alcoholics and drug addicts… How about a sanity check about those statements?

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Poland: Conflict

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Poland: Conflict

Another article in the Polish press about the conflict between the residents of Koszary,  a large village in Limanowa County and its Roma populations, which apparently settled there in the 1970s.

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Poland: Conflict

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Poland: Conflict

In the town of Koszary, the conflict between the Roma community and other residents is escalating. The dispute has become so serious that the Ombudsman will look into it.

Let’s see if this brings anything.

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Poland: Conflict

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Poland: Conflict

Koszary is a small town near Limanowa in Lesser Poland. In the 1970s, the Roma settled here. Over time, the Romani settlement began to expand. This sparked opposition from the Limanowa community.

This began to escalate a dozen or so years ago. Cables, electronic waste and started being burnt. These fumes, this smell of plastic in the air quite far. People within a two kilometres radius are complaining. In addition, the soil is being contaminated. Violence is also on the rise.

Bad.

News Eastern Europe Slovakia

Slovakia and the Telgart Debacle

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Slovakia and the Telgart Debacle

Amnesty international stated that the Slovak government failed to resolve the Telgart issue. A Roma settlement totally burned out in the summer, and the residents of the settlements are still in tents as we speak. A bit of caution is needed on the reporting due to its source, as it is very critical of the previous government.

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