Refugees – rroma.org https://rroma.org Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:28:06 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png Refugees – rroma.org https://rroma.org 32 32 Janush Panchenko https://rroma.org/janush-panchenko/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=janush-panchenko Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:28:06 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32096 An interview of Janush Panchenko wo tells what it was like when Russia invaded Ukraine and what it was like when he decided to leave Ukraine.

]]> Ukraine, the War, and Roma https://rroma.org/ukraine-the-war-and-roma-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ukraine-the-war-and-roma-3 Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:30:21 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31591 A reportage on Radio Romano about the situation of Roma in the Ukraine and about those who fled on the eve of the 5th year of the war.

]]> Switzerland and Ukrainian Refugees https://rroma.org/switzerland-and-ukrainian-refugees/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=switzerland-and-ukrainian-refugees Thu, 09 Oct 2025 15:26:44 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=30096 The Swiss government has decided that a large part of Western Ukraine, including Lviv, are safe and that Ukrainian refugees from those regions can safely return home… It was announced right after Lviv was bombed.

This will affect quite a few refugees, and many Roma from Transcarpathian Ukraine.

Bad.

]]> Roma in Transcarpathia https://rroma.org/roma-in-transcarpathia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roma-in-transcarpathia Tue, 22 Jul 2025 11:23:57 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=29120 On July 17th, a press conference was held in the Uzhhorod press club discussing the results of the project “Leaders of Change – Roma Children on the Path to Success”, which was implemented in Transcarpathia.

Recommendations for the “Action Plan for 2026-2027 on the Implementation of the Strategy for Promoting the Realization of the Rights and Opportunities of Persons Belonging to the Roma National Minority in Ukrainian Society for the Period Until 2030” in the Transcarpathian Region will also be presented.

Meanwhile, all Roma who can flee the region …

]]> Reportage in Transcarpathian Ukraine https://rroma.org/reportage-in-transcarpathian-ukraine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reportage-in-transcarpathian-ukraine Tue, 27 May 2025 11:06:12 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=28438 All what we said all along about the dreadful situation of Roma in Transcarpathian Ukraine in a reportage in the Swiss press. Well, their history is not quite straight, as the existence of these camps goes back to the Ungarian domination of this region and to Maria-Theresia of Austria. And there, they still call it cigánytelep [Gypsy settlement] rather than the term tabor meaning a camp.

]]> Ukrainian Refugees https://rroma.org/ukrainian-refugees-5/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ukrainian-refugees-5 Sat, 19 Apr 2025 08:22:15 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=28006 Olena Vaidalovich, defender of Roma rights says that some Roma Don’t Admit Who They Are

In refugee shelters, Ukrainians of Roma origin were separated from other Ukrainians. Coordinators said they were trying to avoid tensions. “Better” Ukrainians had more comfortable conditions – beds, chairs. Where there were Roma, there might have been nothing. I saw children sleeping on cardboard boxes in winter.

]]> Czechia, Roma, and Ukrainians https://rroma.org/czechia-roma-and-ukrainians-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=czechia-roma-and-ukrainians-3 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 08:33:26 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27583 An interview with the coordinator of a facility for children in unfavourable situation who explains that they now have Roma and Ukrainians amongst their client, and that they had to deal with prejudice towards Roma.

]]> Poland and Roma Refugees https://rroma.org/poland-and-roma-refugees-7/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=poland-and-roma-refugees-7 Sat, 08 Mar 2025 09:43:46 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27422 25,000 Roma fled from Ukraine to Poland according to this article, which also states that “Most families were completely illiterate”… Both statements are definitively wrong. There are more Roma refugees, and many are well integrated.

Now four journalists and reporters have published a book describing their plight. “The War of Our Times” by Maria Kądzielska-Koper, Arleta Bojke, Michał Owerczuk and Tomasz Piechal is a collection of ten stories.

]]> Czechia, Roma, and Ukrainians https://rroma.org/czechia-roma-and-ukrainians-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=czechia-roma-and-ukrainians-2 Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:45:31 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27367 An editorial by Kamila Plachetkov, a Czech Romni who tries to understand why some Roma are spreading hatred against Ukrainians in Czechia. She says: “I have been watching with great concern how hatred in the Czech Republic, which for many years was directed primarily against Roma, is turning against Ukrainians. But what shocks me most is the fact that some Roma are also participating in this hatred.”

]]> Ukrainian Roma https://rroma.org/ukrainian-roma-4/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ukrainian-roma-4 Thu, 20 Feb 2025 07:13:43 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27224 Roma who fled from Ukraine to Germany and the European Union after the Russian attack want to network better. In Göttingen, Roma representatives living in exile founded the association “Ukrainian Roma Advocacy Alliance” (Aura) on Tuesday. “Many Ukrainian Roma abroad do not even know what kind of help is available here,” said Aura board member Janush Panchenko. “We want to inform people about these offers and also advocate for the interests of the Ukrainian Roma in our host countries.” Projects in the areas of political education, culture, humanitarian and legal aid are also planned. In Germany, the association wants to work closely with the Society for Threatened Peoples, among others.

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