Tag Archives: Travellers

The city of Zurich has allocated a large credit for the move and maintenance of a camping site for travellers in the Altstetten Neighbourhood of the city.

• 3,2 Millionen Franken für Durchgangsplatz für Fahrende. In: Tages Anzeiger. 13.03.2024. https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/fahrende-zuerich-3-2-millionen-franken-fuer-provisorischen-durchgangsplatz-966720210608
• Zürich-Altstetten: Durchgangsplatz für Fahrende bis 2038 gesichert. In: Nau.ch. 13.03.2024. https://www.nau.ch/politik/regional/zurich-altstetten-durchgangsplatz-fur-fahrende-bis-2038-gesichert-66726186

The canton Basel Land is opening a new temporary camping site.

• Baselland lässt Fahrende länger bleiben als Basel-Stadt. In: Nau.ch 05.09.2023. https://www.nau.ch/ort/basel/baselland-lasst-fahrende-langer-bleiben-als-basel-stadt-66592289

A commentary in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung saying that local Yenishe and Sinti are literally suffering from the travelling foreign Roma who do not respect local rules.

One has to stress here that Switzerland is the only place where camping sites for travellers are de-facto segregated.

• Es braucht mehr Halteplätze für fahrende Roma – aber diese müssen sich auch stärker an hiesige Regeln halten. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 06.09.2023. https://www.nzz.ch/meinung/fahrende-roma-es-braucht-mehr-halteplaetze-und-mehr-regeltreue-ld.1753793?reduced=true

The country has an issue with actually providing camping sites to travellers. Not only are there not enough, but they also distinguish between “local” Travellers, the Jenische and Sinti and Manouche and “foreign” ones, i.e. the Roma.

Now one canton is setting up a working group on the topic. See you again in five years …

• Ungeliebte Pendenz anpacken: Kanton Solothurn setzt Arbeitsgruppe ein, die sich um die Halteplätze für Fahrende kümmert. In: Solothurner Zeitung. 23.08.2023. https://www.solothurnerzeitung.ch/solothurn/kanton-solothurn/fahrende-ungeliebte-pendenz-anpacken-kanton-solothurn-setzt-arbeitsgruppe-ein-die-sich-um-die-halteplaetze-fuer-fahrende-kuemmert-ld.2502687?reduced=true

Another conflict between Swiss towns and Roma travellers. This time in Yverdon. The town has blocked access to a camping site with concrete blocks, preventing the Roma who are there from leaving with their caravans.

There are not enough sites in Switzerland, and the highest court in the land is prompting the cantons to remedy this issue. Nothing is of course done.

• Betonblöcke gegen illegalen Aufenthalt: In Yverdon spitzt sich das Seilziehen zwischen ausländischen Fahrenden und Behörden zu. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 08.08.2023.https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/konflikt-zwischen-fahrenden-und-behoerden-spitzt-sich-in-yverdon-zu-ld.1750527?reduced=true

Yeniche, Sinti and Roma are entitled to camping sites, which are rare in the Lake Zurich region. The site in Meilen is now to be renovated and expanded. Specifically, ten parking spaces are to be created. Ten is not much when one knows that there are often up to 50 caravans underway.

• Mehr Platz für Fahrende am Pfannenstiel. In: Goldküste24. 20.07.2023. https://goldkueste24.ch/articles/200320-mehr-platz-fuer-fahrende-am-pfannenstiel

The Swiss are not exactly generous to Travellers. And they do not even recognise Roma (but they do recognise Sinti and manouches) besides the Jenishe as a national minority. Now they are cutting the meagre amount they spend.

Bad.

• Sinti und Jenischen sollen weniger Fördergelder erhalten. Das Bundesamt für Kultur muss diesen problematischen Schritt umgehend korrigieren! https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=672480931573897&set=a.485686176920041

There are not enough camping sites for travellers in Switzerland. This is definitively not new. The Council of Europe is now telling Switzerland it must act.

Let’s see, as the country is very good at doing nothing on this topic.

• Switzerland considers more transit sites for itinerate communities. In Swissinfo. 29.06.2023. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/switzerland-considers-more-transit-sites-for-itinerate-communities/48629380

The country does not have enough camping sites for travellers. So what do they do, instead of building more, they produce a manual on how to deal with them…

• Nouveaux standards pour l’accueil des Yéniches, Sintés et Roms. In: Le Léman Bleu. 16.03.2023. https://www.lemanbleu.ch/fr/Actualite/Suisse/Nouveaux-standards-pour-l-accueil-des-Yeniches-Sintes-et-Roms.html