A commemoration was held in the former camp of Saliers, in Southern France where Roma and travellers were interned and deported to other camps.
– Un hommage émouvant aux internés du camp de Saliers. In: Arles Infos. 24.05.2017. http://www.arles-info.fr/2017/05/24/un-hommage-emouvant-aux-internes-du-camp-de-saliers/ [link-preview url=”http://www.arles-info.fr/2017/05/24/un-hommage-emouvant-aux-internes-du-camp-de-saliers/”]
Some pictures of one of the oldest traveller’s fair in the country.
– ROMA FROM HOME. Crystal balls, donkeys and litres of fake tan on display at annual traveller fair as hundreds of families from across the UK descend on quiet town. In: The Sun. 12.05.2017. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3543268/hundreds-of-travellers-show-off-their-fashion-sense-at-annual-horse-fair-where-families-from-across-the-uk-come-together/ [link-preview url=”https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3543268/hundreds-of-travellers-show-off-their-fashion-sense-at-annual-horse-fair-where-families-from-across-the-uk-come-together/”]
Apart from the controversy following an interview of the actors of Clavier’s film, not htat many news in France on the Rroma.
First, an article on the impact of the expulsions on school attendance by Rroma children. Clearly, these expulsions do nothing for integration. Then, near Paris, protests by Rroma in Ivry, following their expulsion and the lack of alternative lodgings; the story of the “insertion village” in St. Genis les Ollières near Lyon; some questions on travellers’ sites in the North of France; near Nantes, 120 expulsed Rroma moved to another site; a protest in Fontaine, near Grenoble (where one FN politician suggested one should take the Rroma’s golden teeth); Rroma asking for a reprive in Nice until Easter; and finally, an association defending Rroma in Toulouse.
– La reprise des expulsions menace la scolarisation des enfants roms. In: FR3 Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur. 30.03.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/metropole-aix-marseille/marseille/reprise-expulsions-menace-scolarisation-enfants-roms-1224869.html
– Roms d’Ivry : les oubliés du bidonville Truillot attendent toujours un lodgement. In: Le Parisien. 29.03.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/creteil-94000/roms-d-ivry-les-oublies-du-bidonville-truillot-attendent-toujours-un-logement-29-03-2017-6807570.php
– St-Genis-les-Ollières : la vie du village d’insertion. In: FR3 Auvergne Rhône Alpes. 30.03.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/rhone/st-genis-ollieres-vie-du-village-insertion-1224473.html
– Comment sont gérées les aires d’accueil pour les gens du voyage ? In: Nord Éclair. 31.03.2017. http://www.nordeclair.fr/48649/article/2017-03-31/comment-sont-gerees-les-aires-d-accueil-pour-les-gens-du-voyage
– Nantes Le campement Rom d’Indre a rejoint Bouguenais. In: Presse Océan. 29.03.2017. http://www.presseocean.fr/actualite/nantes-le-campement-roms-dindre-a-rejoint-bouguenais-29-03-2017-223896
– Près de Nantes, 120 Roms expulsés d’Indre s’installent à Bouguenais. In: Ouest France. 28.03.2017. http://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/pres-de-nantes-120-roms-expulses-d-indre-s-installent-bouguenais-4888105
– CONSEIL MUNICIPAL TENDU À FONTAINE SUITE AUX PROPOS ANTI-ROMS TENUS PAR UN ÉLU FN. Place Gre’Net. 28.03.2017. http://www.placegrenet.fr/2017/03/28/conseil-municipal-tendu-a-fontaine-suite-aux-propos-anti-roms-tenus-elu-fn/129867
– Les Roms demandent un sursis jusqu’à Pâques. In: Nice Matin. 01.04.2017. http://www.nicematin.com/vie-locale/les-roms-demandent-un-sursis-jusqu-a-paques-126318
– François Piquemal (DAL) : «Toulouse doit rester à ses habitants » In: La Dépèche. 02.04.2017. http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2017/03/31/2547605-francois-piquemal-dal-toulouse-doit-rester-a-ses-habitants.html [link-preview url=”http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/metropole-aix-marseille/marseille/reprise-expulsions-menace-scolarisation-enfants-roms-1224869.html “]
Jews, Blacks [sic.], and Asians are the best accepted minorities in France. Rroma and Travellers are the most rejected minority in France, far beyond Moslems. Marseilles is just an example …
– Le racisme anti-Roms sévit à Marseille. In: France Inter. 30.03.2017. https://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/le-zoom-de-la-redaction/le-zoom-de-la-redaction-30-mars-2017 [link-preview url=”https://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/le-zoom-de-la-redaction/le-zoom-de-la-redaction-30-mars-2017″]
A peasant near Lucerne is ready to offer a site for Jenische – the Swiss travellers – on his land. But the authorities of Lucerne don’t want to hear about it…
Bad.
– Platz für Fahrende: Behörden stellen sich quer. In: Luzerner Zeitung. 24.03.2017. http://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/nachrichten/zentralschweiz/luzern/Doch-kein-Platz-fuer-Fahrende;art9647,995463 [link-preview url=”http://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/nachrichten/zentralschweiz/luzern/Doch-kein-Platz-fuer-Fahrende;art9647,995463″]
A new exhibition opened recently in Montreuil near Paris on the “Gens du Voyage” – travellers – who stopped in that town since the 1970’s.
– https://www.facebook.com/243541745667724/photos/a.467597499928813.103886.243541745667724/1591654980856387/?type=3&theater [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/243541745667724/photos/a.467597499928813.103886.243541745667724/1591654980856387/?type=3&theater”]
Yet another municipality in Switzerland, this time near Solothurn, denying a request to buy (at a lower price) a parcel of land for Swiss Jenische.
This is a pattern, and a bad one.
– Gemeinde gibt Schweizer Fahrenden kein Land. In: Argauer Zeitung. 07.03.2017. http://www.solothurnerzeitung.ch/solothurn/lebern-bucheggberg-wasseramt/gemeinde-gibt-schweizer-fahrenden-kein-land-131086157 [link-preview url=”http://www.solothurnerzeitung.ch/solothurn/lebern-bucheggberg-wasseramt/gemeinde-gibt-schweizer-fahrenden-kein-land-131086157″]
Students of the university of Reading stages a „Pikey“ night. The term refers to Gypsy and Travellers and is exceedingly derogatory.
After protests, the students apologised.
A bit late in our opinion. They certainly would not have staged a “N..” night, so why about Rroma?
– Reading students apologise for ‘pikey night’ social. In BBC News. 07.03.2017. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-berkshire-39190588 [link-preview url=”http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-berkshire-39190588″]
Seems that Germany is following the Swiss model and increasingly tries to prevent travelling Rroma from camping…
Bad.
– Scharfe Diskussionen um Wohnwagenlager in Freising. In: Merkur.de. 06.03.2016. https://www.merkur.de/lokales/freising/freising-ort28692/freising-diskussionen-um-aufenthalt-in-freising-7505033.html [link-preview url=”https://www.merkur.de/lokales/freising/freising-ort28692/freising-diskussionen-um-aufenthalt-in-freising-7505033.html”]
The so-called “Stadtnomaden” or “City Nomads”, a group of alternative people living in caravans in field on the city outskirts were originally forced to move every three months per decree from the municipality. They now successfully claimed the same rights as the travellers and are now allowed to stay for a full 6 months on the same place.
Very nomadic …
– Stadtnomaden dürfen neu sechs Monate bleiben. In: 20 Minuten (CH). 01.03.2017. http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/bern/story/Stadtnomaden-duerfen-neu-sechs-Monate-bleiben-15705929 [link-preview url=”http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/bern/story/Stadtnomaden-duerfen-neu-sechs-Monate-bleiben-15705929″]
An Irish genetical study recently showed that Travellers, while of Irish origins, are a separate group following several centuries of de-facto separation.
And very shortly thereafter, the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) and the Dail (Parliament) recognise them as an ethnic group.
GOOD!
P.S. Switzerland please take heed… After 600 years in the country, Rroma are still not recognised as a minority.
– ‘He walks with his head down. No more’ – Taoiseach recognises Traveller ethnicity in the Dáil. In: The Journal. 01.03.2017. http://www.thejournal.ie/taoiseach-recognises-traveller-ethnicity-3265759-Mar2017/ [link-preview url=”http://www.thejournal.ie/taoiseach-recognises-traveller-ethnicity-3265759-Mar2017/”]
A short documentary on Rroma and Travellers in the UK.
– https://vimeo.com/199663084 [link-preview url=”https://vimeo.com/199663084″]
Really? A gang of thugs threatening travellers in the UK?
Never open Pandora’s box.
– Lenham: Court hears how masked thugs armed with guns and other weapons stormed Wheat Gratten Stableyards travellers’ site. In: Kent Online. 21.02.2017. http://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/lenham-armed-thugs-stormed-travellers-site-120925/ [link-preview url=”http://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/lenham-armed-thugs-stormed-travellers-site-120925/”]
The Swiss government approved the 4th report on the protection of minorities in Switzerland, a report due to the EU in the context of the Swiss signature of the convention on the protection of minorities.
Originally, the Swiss only recognised Travellers, expanded this to Travellers, Jenische, Sinti and Rroma at a later sateg and have now dropped both Travellers and Rroma.
BAD
– La Suisse poursuit ses efforts pour la protection des droits des minorités nationales. In: Albinfo. 17.02.2017. http://www.albinfo.ch/fr/la-suisse-poursuit-ses-efforts-pour-la-protection-des-droits-des-minorites-nationales/
– La Suisse manque toujours d’aires pour les gens du voyage. In: La Côte. 15.02.2017. http://www.lacote.ch/articles/suisse/la-suisse-manque-toujours-d-aires-pour-les-gens-du-voyage-636841 [link-preview url=”http://www.albinfo.ch/fr/la-suisse-poursuit-ses-efforts-pour-la-protection-des-droits-des-minorites-nationales/ “]
An interesting study about the Irish Tinkers or Travellers. According to the genetic study, while they are from Irish origins (i.e. not related to Rroma at all), they separated from the general Irish population much earlier than thought, around the late 16th century. This long time as a separate population makes them genetically distinct from nowadays’ Irish.
– Travellers as ‘genetically different’ from settled Irish as Spanish. In: The Irish Times. 09.02.2017. http://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/travellers-as-genetically-different-from-settled-irish-as-spanish-1.2969515
– Study on ancestry of Irish Travellers details genetic connection to settled community. In: The Journal.ie. 09.02.2017. http://www.thejournal.ie/traveller-community-study-rcsi-3231070-Feb2017/ [link-preview url=”http://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/travellers-as-genetically-different-from-settled-irish-as-spanish-1.2969515 “]
Young Rroma and Travellers are over-represented in the yourh custody system in the UK, and are in a far worse state than the others when it comes to the outcomes of such arrests.
Bad.
– Gypsy, traveller and Roma children are let down by the youth custody system. In: The Times. 02.02.2017. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/gypsy-traveller-and-roma-children-are-let-down-by-the-youth-custody-system-ttjzs6jfz [link-preview url=”http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/gypsy-traveller-and-roma-children-are-let-down-by-the-youth-custody-system-ttjzs6jfz”]
The Canton of Berne, in Switzerland is presenting a new project of law aimed at forbidding some of the work that is done by travellers such as painting, renovations etc. This measure is clearly directed against Rroma from neighbouring countries but will hit all Travellers in Switzerland.
SHAME.
– Schweizer Fahrende wehren sich. In: Berner Zeitung. 23.01.2017. http://www.bernerzeitung.ch/schweiz/Schweizer-Fahrende-wehren-sich/story/26395637
– Protest gegen ungerechtfertige Vorwürfe. In: SRF. 23.01.2017. http://www.srf.ch/news/regional/bern-freiburg-wallis/protest-gegen-ungerechtfertige-vorwuerfe
– Le canton de Berne fâche les gens du voyage. In: RFJ. 19.01.2017. https://www.rfj.ch/rfj/Actualite/Region/20170119-Le-canton-de-Berne-fache-les-gens-du-voyage.html [link-preview url=”https://www.rfj.ch/rfj/Actualite/Region/20170119-Le-canton-de-Berne-fache-les-gens-du-voyage.html”]
It is with great regrets that we learnt the news of the death of Peter Mercer on January 17th. Peter Mercer relentlessly fought for the rights of Rroma and Travellers in the UK and in Europe. For his work, he was awarded an MBE in 2000.
May he rest in peace.
– Peter Mercer M.B.E. – 22.1.1934 – 17.1.2017. In: The Travellers Time. 20.01.2017. http://travellerstimes.org.uk/Blogs–Features/Peter-Mercer-MBE–2211934–1712017.aspx [link-preview url=”http://travellerstimes.org.uk/Blogs–Features/Peter-Mercer-MBE–2211934–1712017.aspx”]
A study of the university of Edinburgh suggests that bullying against Rroma and travellers is widespread and sometime condoned or at least tolerated by teachers, resulting in a self imposed segregation, where these population simply cease to send their children to school.
– When schools are ‘unsafe spaces’ for Traveller pupils. In: TES. 13.01.2017. https://www.tes.com/news/tes-magazine/tes-magazine/when-schools-are-unsafe-spaces-traveller-pupils [link-preview url=”https://www.tes.com/news/tes-magazine/tes-magazine/when-schools-are-unsafe-spaces-traveller-pupils”]
Niki Lorier, born 11. January 1917 celebrated his 100th birthday amongst his Manouches friends. He is one of the first activists who engaged himself for the Manouches in France and he created the first association of travellers in France.
May he live much longer!
– https://www.facebook.com/France3Lorraine/videos/10154095272741587/ [link-preview url=”https://www.facebook.com/France3Lorraine/videos/10154095272741587/”]
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