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Switzerland and Travellers

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Another article on Rroma travellers in Switzerland. And the perpetuation of new myths: There are more and more of them coming in Switzerland (FALSE, exactly as before), they need so-called “Transit” camping place, even though they are not in transit through Switzerland but work here, etc. And on top, the segregation of camping sites between Swiss travellers and the others is considered almost as natural.SHAME!- Die Frage der Fahrenden sorgt für Kopfzerbrechen. In: Swissinfo. 19.09.2016. http://www.swissinfo.ch/direktedemokratie/roma-kontra-jenische_die-frage-der-fahrenden-sorgt-fuer-kopfzerbrechen/33534654#commentsdo [link-preview url=”http://www.swissinfo.ch/direktedemokratie/roma-kontra-jenische_die-frage-der-fahrenden-sorgt-fuer-kopfzerbrechen/33534654#commentsdo”]

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Travellers Camp and Bern

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The Bern Government is trying to take measures against abuses and misuses of one of the travellers sites in the canton. Apparently, the list of complaints is long, including not paying rent, destroying or damaging infrastructure, aggressive behaviour, and not sending children to school.
As usual, reality is somewhat less dramatic.

– Stadt Bern nimmt Fahrende in die Pflicht. In: Berner Zeitung. 20.09.2016. http://www.bernerzeitung.ch/region/bern/neue-spielregeln-fuer-standplatz-buech/story/15399016 [link-preview url=”http://www.bernerzeitung.ch/region/bern/neue-spielregeln-fuer-standplatz-buech/story/15399016″]

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Switzerland: Criminal Complaint against Politician

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The main Rroma organisations from Switzerland, together with the Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker lodged a criminal complaint for racism against the Green Liberal politician Nathan Güntensperger from Bern. This politician made derogatory and generalising comments against all Rroma in a letter to a newspaper.
The bad thing is that the 20 Minutes paper added a poll to the article: The choices were: Do you agree with the criminal complaint? No, one is allowed to say what one thinks! And a last one which was worse. Interestingly, the poll has been changed, but not for the better. That is about conflicts with travellers …

– Anzeige gegen Grossrat nach Roma-Beleidigung. In: 20 Minutes (CH). 21.09.2016. http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/bern/story/Anzeige-gegen-Grossrat-nach-Roma-Beleidigung-31556612 [link-preview url=”http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/bern/story/Anzeige-gegen-Grossrat-nach-Roma-Beleidigung-31556612″]

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Irish Tinkers – in Germany

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Irish Tinkers – in Germany

This time, not Rroma… A large group of Irish tinkers has been camping in Hessen. Not a usual sight to see them that far off from their country of origin.

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Switzerland: Travellers in Bern

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Switzerland: Travellers in Bern

Again bad press on travellers in Switzerland. Usual story: Forced to camp somewhere in the wild or on a rented field, there are not enough sanitary installations nor containers for garbage, and as a result, people complain about garbage and smell.

This is how you force a reputation on people.

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Switzerland and Travellers: Expelled in Neuchatel

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Switzerland and Travellers: Expelled in Neuchatel

Rroma travellers were again expelled in Neuchatel. This is becoming a real habit, and for some reason has been spiking this year, in spite of the fact that there are not that many more non-Swiss travellers than in previous years.

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Caritas Switzerland: Closing Travellers Contact Point

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Caritas Switzerland, a Christian charity is having some financial issues forcing them to close a few of their departments. One of them is the one for travellers, a department that opened in 1989.

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Camp for Travellers in Canton Bern, Switzerland

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Camp for Travellers in Canton Bern, Switzerland

The canton  Bern is asking the federal government for money to install a new camping site for foreign travellers. The price tag is ridiculously high (several million Swiss francs), and anyhow, why are the Swiss segregating by nationality? This is the outrageous thing.

The rightist party, the SVP is jumping on the bandwagon too.

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Great Britain: The most disadvantaged minority

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Great Britain: The most disadvantaged minority

The current situation of local Rroma and travellers in the UK and the views of the public. A must read.

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Switzerland: Rroma Travellers left Neuchatel …

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Switzerland: Rroma Travellers left Neuchatel …

The Rroma who made the headlines in the last month in the Canton Neuchatel apparently left. Not far, that we know, but they are no longer in Neuchatel. A canton that tries to forbid foreign travellers from coming.

Let’s hope a lot more visit them!

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Neuchatel (Switzerland): Camping re-opened

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Neuchatel (Switzerland): Camping re-opened

The authorities of the Canton of Neuchatel, having de-facto banned non Swiss Rroma travellers from their canton, are scheduled to re-open a camping spot for them. They were facing a few families who stubbornly refused to accept this interdiction and who have been working in the last few months in that region.

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More on Travellers in Switzerland

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More on Travellers in Switzerland

Whereas the other travellers in Bern, as we learnt, Sinti, created problems (see yesterday’s post), these Rroma in Aargau left the land clean and paid for their stay. It is therefore all the more of a mystery why the peasant will not want to rend another time to Travellers…

Bad.

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Berne: Alternative Association Want to Be Travellers

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Berne: Alternative Association Want to Be Travellers

An alternative movement in the city of Berne, who live in old caravans and camps around Bern is fighting the city ordinances that require them to move every three months. Their lawyer suggested that the state recognise them as Travellers, so that they get the right to stay for 6 months at the same spot.

Notwhistanding the fact that this law allowing travellers to stay put for 6 months is somewhat weird, the suggestion is an interesting one. The Swiss only recognise travellers, not the ethnic minority of Jenische and Rroma. In fact, the way of life is the key. So if they live like travellers, according to Swiss logic, they must be …

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Switzerland: Neuchatel wants Travellers out

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Switzerland: Neuchatel wants Travellers out

The authorities in Neuchatel / Val de Ruz want the foreign travellers out. And want to take measures to prevent foreign travellers to come to the canton. This continues the current trend of forbidding foreign Rroma from coming over to Switzerland.

BAD.

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Switzerland: Painters & Plasterers against Rroma

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Switzerland: Painters & Plasterers against Rroma

In Neuchatel in Switzerland, the association of painters and plasterers is protesting against Rroma who are doing their jobs at a much lower price. According to the association, they do their jobs badly … To be seen. These Rroma are also professionals J

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France: Gens du Voyage

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France: Gens du Voyage

If there are no news about Rroma in the French Press, there are many about travellers. So many in fact, that one could think that France is literally invaded by travellers. 37 articles, in their great majority about illegal camps … You can judge by yourself:

Illegal camping in Vizille, near Grenoble; illegal camping in Alsace; in St. Hilaire, in Plan de Grasse, in Revel, in Saintes Maxime, in the Ardèche, in Montpellier, in Millau, and in Cabestany, in the South of France; in Western France in the Landes, in Dinant, in Lanton, in les Billaux, in Escources, in Pont de Cé, and in Lespare; in the North of France in Alprecht, in Wattinies, in Dunkerque, in Librecourt, in Le Portel, in Valenciennes, in Meurchin, and in Mazingarbe; in Normandy in Vascoeuil; in the East of France in Epinal, in Jarville, in Neufchateeau, in Saint Vit, and in Dombasle; and finally two articles on potential sites for camping for travellers in the centre of France and near Paris.

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