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News Western Europe United Kingdom

UK, Roma, and Education

July 8, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

No surprise, Travellers and Roma face hurdles in higher education.

Bad.

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller students ‘face stark barriers to going to university’. In: The Independent. 07.07.2022. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/gypsy-irish-russell-group-university-of-sussex-bbc-b2117575.html
Ensuring the most disadvantaged minorities in UK education – Gypsies, Roma and Travellers – have fairer opportunities. In: HEPI. 07.07.2022. https://www.hepi.ac.uk/2022/07/07/ensuring-the-most-disadvantaged-minorities-in-uk-education-gypsies-roma-and-travellers-have-fairer-opportunities/
Ensuring the most disadvantaged minorities in UK education – Gypsies, Roma and Travellers – have fairer opportunities: In: FE News. 07.07.2022. https://www.fenews.co.uk/fe-voices/ensuring-the-most-disadvantaged-minorities-in-uk-education-gypsies-roma-and-travellers-have-fairer-opportunities/
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller students ‘face stark barriers to going to university’. In: Daily Echo. 07.07.2022. https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/national/20261459.gypsy-roma-traveller-students-face-stark-barriers-going-university/

News Switzerland

Switzerland and Travellers

July 7, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

There are not enough camping sites for Roma travellers in Basle, Switzerland …

Nothing new.

Sinti und Roma finden keinen Platz in Basel-Stadt. In: Basler Zeitung. 06.07.2022. https://www.bazonline.ch/sinti-und-roma-finden-keinen-platz-in-basel-stadt-462711852221

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Wales and Travellers

July 3, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

Not a nice article, to say the least, and an article that fails to look for the root causes of the problems.

The scandal of authorised Gypsy, Roma and Traveller sites in Wales. In: The National. 02.07.2022. https://www.thenational.wales/news/20249600.scandal-authorised-gypsy-roma-traveller-sites-wales/

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Appleby Horse Fair

June 10, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

Mane event: Gypsies and travellers flock to Appleby Horse Fair. In: The Telegraph. 09.06.2022. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/09/mane-event-gypsies-travellers-flock-appleby-horse-fair/
Appleby Horse Fair 2022 in pictures as thousands of travellers arrive in Cumbrian town. In: News and Star. 09.06.2022. https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/20198727.appleby-horse-fair-2022-first-look-thousands-travellers-arrive-cumbrian-town/
Appleby Horse Fair kicks off as thousands of travellers arrive for historic festival. In: The Mirror. 09.06.2022. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/appleby-horse-fair-kicks-thousands-27188776

News Western Europe United Kingdom

Appleby Horse Fair

June 9, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

Europe Roma and Travellers largest fair is opening today in Appleby.

Appleby Horse Fair organisers introduce new measures. In: BBC News. 08.06.2022. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-61716773?fbclid=IwAR3Hh5t-zKP6ls3MixmB8MW9EDIohKTIRuccZrZqn5hbvkMEogf71Yq3yVM

News Western Europe United Kingdom

Appleby

June 9, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

Photos of Europe’s largest gathering of Romani and Traveler people as thousand enjoy the traditional horse-trading fair in a rural English town. In: Yahoo. https://news.yahoo.com/photos-europes-largest-gathering-romani-113733587.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGxn_KDknDhEpgRXAcvXZqSLOdtsfiDmqIdquulxpGbqBKmx_kDG_ilGkB-t-UhGyM9znEpa_folf5-CYIeVN4lABOl4OChlhycxbxcOlj9Ux5oxAK4ZqTqbTlB2-67RBD0PlVBtsWeEQKxi5h3LTYC1IjJgxcsjQ3IHFKMWrSEo

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Travellers and the UK

May 21, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

There are not enough camping sites for Travellers in the UK, resulting in tensions when they pitch camp in other areas.

Fareham council ‘not happy’ over traveller camp. In: BBC News. 20.05.2022. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-61520325

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UK and Travellers

May 6, 2022 Published by: Roma Foundation

The fact that some travellers want to settle near a landmark in Yorkshire doesn’t bring the best in the UK press. Stereotypes galore.

Oathie Sykes: Traveller family’s plan to create home near to 14th Century Yorkshire castle causes outcry. In: Yorkshire Post. 05.05.2022. https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/oathie-sykes-traveller-familys-plan-to-create-home-near-to-14th-century-yorkshire-castle-causes-outcry-3679207

News Western Europe United Kingdom

Labour?

April 10, 2019 Published by: RF

A Labour councillor in the UK made a comment on social media stating that “Hitler had the right idea” about travellers.
He certainly has turned his brain off at some point.

– Labour councillor denies Facebook Hitler remark. In: BBC News. 08.04.2019. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-47853418 [link-preview url=”https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-47853418″]

News Western Europe Spain

No Comments

April 10, 2019 Published by: RF

Bad …

– Spanish police brutally end street fight between Roma travellers with vicious kicks, punches and baton charges in shocking footage taken in a busy Madrid square. In: Daily Mail. 09.04.2019. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6902755/Spanish-police-break-vicious-fight-Roma-travellers.html [link-preview url=”https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6902755/Spanish-police-break-vicious-fight-Roma-travellers.html”]

News Switzerland

Travellers in Switzerland

March 15, 2019 Published by: RF

The canton of Berne is setting aside quite a bit of money to create a permanent camping site for travellers in Villeroltigen. Good, except that they segregate between “Swiss” and “Foreign” travellers. And the SVP, the populist right wing party already stated that they would do a referendum on the topic.

– 3,3 Millionen Franken für ausländische Fahrende. In: Tele Bärn. 13.03.2019. https://www.telebaern.tv/telebaern-news/33-millionen-franken-fuer-auslaendische-fahrende-134205439?utm_source=shared-facebook&fbclid=IwAR2P9OnGYhvOIxFBNmx9nCOzjU1tFOfRMqlH2qAhVGUrkRe2fSWMUmI7DLk [link-preview url=”https://www.telebaern.tv/telebaern-news/33-millionen-franken-fuer-auslaendische-fahrende-134205439?utm_source=shared-facebook&fbclid=IwAR2P9OnGYhvOIxFBNmx9nCOzjU1tFOfRMqlH2qAhVGUrkRe2fSWMUmI7DLk”]

News Western Europe United Kingdom

Church of England

February 23, 2019 Published by: RF

The Church of England is making efforts to help Roma and travellers. Well, better late than never.

– Church of England urged to make land available to Gypsies. In: The Guardian. 22.02.2019. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/22/church-of-england-urged-to-make-land-available-to-gypsies [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/22/church-of-england-urged-to-make-land-available-to-gypsies”]

News Switzerland

Camping Sites in Switzerland

February 20, 2019 Published by: RF

An article on the perennial Swiss issue of sites for travellers with a mention of the fact that Roma are still not recognised in that country (but Sinti are) …

– Mehr Halteplätze für Fahrende. In: Der Bote. 19.02.2019. https://www.bote.ch/nachrichten/schweiz/mehr-halteplaetze-fuer-fahrende;art46447,1157032 [link-preview url=”https://www.bote.ch/nachrichten/schweiz/mehr-halteplaetze-fuer-fahrende;art46447,1157032″]

News Western Europe United Kingdom

Housing Crisis

February 19, 2019 Published by: RF

How the city of Bristol is trying to force travellers out of caravans and into houses and flats.

– Road to nowhere: Bristol’s hidden housing crisis. In: The Bristol Cable. https://thebristolcable.org/2019/02/road-to-nowhere-bristols-gypsy-and-traveller/ [link-preview url=”https://thebristolcable.org/2019/02/road-to-nowhere-bristols-gypsy-and-traveller/”]

Europe

Women Conference

February 16, 2019 Published by: RF

Announcement for the Romani woman conference March 25-27.

– 7th International Roma Women’s Conference: SAVE THE DATE! In: Council of Europe. https://www.coe.int/en/web/roma-and-travellers/-/open-call-for-the-7th-roma-women-conference [link-preview url=”https://www.coe.int/en/web/roma-and-travellers/-/open-call-for-the-7th-roma-women-conference”]

News Western Europe United Kingdom

UK, Racism, and Roma

February 14, 2019 Published by: RF

The story of a young Romni in School in the UK.

– “We the youth must never give up the fight for Roma equality”. In: The Travellers’ Times. 07.02.2019. https://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/ytt/news/2018/02/we-youth-must-never-give-fight-roma-equality?fbclid=IwAR3Ws_-zv41P3ms9WQ0SkHBP7rQ0qhOUJ-EeB38RWSWU1MIZdf8vqIyORwU [link-preview url=”https://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/ytt/news/2018/02/we-youth-must-never-give-fight-roma-equality?fbclid=IwAR3Ws_-zv41P3ms9WQ0SkHBP7rQ0qhOUJ-EeB38RWSWU1MIZdf8vqIyORwU”]

News Western Europe United Kingdom

UK Media and Roma

February 12, 2019 Published by: RF

An editorial on how the UK TV presents Roma and Travellers.

– Patronising and totally false: my despair at TV about Gypsies. In: The Guardian. 11.02.2019. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/feb/11/patronising-and-totally-false-my-despair-at-tv-about-gypsies-a-very-british-history-bbc [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/feb/11/patronising-and-totally-false-my-despair-at-tv-about-gypsies-a-very-british-history-bbc”]

News Western Europe United Kingdom

UK and Travellers

February 9, 2019 Published by: RF

More on the plans of the UK government to criminalise illegal camping by travellers.

– Why the government has a ‘lazy and populist’ approach towards unauthorised traveller sites. In: Environment Journal. 08.02.2019. https://environmentjournal.online/articles/why-the-government-has-a-lazy-and-populist-approach-towards-unauthorised-traveller-sites/
– Travellers say they ‘live in fear’ as government plans tough new powers for unauthorised encampments. In: Get Surrey. 08.02.2019. https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/travellers-say-live-fear-government-15797230 [link-preview url=”https://environmentjournal.online/articles/why-the-government-has-a-lazy-and-populist-approach-towards-unauthorised-traveller-sites/ “]

News Western Europe United Kingdom

Jail ?????

February 7, 2019 Published by: RF

A new plan in the UK foresees the possibility of jailing travellers for setting up illegal camps.
REALLY???

– CAMP CRACKDOWN. Travellers could be jailed for setting up unauthorised camps under new plans from Home Secretary Sajid Javid. In: The Sun. 07.02.2019. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8370697/travellers-jailed-illegal-camps-new-plans-sajid-javid/ [link-preview url=”https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8370697/travellers-jailed-illegal-camps-new-plans-sajid-javid/”]

News Switzerland

Switzerland: A FIRST!!!

January 15, 2019 Published by: RF

There seems to be change in the air. For the first time, politicians were condemned for racism against Roma. In this case, the leaders of the youth fraction of the SVP, the rightist populist party in Switzerland were condemned for a cartoon against Roma travellers.
A first, and hopefully, this will slow down these kind of actions.

– «Kritik ist erlaubt, aber mit Augenmass». In: Der Bund. 14.01.2019. https://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/chefs-der-jungen-svp-bern-wegen-wahlplakat-verurteilt/story/20109238
– Roma-Organisation und GfbV begrüssen Verurteilung der Jungen SVP Bern wegen Rassismus. In: GfbV. 14.01.2019. https://www.gfbv.ch/de/medien/medienmitteilungen/junge-svp/ [link-preview url=”https://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/chefs-der-jungen-svp-bern-wegen-wahlplakat-verurteilt/story/20109238 “]