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Switzerland and Travellers

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The Swiss Federal Tribunal will have to decide a recourse against the new law on Travellers issued by the Canton of Neuchatel. This law is definitively repressive and singles out a minority. As such, it cannot be accepted.

– Bundesgericht soll Neuenburger Gesetz zum Aufenthalt von Fahrenden für ungültig erklären. In: GfbV. 24.05.2018. https://www.gfbv.ch/de/medien/medienmitteilungen/bundesgericht-soll-neuenburger-gesetz-zum-aufenthalt-von-fahrenden-fuer-ungueltig-erklaeren/ [link-preview url=”https://www.gfbv.ch/de/medien/medienmitteilungen/bundesgericht-soll-neuenburger-gesetz-zum-aufenthalt-von-fahrenden-fuer-ungueltig-erklaeren/”]

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Paris: Exhibition

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Another article on the photography exhibition in Paris called “Mondes Tsiganes – La Fabrique des Images” in the museum for migration.The exhibition aims at showing how stereotypes were created via photography.
BUT: The name “Tsigane” as well as the place “Immigration” museum are not the right ones. And the Press now speaks of “Travellers”…

– Les gens du voyage sous l’œil des photographes. In: RFI. 28.03.2018. http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20180328-gens-voyage-sous-oeil-photographes [link-preview url=”http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20180328-gens-voyage-sous-oeil-photographes”]

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Paris – Photo Exhibition

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An exhibition of photographs of “Gens du Voyage” [travellers] with pictures between 1860 and now is open in Paris at the National Museum of the History of Immigration.

– Les « gens du voyage » en images au Musée national de l’histoire de l’immigration. In: Le Monde. 13.03.2018. http://www.lemonde.fr/photo/portfolio/2018/03/13/les-gens-du-voyage-en-images-au-musee-national-de-l-histoire-de-l-immigration_5270110_4789037.html#Tso4CrlrOvD6JXRq.99 [link-preview url=”http://www.lemonde.fr/photo/portfolio/2018/03/13/les-gens-du-voyage-en-images-au-musee-national-de-l-histoire-de-l-immigration_5270110_4789037.html#Tso4CrlrOvD6JXRq.99″]

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Switzerland: Law on Travellers

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The Law on travellers proposed by the Canton of Bern is getting bashed by a law professor who considers it illegal. The proposal would bring drastic measures against travellers who would be treated in the same way as hooligans.
Bad law, good critique!

– «Lex Fahrende» erhält miese Noten. In: Der Bund. 14.03.2018. https://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/lex-fahrende-erhaelt-miese-noten/story/18895340
– Jus-Professor kritisiert «Lex Fahrende». In: Berner Zeitung. 14.03.2018. https://www.bernerzeitung.ch/region/kanton-bern/jusprofessor-kritisiert-lex-fahrende/story/12727031 [link-preview url=”https://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/lex-fahrende-erhaelt-miese-noten/story/18895340 “]

Europe

Empowering Women

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The council of Europe is stating that women are change makers and that empowering Roma and Traveller women and girls to access leadership positions is the key towards the inclusion of Roma and Travellers into society.

– ROMA-Latest News. In: Council of Europe. 08.03.2018. https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/empowering-roma-and-traveller-women-and-girls-to-access-leadership-positions-is-the-key-towards-the-inclusion [link-preview url=”https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/empowering-roma-and-traveller-women-and-girls-to-access-leadership-positions-is-the-key-towards-the-inclusion”]

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Camping Site

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A site for “foreign” travellers (i.e. Roma) is opening in Brügg, Switzerland. Switzerland has a policy of de-facto segregation – reserving sites for Swiss travellers only. This is a rather recent development, started around 2014.

– Transitplatz für Fahrende in Brügg. In: Bauernzeitung. 08.03.2018. https://www.bauernzeitung.ch/news-archiv/2018/transitplatz-fuer-fahrende-in-bruegg [link-preview url=”https://www.bauernzeitung.ch/news-archiv/2018/transitplatz-fuer-fahrende-in-bruegg”]

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Westminster Mass

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Last Saturday saw a special mass in London’s Westminster Cathedral for Travellers. It was attended by Travellers from all over the UK.

– Hundreds attend Mass for Traveller Community at Westminster Cathedral. In: ICN. 26.02.2018. https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/34415 [link-preview url=”https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/34415″]

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Travellers Rights

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A portrait of a young Scottish traveller activist. We need more of this.

– “We are finally finding our voice to speak up and stand up for ourselves and our rights!” In: Youth Traveller Times. 19.02.2018. https://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/ytt/news/2018/02/we-are-finally-finding-our-voice-speak-and-stand-ourselves-and-our-rights [link-preview url=”https://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/ytt/news/2018/02/we-are-finally-finding-our-voice-speak-and-stand-ourselves-and-our-rights”]

News Switzerland

Switzerland: Foreigners not Wanted

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The Swiss canton of Neuchatel is preparing a law on travellers that discriminates against non-Swiss travellers coming to the country (some on a regular basis since the 1970’s).
This is not acceptable.

– ” Une loi qui criminalise des minorités ” In: RTN. 13.02.2018. https://www.rtn.ch/rtn/Actualite/Region/20180213-Une-loi-qui-criminalise-des-minorites.html [link-preview url=”https://www.rtn.ch/rtn/Actualite/Region/20180213-Une-loi-qui-criminalise-des-minorites.html”]

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Northern Ireland …

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Who are the most negatively viewed groups in Northern Ireland? Well no surprises: Travellers, Roma, and asylum seekers…

– Most negatively viewed groups include Travellers, Roma and asylum seekers. In: Mail Online. 31.01.2018. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-5332555/Most-negatively-viewed-groups-include-Travellers-Roma-asylum-seekers.html [link-preview url=”http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-5332555/Most-negatively-viewed-groups-include-Travellers-Roma-asylum-seekers.html”]

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Switzerland – Not Enough!

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Travellers in Switzerland (Jenische, Sinti, Roma) do not have enough camping sites in Switzerland. The association of the communes is asking for all to work together and for this issue not to be solely left to the communes themselves.

– Plätze für Fahrende: Gemeindeverband fordert Zusammenarbeit. In: Volksblatt. 26.01.2018. https://www.volksblatt.li/Nachricht.aspx?src=sda&id=275386
– Immer weniger Standplätze für Jenische, Sinti und Roma. In: Volksblatt. 26.01.2018. https://www.volksblatt.li/Nachricht.aspx?src=sda&id=275393
– Solution consensuelle pour les gens du voyage. In: 24 Heures. 26.01.2018. https://www.24heures.ch/suisse/solution-consensuelle-gens-voyage/story/26396968
– AIRS DE SÉJOUR EN BAISSE POUR LES GENS DU VOYAGE. In: Le Matin. 26.01.2018. https://www.lematin.ch/news/Airs-de-sejour-en-baisse-pour-les-gens-du-voyage/story/25263295
– Aires de séjour et de transit pour les gens du voyage: une meilleure collaboration entre les cantons, les communes et les personnes directement concernées est obligatoire. In: Presseportal. 26.01.2018. https://www.presseportal.ch/fr/pm/100059928/100811676 [link-preview url=”https://www.volksblatt.li/Nachricht.aspx?src=sda&id=275386 “]

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Children Taken Away

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The UK authorities are increasingly removing children from their Roma and travellers families according to a recent report.
It is effectively prejudice.

– ‘They took my life. I’m grieving for a child who is still alive’. In: The Guardian. 24.01.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jan/24/care-system-discriminating-gypsy-roma-traveller-children [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jan/24/care-system-discriminating-gypsy-roma-traveller-children”]

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Switzerland: The Traveller’s Law

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The new law against “illegal” camps for travellers in the Canton Bern is a shame. It caters to racism and prejudices all the while depriving travelling Roma (for it is targeted against them) of their livelihood.

– Die “Lex Fahrende” treibt die Platzsuche an. In: Der Bund. 25.01.2018. https://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/die-lex-fahrende-treibt-die-platzsuche-an/story/24204383 [link-preview url=”https://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/die-lex-fahrende-treibt-die-platzsuche-an/story/24204383″]

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Switzerland: Harder

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The Canton of Bern has decided to harden its policies towards “foreign” Travellers. They are not allowed to camp in sites reserved for the Swiss Travellers and now, “unauthorised” camping on private grounds (even when the ground’s owner has agreed) is a cause for expulsion.
BAD

– Kantonsparlament beschliesst strengere Regeln für Fahrende. In: Der Bund. 23.01.2018. https://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/kantonsparlament-beschliesst-haertere-gangart-gegenueber-fahrenden/story/24339071 [link-preview url=”https://www.derbund.ch/bern/kanton/kantonsparlament-beschliesst-haertere-gangart-gegenueber-fahrenden/story/24339071″]

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Counting Travellers

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Roma who travel and Travellers in the UK capital are becoming a rarity. They are now being counted in an effort to force municipalities to actually set aside land for them to camp.

– ‘It’s like we don’t exist’: London’s Gypsies stand up to be counted. In: The Guardian. 18.01.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/jan/18/london-gypsies-counted-travellers-map-prejudice [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/jan/18/london-gypsies-counted-travellers-map-prejudice”]

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UK and Travellers

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Charities say that Roma and Travellers fce a sever shortage of palces where they can stop and camp for a few days, de-facto endangering their way of life.

– Gypsies and Travellers in UK face housing crisis, charities warn. In: The Guardian. 18.01.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/18/gypsies-travellers-uk-housing-crisis-charities-warn [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/18/gypsies-travellers-uk-housing-crisis-charities-warn”]

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Schools in UK …

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A long article on the discriminations faced by Roma and Travellers’ children in UK schools, with a disproportionally large number of them being expelled.

– Why are Gypsy children often expelled from UK schools? In: Al Jazeera. 30.12.2017. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/12/gypsy-children-expelled-uk-schools-171229075235572.html [link-preview url=”http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/12/gypsy-children-expelled-uk-schools-171229075235572.html”]

News Switzerland

Slow Swiss …

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The Swiss are true to their reputation: Everything with ponderation, consideration, and discussion. In this case, the Swiss Federal Government set up a task force to make proposal for bettering the situation of Jenische (Swiss Travellers) Sinti and Roma. In 2014 …
In 2017, no end to the story, as the final report is still outstanding.

– Was wurde eigentlich aus dem Aktionsplan für Fahrende? In: Tages Anzeiger. 29.12.2017. https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/schweiz/standard/was-wurde-eigentlich-aus-dem-aktionsplan-fuer-schweizer-fahrende/story/29830508 [link-preview url=”https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/schweiz/standard/was-wurde-eigentlich-aus-dem-aktionsplan-fuer-schweizer-fahrende/story/29830508″]

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How Bad Can it Get?

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Reading this article, one cannot but ask how bad journalism can get. It seems this is a very deep pit indeed. This article manages to present all stereotypes, mixes travellers and Roma and well, is of really bad taste …
What else can one expect from this paper…

– It’s a big fat gypsy Christmas! Granddaughter of Traveller king Paddy Doherty’s delight as Santa brings her a new CHALET (and schoolgirl wants it to be just as bling as her grandpa’s). In: Daily Mail. 14.12.2017. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5156507/Gypsy-king-Paddy-Doherty-lavishes-gifts-family.html [link-preview url=”http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5156507/Gypsy-king-Paddy-Doherty-lavishes-gifts-family.html”]

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Switzerland: New Measures

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The Swiss are introducing new measures against “troublesome” travellers, i.e. against foreign Roma. They can now deny them the permit for work if they have not been condemned in the last two years. This may very well mean that a traffic violation will be sufficient to be denied work.
Bad, and symptomatic of the new attitude of the Swiss against Roma.

– Kantone erhalten Druckmittel gegen störende Fahrende. In: St. Galler Tagblatt. 08.12.2017. http://www.tagblatt.ch/nachrichten/schweiz/neues-druckmittel-gegen-fahrende;art253650,5162621
– Kantone bekommen neues Druckmittel gegen Fahrende. In: Barfi. 08.12.2017. https://barfi.ch/News-Schweiz-die-Welt/Kantone-bekommen-neues-Druckmittel-gegen-Fahrende [link-preview url=”https://barfi.ch/News-Schweiz-die-Welt/Kantone-bekommen-neues-Druckmittel-gegen-Fahrende”]

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