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The scarce Sarkozy’s political will

In France, the measures taken by Sarkozy to support Roma people continue to be criticized. The last, addressed by the Commission nationale consultative des droits de l’Homme (CNCDH) that denounced the...

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Roma, usual problems, no solution

About the lack of integration of Roma in Europe, we know everything about that. For years studies, surveys, proposals of laws that merely list the same problems without proposing, however, practical...

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Festival of People

The event more “colorful” of the season is yet to come: the Festival of People. Organized by the Municipality of Forlì intends to give a space to meet the diversity in a funny, social with music and...

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Rom, the usual rebus

The use and abuse of legal and illegal drugs is widespread among European youth. It affects the whole society but it has a deeper effect on Rom /Sinti communities because of their social exclusion,...

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Roma people and discrimination, Italy can do more

Italy must do more to protect Roma and Sinti people from discrimination. This is essentially the recommendation contained in the resolution adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of...

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Travel permit for Gypsies and Roma people

This is a birthday a bit special: one hundred years have passed since the creation of travel permit (carnet de circulation), created in France July 16, 1912. This booklet is currently the subject of...

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About Roma people Hollande takes measures

The French government had to intervene with a circular published on August 29, to settle the social tension that has arisen in France following a series of dismantling of some Roma camps located in the...

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Scholastic apartheid for young Roma

In Slovakia, Roma children are discriminated at school and the situation will get worse this year, Amnesty International reports. The new educational reform, indeed, states that Roma children, about...

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Roma people join left and right

The camp clearances of Roma camps in France find the consensus of a large portion of the public opinion, regardless of political affiliation. According to a poll by Ifop, as many as 83% of the French...

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In Germany boom of Roma people

In September, the number of immigrants who arrived in Germany with the hope of being granted political asylum increased by 27.7% from the previous month, exceeding 40 thousand application. The vast...

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Paris makes peace with Bulgaria and Romania

In order to facilitate access to employment and thus the social integration of Roma people, France has extended the number of jobs open to recruitment Bulgarian and Romanian. They will be 291, compared...

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Hate crime continues to grow in EU

A new report by an EU agency says that ‘hate crime’ has become a ‘reality’ in the EU. The European Union agency for fundamental rights (FRA) says violence and offences motivated by racism, xenophobia,...

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Greek Roma win human rights case

The European Court of Human Rights ruled that the Greek authorities failed to integrate Roma children into the ordinary education system. This, in addition, amounted to discrimination against them. The...

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Roma children, without school designed to the ghetto

In Spain, 80% of Roma children, who take classes in secondary education, abandon before they finish it. According to the Fundación Secretariado Gitano, some of Roma children, especially girls, don’t...

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Illegal Roma evictions in France continue under Hollande

About 12,000 Roma were illegally moved from their settlements in 2012 in France. Two-thirds of the evictions happened during the presidency of François Hollande, according to a report from the European...

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Roma people’s paradise

The Roma issue is complex but it is not unsolvable. As the examples of two gypsy communities show, one in Macedonia, the other in Andalusia. It seems like another world compared to the rest of Europe...

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Roma and Sintis facing poverty and discrimination

The authorities describe them as a nomadic people, while it is estimated that 80-85% of Roma decides to settle in Europe. According to the Council of Europe, in 2012, there were approximately 6 million...

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The numbers of human rights violations

According to the 2013 Annual report of Amnesty International documenting violations of human rights committed in 2012 in 159 countries and territories around the world, the situation is worrying. The...

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Only Spain knows how to deal with Roma

In Spain the integration policies of Roma people really work. The Fundación del Secretariado Gitano states, which analyzed 30 years of Iberian inclusion policies for ... [....]

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Roma, the scapegoats of austerity

Bad news, again, for Roma people condition in Europe. According to the Council of Europe’s (CoE) human rights commissioner Nils Muižnieks, indeed, there is “no ... [....]

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