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...
View ArticleRoma, 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...
View ArticleFestival 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...
View ArticleRom, 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,...
View ArticleRoma 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...
View ArticleTravel 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...
View ArticleAbout 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...
View ArticleScholastic 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...
View ArticleRoma 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...
View ArticleIn 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...
View ArticleParis 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...
View ArticleHate 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,...
View ArticleGreek 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...
View ArticleRoma 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...
View ArticleIllegal 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...
View ArticleRoma 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...
View ArticleRoma 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleOnly 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 ... [....]
View ArticleRoma, 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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