“Budapest, 8 March 2013: Roma from Aubervilliers have faced multiple evictions, with disproportionate use of police force, after their settlement was burned down last month. The European Roma Rights Centre and Médecins du Monde sent a letter to French authorities asking them to provide assistance for the families.” Read more: via Roma in France Face … Continue reading
“The latest issue of Der Spiegel magazine reports that while no one in the German government has ever officially stated the policy (and probably never will), it is completely evident whom it targets: Germany has been rattled by the immigration of Romani people from Bulgaria and Romania, which is why it doesn’t want to open … Continue reading
“A teenager of Roma origin who was trying to steal scrap metal has een shot dead in the Bulgarian capital Sofia by a security guard. The 16-year-old Kamen Asenov and a friend of his broke into the Poduyane refrigerator depot on Saturday in order to steal scrap.” Read more: via Bulgaria: Security Guards Shoot Dead … Continue reading
“French authorities have invited for the first time Bulgarian representatives to take part in inspections of illegal Roma camps in Paris suburbs. The news was reported by the Bulgarian Ambassador to France, Marin Raykov, speaking Saturday for the Bulgarian National Radio, BNR….” Read more: via France Invites Bulgarian Reps to Roma Camp Inspections: France Invites … Continue reading
Excerpt: “In interviews and casual conversations in the four southeastern European countries I visited this fall, I heard the same stereotypes about Roma repeated over and over again. And many of the people who trafficked in these stereotypes were highly educated, the people who are expected “to know better.” Maria Metodieva was, until recently, in … Continue reading
“BUDAPEST – A year and a half has passed since the European Commission adopted the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies up to 2020, which calls upon European Union governments to create comprehensive plans aimed at strengthening social inclusion and improving the well-being of their Romani citizens. The European Council endorsed the framework soon … Continue reading
“The online news server of the French political weekly Le Point reports that on 7 December the French Government announced it had abolished the financial aid it had been giving to migrant Romani people who agree to return to their country of origin. The change concerns mainly Romani people from Romania, whose country is an … Continue reading
“Paris. Most of the estimated 15,000 migrant Roma living in France come from Romania, and some from Bulgaria; almost all are fleeing chronic poverty and discrimination in their countries of origin, , Amnesty International says in a report published today. As non-French EU citizens, they are prohibited by French law from staying in the country … Continue reading
“Bulgaria has been found guilty of failing to protect the right to life and of discrimination against a female Roma citizen, who filed a case at the Strasbourg Court of Human Rights. The European Court of Human Rights has determined that Bulgarian authorities failed to properly investigate a violent assault against the woman that left … Continue reading
“Paris. The list of jobs, which Bulgarians and Romanians can occupy in France, was expanded to 300 professions, French Le Nouvel Observateur writes. After the publishing of the official text in the French State Gazette on Sunday and the expansion of the list of professions accessible by Bulgarian and Romanian nationals, Leader of the National … Continue reading
