Europa Ocidental

Amnesty International deplores Roma Gypsy resettlements in Serbia

Published in Thursday October 18th, 2012 In In the media

October 17, 2012 Amnesty International on Wednesday sharply criticised Serbian authorities for forcibly resettling Roma Gypsies in the capital Belgrade earlier this year and called for legislation banning such evictions. “The mass forced eviction demonstrates the need for legislative changes in Serbia. The authorities need to urgently adopt a law which prohibits forced evictions and […]

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Scores of Roma left homeless in forced eviction near Paris

Published in Tuesday October 16th, 2012 In Social movement news

October 15, 2012 Around 150 Roma – including some 60 children – have been left homeless outside Paris after being forcibly evicted and having their homes bulldozed on Monday morning, Amnesty International said. The forced eviction in Noisy-le-Grand, in the department of Seine-Saint-Denis east of the capital, is the latest in a string of similar […]

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Homeless Families in Spain Squatting After Eviction

Published in Monday October 15th, 2012 In In the media

October 11, 2012 Protest groups in Spain have helped families that were kicked out of their homes by banks find shelter in repossessed, empty apartment buildings. Police moved in quickly in most cases, but in Seville about 30 families are going on six months of illegal occupation. Fifty-four-year old Mercedes Lladanosa showed us around the […]

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The Roma in France: “Is Hollande going to expel us all?”

Published in Monday October 1st, 2012 In In the media

(Português) October 1st, 2012 Like their classmates, Roma children in one Paris suburb are getting to grips with a new school year – but French ministers continue to play politics with their future. The Roma families who live in the Voltaire settlement in Saint-Denis, near Paris, count themselves lucky. They live on a piece of […]

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Roma camp dismantled in Rome

Published in Monday October 1st, 2012 In In the media

October 1st, 2012 The city of Rome has dismantled a large settlement occupied by about 400 members of the Roma community in Tor de’ Cenci, between Via Cristoforo Colombo and Via Pontina in the southern outskirts of the capital. The demolition and eviction, which took place on 28 September, was condemned by human rights groups […]

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Vigilantes burn Roma camp in Marseille, France

Published in Monday October 1st, 2012 In In the media

September 28, 2012 A group of vigilantes have evicted a group of Roma (Gypsies) from a Marseille housing estate and burnt down their camp, French media report. There were no reports of violence when the 35 Roma people were forced out of the city’s Creneaux estate. Furniture and other items were set on fire at the […]

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Amnesty day of protest for Italian forced evictions of Roma

Published in Monday September 24th, 2012 In In the media

September 22nd, 2012 Amnesty International will hold a day of protest today to protest against the Italian government’s forced evictions of Roma people. The event will take place outside Brown Thomas on St Patrick St from 2pm to 4pm today as part of a global day of protest against the Italian’s actions of six months, […]

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Housing waiting lists rise to 180,000 in West Midlands, England

Published in Wednesday September 19th, 2012 In In the media

September 17, 2012 The number of people on waiting lists for social housing in the West Midlands region has risen to 180,000, according to the National Housing Federation. It said across the whole region the number had increased by 45% over the past five years. The federation said a “massive shortage” of new homes was to […]

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Amnesty International reports violation of Italy Roma rights

Published in Monday September 17th, 2012 In In the media

September 15, 2012 Amnesty International has recently released a report called “On the Edge” which urges Italy to change its laws, policies and practices that marginalize the Roma people, also known as Gypsies. An estimated 200,000 Roma people live in Italy today, the majority of them in encampments on the outskirts of cities such as […]

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Italy’s Roma still segregated and without prospects

Published in Thursday September 13th, 2012 In Social movement news

September 12, 2012 Discriminatory laws, policies and practices which marginalize Italy’s Roma must be urgently changed, Amnesty international said in a briefing published today. On the edge: Roma, forced evictions and segregation in Italy, exposes the continuing systematic failure of Italian authorities to uphold Roma rights. In the 10 months since Italy’s highest administrative court […]

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