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French police clear Roma camp in Evry near Paris

Published in Monday August 27th, 2012 In In the media

August 27, 2012 French police on Monday dismantled a Roma camp near Paris, where 70 people, including 19 children, were living. The action comes just days after the government promised a fresh approach in its controversial handling of the ethnic minority migrants. Police in Evry, on the outskirts of Paris, moved in at dawn to […]

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France must commit to ending forced evictions of Roma

Published in Tuesday August 21st, 2012 In Social movement news

August 21st, 2012 French cabinet members must take action to halt forced evictions of Roma communities and set a housing policy that respects and protects their rights, Amnesty International said ahead of a high-level ministerial meeting. The 22 August meeting called by Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault is the first of its kind since a new […]

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Roma trapped in misery as France demolishes camps

Published in Thursday August 16th, 2012 In In the media

August 15, 2012 The camps weren’t much to begin with: they had no electricity or running water. Grocery carts served as makeshift grills. Rats ran rampant and fleas gnawed on young and old alike. But they were home – and they were better than the new reality for thousands of Gypsies who have been forced […]

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EU keeps close eye on French gypsy expulsion

Published in Monday August 13th, 2012 In In the media

August 11, 2012 EU and human rights groups say they are monitoring closely how France dismantles mobile camps across the country and removes hundreds of gypsies, to ensure Paris’s actions are consistent with the Union’s rules on the free movement of people. Throughout the week police have broken up camps around the country, including areas […]

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France clears Roma camp in fresh wave of expulsions

Published in Friday August 10th, 2012 In In the media

August 9, 2012 French police raided a makeshift Roma camp on Thursday, evicting 200 people as the Socialist government quietly follows the former conservative administration’s policy of repatriating illegal immigrants. Dozens of police officers in riot gear descended on the camp near the city of Lille, in northern France, shortly after dawn to oversee the […]

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Czech Authorities Must Prevent a Forced Eviction of Roma Families

Published in Sunday August 5th, 2012 In Social movement news

August 3rd, 2012 Amnesty International today called on Czech authorities to prevent forcibly evicting dozens of Roma families living in rental accommodations in the north-eastern Czech town of Ostrava this weekend. On Friday morning, the head of Ostrava’s construction office delivered an eviction notice to more than 40 Roma families living in rented housing on […]

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Serbia’s Roma face uncertainty

Published in Monday July 23rd, 2012 In In the media

In Belgrade, large settlements of Roma are evicted with little or no warning. This presents an acute problem for internally displaced persons from Kosovo, who can become essentially invisible in the eyes of the law. Often uneducated and without documentation, many of these people live in the informal settlements of central Belgrade, where they’re able to scrape together an existence by scouring the city’s streets and rubbish bins for raw materials to be recycled or sold.

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Romania Walls In Its Roma

Published in Monday July 23rd, 2012 In In the media

July 20, 2012 The Roma are the largest ethnic minority in the European Union. And most live as second class citizens, in abject poverty. In the Romanian town of Baia Mare, a mayor has come up with a radical solution – he’s rehousing families in dilapidated communist-era offices and building a wall that closes them […]

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The sustainable renewal of Roma settlements model in Serbia

Published in Thursday July 12th, 2012 In Social movement news

July 11, 2012 By Robert Bu, Deputy Director of the Ecumenical Humanitarian Organization Roma people are among the most vulnerable social groups in Serbia. It is estimated that there are around 600 Roma settlements in Serbia today, with nearly 380,000 Roma living in them. Housing conditions in these settlements are below the public infrastructural and sanitary […]

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For black Americans, financial damage from subprime implosion is likely to last

Published in Sunday July 8th, 2012 In In the media

The implosion of the subprime lending market has left a scar on the finances of black Americans — one that not only has wiped out a generation of economic progress but could leave them at a financial disadvantage for decades. At issue are the largely invisible but profoundly influential three-digit credit scores that help determine who can buy a car, finance a college education or own a home. The scores are based on consumers’ financial history and suffer when they fall behind on their bills. For blacks, the picture since the recession has been particularly grim.

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