Główny temat z dnia Czwartek, 22. Listopad 2007

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The Roma's situation in Europe

After the last round of enlargement, the Roma now constitute the EU's largest minority. Not only in Eastern Europe are they the target of discrimination; migration has created a mood of strong anti-Roma sentiment in Italy too. On November 13th, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in favour of 18 Czech Roma families who brought a suit alleging their children were discriminated against when they were sent to special schools.

Mladá fronta Dnes - Czechy

Václav Zeman of the Czech "People in Need" organisation also criticises the practice of sending Roma children to special schools: "Before they start school children undergo what are referred to as intelligence tests which ignore the unique socio-cultural background of Roma children. Many Roma children have a poorer vocabulary than their non-Roma peers and problems with generalising concrete things. These tests suggest that seven out of ten Roma children are mentally retarded. This sounds highly unlikely. The clear result of this testing system is that most of the children who come from the special schools end up on the streets. This is the first step towards poverty and social marginalisation." (22/11/2007)

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Więcej z przeglądu prasy na temat » Mniejszości, » Czechy
Wszystkie dostępne teksty » Václav Zeman

Klassa - Bułgaria

The Bulgarian capital's municipal authorities have announced plans for the construction of a wall on the edge of Sofia's Roma district. The wall is to run parallel to a railway track and the official explanation is that it will "protect residents against the noise of passing trains and hinder makeshift rubbish dumps and the continuous crossing of train tracks." Georgi Papakotshev comments: "The municipal authorities' plans to build a wall along the border of the Roma district Fakulteta has caused an uproar among the district's residents. There are obvious parallels with the situation in the Czech city of Ustí nad Labem in 1999. This analogy says a lot about the extreme and frequently xenophobic mood in post-communist countries. But the difference is that the Central European Czech Republic had not yet joined the EU at the time, whereas Bulgaria has been an EU member for ten months now. ... What price would we pay for this wall? Well, Bulgaria ... would no longer be a 'European role model' for the restless southern Balkan region." (22/11/2007)

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Więcej z przeglądu prasy na temat » Rozszerzenie UE, » Bułgaria
Wszystkie dostępne teksty » Georgi Papakotschew

taz - Niemcy

Daniela Weingärtner appeals to the EU to promote the integration of Roma in their home countries: "With a population of ten million, the Roma represent the largest ethnic minority in the EU since its recent expansion. Had the old EU member states wanted to get a better idea of the responsibilities they were taking on, they need have looked no further than the European Commission's progress reports. Year after year these reports criticise the discrimination of Roma in Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania and the Czech Republic, yet the Community decided to take on the candidates despite these shortcomings. The last report before Romania's accession contains details of police raids targeted against Roma, expulsions and the destruction of their homes. Italy must now contend with similar reproaches. Instead of setting a good example the old member states are adopting the bad habits of the new ones." (22/11/2007)

» Artykuł (Link zewnętrzny, niemiecki)
Więcej z przeglądu prasy na temat » Rozszerzenie UE, » Migracja, » Europa, » Europa Wschodnia
Wszystkie dostępne teksty » Daniela Weingärtner

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