A court decision ordered the continuation of the Roma village construction in a suburban area of Greater Lyon

17.12.2015

Despite the reluctance of the Mayor of the suburban area of Saint-Genis-les-Ollières and his going to court in order to terminate the building project of a Roma village, the court declared that the construction activities should not be suspended since the validity of the building permit could not be questioned. The 10 hectare site of the Roma village is expected to welcome 20 Roma families, that is to say nearly 80 people, in the framework of a vocational integration program entitled IEE ‘Integration through Employment and Education’.

A French revue was sentenced to a 2,000 euros fine on appeal after publishing a stigmatizing and racist issue on Roma communities

17.12.2015

Released in 2013, the related issue was entitled ‘Overdose of Roma people-A survey reveals that French people are fed up with Roma people-Financially supported, offenders…what we are not allowed to say on Roma people’. The heading of the main article in the issue was ‘France is being invaded by gypsies mainly coming from Romania and Bulgaria’.

The Council of Mayors of Greater Bordeaux is currently debating on how to handle Roma communities in their territory

17.12.2015

A member of the City Council of Greater Bordeaux submitted an oral question during the last official meeting on the fact that the presence of Roma gypsy communities on a specific site they were said to have ‘invaded’ was raising health and safety issues. The Mayor of the local town of Haillan-Andréa Kiss- replied that those communities were not gypsies but Bulgarians and as such full European citizens who had the misfortune to be expelled from Mérignac-another town which is part of the Greater Bordeaux territory.

Vocational Integration of Roma Migrants in the North of France

17.12.2015

The ‘Aréas Gypsies and Travellers’ Unit of the French organization La Sauvegarde du Nord has been implementing for over one year and a half now a vocational integration project which successfully works towards the integration of Roma communities living in the city of Lille and its surroundings.

Bringing New International and Civic Opportunities for People Facing Discrimination

17.12.2015

We have been developing new tools and methods in order to facilitate the insertion of marginalized communities such as Roma people thanks to our collaboration in the eRoma Resource Project or our involvement in a European project working towards the establishment of a pilot program for the economic and social integration of women from migrant origins called `I AM AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF MULTINATIONAL SOCIETY` (IamMS).

Current Activities towards the Integration of Roma Communities in the French City of Toulouse

16.12.2015

Since a couple of years, several arrivals of Roma families from Romania and Bulgaria have been reported in the city of Toulouse-located in the south-west of France. Many of them arrive in France after a working period in Spain or in Greece. When they arrive, they are settled in slums in which they are living in deprived environments with no fair access to public health systems or a decent housing. They are actually marginalized and discriminated against.

Airing of the documentary on the origins of the ‘CHAKARAKA’ Roma Orchestra

10.12.2015

On last December 4, the ‘Chakaraka’ movie was aired on the screens of the Jean Eustache arthouse cinema-a cinema located in Pessac, an area within the urban city of Bordeaux.

Experimentation of new art and cultural workshops for young Roma children

09.12.2015

Following their participation to the international conference ‘Broaden Horizons-Networks and Experiences for successful Roma inclusion’ of November, the French organization from Toulouse in the south-west of France-Rencont’roms nous-is carrying on its activities towards the integration of Roma communities through a cultural approach with the implementation of art and cultural workshops in December.

Workshop on the e-Roma Resource online platform at I.R.T.S-a Higher Institute of Social and Socio-Medical Work in France

09.12.2015

On December 16, ADICE will present the e-RR project to future professionals who will most likely be working from time to time with Roma people in their daily activities.

New French materials uploaded in the library

16.06.2015

A book explaining the gypsy situation in France and Europe and a video about the intervention of a sociologist about the Roma, have been uploaded on e-RR platform.

Several videos on Roma family life on French TV

10.02.2015

Several videos have been made and published on French television. These videos are presenting the life conditions of a Roma family who lived in the North of France and who had to go back to Romania.

New web video initiative, France

10.02.2015

The first project, entitled "Words of Roma", has been created by Roma Solidarity group from Lille Métropole and the Vidélio Production Association.