30 September 2016
ERIO news and activities
* ERIO at the “Good Practice Plus Policy” Conference in
Belfast
On September 21-22, ERIO representative participated in a
conference in Belfast organised by the Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic
Minorities. The topic of the conference was Hate Crime and Hate Speech in
popular politics: the roles of criminal justice agencies
The Purpose of the event was to: Identify good practice
to support victims of racial and religious hate crime and hate speech in Member
States; build a strong partnership between the police and prosecution authority
and minority ethnic community to support victims; identify issues and gaps at
both national and EU level on the existing law, policy and practice; and
showcase the progress of the Good Practice Plus project in different national
contexts.
Find out more here
* ERIO at the High Level Event on Roma youth empowerment
On the 29 September, ERIO attended a meeting organised by
the Belgian National Roma Platform, which was launched in May 2016. The topic
of the meeting was Roma’s access to healthcare. The aim of the meeting was to
formulate recommendations for policy makers and which can provide some input
for the evaluation of the National Roma Integration Strategy.
During the meeting, ERIO stressed the need to ensure the
participation of Roma in the full process related to the national strategies
and any policy relevant for Roma which is currently non-existent in the Belgian
context.
Read
more here
Other news
* Germany: Racist assaults increasing
By ČTK, translated by Gwendolyn Albert
The number of violent attacks with a racist subtext has
increased in Germany. From January until mid-September, police recorded 507
such assaults, almost double the number for the same period last year,
according to the magazine Spiegel.
The overall number of politically-motivated crimes
targeting asylum-seekers and refugees is also high.
Read more here
* ERIO at the High Level Event on Roma youth empowerment
On the 29 September, ERIO attended a meeting organised by
the Belgian National Roma Platform, which was launched in May 2016. The topic
of the meeting was Roma’s access to healthcare. The aim of the meeting was to
formulate recommendations for policy makers and which can provide some input
for the evaluation of the National Roma Integration Strategy.
During the meeting, ERIO stressed the need to ensure the
participation of Roma in the full process related to the national strategies
and any policy relevant for Roma which is currently non-existent in the Belgian
context.
Read more here
Other news
* Germany: Racist assaults increasing
By ČTK, translated by Gwendolyn Albert
The number of violent attacks with a racist subtext has
increased in Germany. From January until mid-September, police recorded 507
such assaults, almost double the number for the same period last year,
according to the magazine Spiegel.
The overall number of politically-motivated crimes
targeting asylum-seekers and refugees is also high.
Read more here
* England fans in Lille have been filmed humiliating
children understood to be from the Roma community
By Sky News
The shocking footage shows supporters throwing coins at
the children and laughing - with one man seen pretending to fight a small
child. The children are said to be from the Roma community, but Sky News has
been unable to verify this.
In a statement, a Roma advocacy group said: "We
firmly condemn what happened and we underline the urgency to take measures
against anti-gypsyism, because in Europe every day the balance shifts to the
far-right."
Read more here
* One-third of Roma People Do Not Consider Themselves
Poor
By Novinite, Sofia News Agency
One-third of Roma people in Bulgaria do not consider
themselves poor, while 67.2% reckon so, showed data of the National Statistical
Institute from the 2015 annual survey. The survey is carried out every year,
but, for the first time this year, it included a question on ethnic identity.
Read more here
* The Roma People Demonstrate in Oslo
By NRK/Aftenposten
The Norway Post. The Roma people and other disadvantaged
groups demonstrated against the city council's plans to ban outside sleeping in
Oslo. A large number of Roma people met Oslo politicians on their way to work
with banners, signs, songs and dance Wednesday morning. Wednesday evening, the
city council will most likely issue a ban against sleeping outside, a ban
requested by the Oslo Police District.
Read more here
Announcements and events
* ERIO at the High Level Event on Roma youth empowerment
The EU Slovak Presidency and the European Commission is
organizing a High Level Event on Roma youth empowerment which will take place
on October 10-11 in Bratislava. The event will bring together around 200
participants, representing relevant national authorities from the EU Member
States, enlargement countries, international organizations, EU and national
level NGOs, Roma and non-Roma youth and media. The conference will focus on
promoting the role of Roma youth as a driving force in the Roma integration process.
Read more here
Best regards,
ERIO team
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