Romania

Treated like waste

vero — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:18:40 +0000

New Amnest Report Reveals Roma family forced to live in metal cabins behind sewage works

Vashka — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:23:04 +0000

“We are gypsies and that is why they don’t listen to us” - Monika, May 2009

More than 100 Roma people – including families with children – are living in metal cabins next to a sewage works in Romania after they were forcibly evicted from their homes, according to a new Amnesty report launching today.

The report, Treated like waste: Roma homes destroyed and health at risk in Romania, tells how the Roma people were forcibly evicted by municipal authorities from a building in the centre of Miercurea Ciuc – the capital city of Harghita County in central Romania. Most were resettled by the authorities in metal cabins on the outskirts of the town, behind a sewage plant

Source: New Amnest Report Reveals Roma family forced to live in metal cabins behind sewage works

Romanians flee homes after attack

fionamc — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:40:48 +0100

A five-day-old girl is among more than 100 Romanian people who have spent the night in a church hall after fleeing their homes in south Belfast.

The group of about 20 families said they left their homes in the Lisburn Road area after suffering racist attacks for almost a week.

Source: Romanians flee homes after attack