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Romaer
udvist: Information-leder: "Se hvor ulækkert vi opfører os" +
translated by Bashy Q: Look how disgusting we behave toward Roma people.
10.07.10 fra
Bashy Quraishy <bashy@mail.dk>
Dear
friends
Last week,
Danish state expelled 23 Roma people from Denmark on suspicion of stealing.
There was no court case, no judgement but only complaints from some summer
house owners in the neighbourhood where Roma had pithed their dwelling..
I have
translated an editorial from the respected newspaper Information which is very
critical of the decision and would give you more information.
Please
write to Danish Embassy in your country and lodge a protest.
If you need
further information, do mot hesitate to ask.
Kind regards
Bashy Quraishy
Chair-Advisory Council-ENAR -
Brussels
Chair-Jewish Muslim Co-operation
Platform - Brussels
Senior Advisor - COJEP
International- Strasbourg
Mobile; 0045 40 15 47 71
Phone; 0045 38 88 19 77
Look how disgusting we behave toward Roma
people
EDITORIAL in
Newspaper Information . Written by: Anna von Sperling . 09/07/2010
It's hard to
sell a news without live pictures nowadays. Therefore newspaper Ekstra bladet
presented its web users with a small video clip of a refrigerator with food
leftovers inside.
This not so
exciting panning over shelves was attached to the story of the 23 Roma who were
deported from Denmark with a two-year entry ban. Their only crime was to camp in a place where
they could not camp. What sprang to the eye was the headline in the newspaper:
'Look how disgusting Gypsies are living in Amager”.
It can be fine
for Extra Badet to provoke. That is probably what this newspaper is for. But it
is not good to do it at the expense of Europe's most persecuted people – who
are from Hungary to Italy beaten, excluded and deported. The myth of the dirty
and criminal Gypsy has had terrible consequences in the history of Europe. Even
Ekstra Bladet should be aware of this.
But it does not
change the fact that Copenhagen city has a problems in this summer, and one of
this is so unruly difficult to solve. The media has in recent days focused on
the increasing number of burglaries in particular areas in Amager, and the
arrow is pointed in one direction: towards the 300-400 Roma, mainly from
Romania, which according to the police assessment are camping on the island
over the summer.
Yesterday, in
Information newspaper, one could read about a holiday housing association on
Amager, which has had a record number of burglaries. Primarily, electric wires
and metalic things has been stolen - suggesting that the perpetrators sell it
on as scrap. For residents, it creates insecurity, frustration with the police
and the mistrust about an European project with free movement of people across
borders, with ordinary people themselves not knowing, what they gain by it.
Yesterday, the
Immigration Service deported to first 12 Romanian nationals from Denmark who
were staying in an abandoned and partially demolished building and then a
further 11 Romanian nationals who had camped at Amager Beach. All 23 have been
refused entry for two years on the grounds that they disturbed the public peace
and order. Experts estimate that there is a basis in law for expulsions.
But this does
change the fact that it is an unpleasant case that again demonstrates that Roma
people in Europe are persona non grata forever. This also shows that
apparently, there is a very special movement, which says to Roma people: Go
away from where we others are.
The
spokesperson of the Amnesty International in Denmark, Ole Hoff-Lund, said in
yesterday's Information:
"Roma
have no peace anywhere in Europe. They are in the most vulnerable population
group, which is persecuted and discriminated against in the EU. They have no
access to jobs, housing, education or health. This type of discrimination, Roma
now encounter also encounter in Denmark and even from the highest place. Even
Minister of Justice has pitched in.”
One must not
steal. Doing so becomes a police case. But the frustration in housing
associations are that the police do not respond to complains, because their
complaints often come under small theft cases. Quick response requires
resources, but if Roma in Amager actually are considered to be a heavy burden,
this issue should be dealt with. But, as the lawyer Bjørn Elmquist pointed out,
the real problem in this case is how much difference there is to give
protection to the nationals of Denmark and to the nationals of other countries.
We are looking
forward to listen to the explanation of politicians when they return from
summer cottages. For, as seen before, in summer time, things are boiled over
and sunshine effected politician have acted resolutely and sent the police on
one of their spectacular actions. But it is not useful to override all decency
and legal certainty for a single group because, some electric cables and
Iphones are missing on Amager.
But let us
remember that even if Copenhagen seems far from Brussels and the European project
benefits may seem even further away, the fact remains that you can not enjoy
the economic benefits of open borders without also having to deal with the
traveling in Europe, for which we have less warm feeling for.
As Maj
Kastanje, street level employee of Project Outside, told Information: 'We can
not say A to cheap Polish builders, without saying B to all of them who in our
eyes are useless”.
Perhaps there
is not work for everyone and maybe, not anyone bother to work if one can have
easy money. Perhaps there is no social shelter for all and maybe there is
someone who prefers a hidden camp on seedy places.
But it does not change the fact that there must be
legal protection for all in Europe.
(slut på Bashy Quraishys oversættelse/translation fra leder
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