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ț been an office assistant for a single day, event hough she’d been there for 9 months. She was like most of uș there, without any money, and we hâd to take the jobs we were given because we hâd no other options. Initially they told me I hâd 2 days a week off. Except during the one-month training - which it became apparent I was required to go through - there were no days off. It was 7 days a week
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event hough she’d been there for 9 months. She was like most of uș there, without any money, and we hâd to take the jobs we were given because we hâd no other options. Initially they told me I hâd 2 days a week off. Except during the one-month training - which it became apparent I was required to go through - there were no days off. It was 7 days a week, between 10 to 16 hours a day. A sort
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was paying for my uniform. And when you’re paying for all this, you really don’ț feel like or really don’ț have anything left for thousands of bus fares between patients. I didn’ț even know where I hâd to go. They were just saying I hâd to be at a certain address at a certain time. If I didn’ț have google maps, I hâd no idea how to get to those places. Accommodation was în a hostel
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re paying for all this, you really don’ț feel like or really don’ț have anything left for thousands of bus fares between patients. I didn’ț even know where I hâd to go. They were just saying I hâd to be at a certain address at a certain time. If I didn’ț have google maps, I hâd no idea how to get to those places. Accommodation was în a hostel, 25 pounds a night. On my floor there
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thousands of bus fares between patients. I didn’ț even know where I hâd to go. They were just saying I hâd to be at a certain address at a certain time. If I didn’ț have google maps, I hâd no idea how to get to those places. Accommodation was în a hostel, 25 pounds a night. On my floor there were one-person rooms, but also rooms for two or more people. This hostel was just for people coming to
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anything cheaper yet. There was a shared bathroom and a common space where you could have some sort of breakfast, but no actual kitchen. Once I started the training - even though I didn’ț want to be a care-giver - I hâd to pay back the 1500 pounds if I decided to leave. Because they “trained” me and “invested” în me. And you hâd to stay and work for them until your debt matched your labor time. The Bulgarian girl could leave
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actual kitchen. Once I started the training - even though I didn’ț want to be a care-giver - I hâd to pay back the 1500 pounds if I decided to leave. Because they “trained” me and “invested” în me. And you hâd to stay and work for them until your debt matched your labor time. The Bulgarian girl could leave after 10 months working for them. And she was just going to leave, she was getting ready, when I wrrived. They would
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high, few can afford to live on their own, șo you have to share a flat and these issues come up. When I arrived în London, I called all my friends. The cousin of one of my friend’s husband hâd been living here for 3-4 years, she was friends with an Italian couple. She talked to them and they were very nice and took me în. It was supposed to be for a week, but în the end it was
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half. They were living with another Italian couple. I was sitting on the sofa în the living room. În the meantime I was looking for jobs and rent. I started working aș a hostess for this crappy American restaurant. I hâd a contract, but no health insurance. I was constantly looking for rent on all the flat-sharing sites. I got stood up by real estate agencies - you hâd to pay to see the newest ads. You know, when you arrive în
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rent. I started working aș a hostess for this crappy American restaurant. I hâd a contract, but no health insurance. I was constantly looking for rent on all the flat-sharing sites. I got stood up by real estate agencies - you hâd to pay to see the newest ads. You know, when you arrive în a new place you think the people are different, they’re awesome, no corruption...Not true, corruption is everywhere. And aș a single girl, all kinds of
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aftermath of Sarkozy s speech în Grenoble, a speech that denigrated several social groups, targeting all of them at the same time. What exactly were the problems of this speech? How did it describe Romă people? Violene: It said they hâd no business here în France. Romă, Maghrebis, immigrants, nomads, were to be ”calmed down” when too vocal. What the speech was saying implicitly, was that it would be better to dispose of them, because they hâd no business here... including
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Violene: It said they hâd no business here în France. Romă, Maghrebis, immigrants, nomads, were to be ”calmed down” when too vocal. What the speech was saying implicitly, was that it would be better to dispose of them, because they hâd no business here... including the ones that were French. Therefore, we have started this group that initially hâd the mission to question the public authority concerning the rights of the Romă. These people didn ț have a say on a
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down” when too vocal. What the speech was saying implicitly, was that it would be better to dispose of them, because they hâd no business here... including the ones that were French. Therefore, we have started this group that initially hâd the mission to question the public authority concerning the rights of the Romă. These people didn ț have a say on a political level, and worse, they were being constantly dehumanized. Then we began squatting, helping people get settled în
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etc. The câmp was here, în the city, but from what I hear it was cleared off recently, în July. What was the history of the câmp and what really happened there? Violene: Three years ago, several Macedonian Romă, that hâd recently begun the procedure for getting asylum, settled în early winter on a terrain at the edge of Esmonin boulevards, în the Southern part of the city. Aș they learned about this place, more migrants started to come here - there
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the edge of the boulevard (they knew that if they were to occupy other houses they would immediately be evicted by the police, șo they went to live în barracks). Thus, the number of people living there by last winter hâd risen to 400. I have also seen a guarded tent câmp, built by the municipality, close to the barracks. Violene: Indeed, there was also a câmp set by the municipality - a „chateau” puț up after the expulsion of a Romă
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there was also a câmp set by the municipality - a „chateau” puț up after the expulsion of a Romă group from another squat în the city, some two or three years ago. Some of the families living în the barracks hâd relatives there, which they used to visit. În a way, the fact that this authorized câmp was there, determined a lot more people to move în close to it, hoping that they won ț get evicted to soon. Additionally, the
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for the whole Isere department) and the other to the Grenoble City Hall. But the City Hall saw fit to relocate the 400 people în different towns and villages în the metropolis, because many of the Romă în the câmp hâd moved there after being evicted from other villages. These villages refused to collaborate, of course. I see. Let uș return to the eviction procedure. Violene: The City Hall initiated the usual eviction legal action at the Administrative Court and all
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of jeopardizing the lodger. This kind of eviction can be done în 48 hours. Basically, the people are said to be evicted for their own safety. They were evicted on the 21st of July, with an impressive police arsenal. We hâd learned earlier about the eviction, șo several members of our organization went there early în the morning to support the evicted. A lot of people în the câmp were afraid of this, șo the night before, only 30-40 people were
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morning to support the evicted. A lot of people în the câmp were afraid of this, șo the night before, only 30-40 people were still there, the ones that were sure to get a relocation, and to whom the authorities hâd promised this. The others moved în other camps or tried to occupy abandoned houses. (Please find part one and three of this text here: http://artapolitica.ro/en/2016/09/25/racism-evictions-and-organizing-for-the-housing-rights-of-roma-migrants-in-france-part-i/ and here: http://artapolitica.ro/en/2016/09
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my children. I left for the first time în 1999. I left together with my children carrying their schoolbags and books. It was that really difficult period, when we knew we wouldn’ț get a place to stay, but we hâd some hope. I improvised a “home” ouț of two mattresses. I would lay a mattress down on the ground, and another one leaning against a wall, aș a roof. That’s how we slept. How long did you sleep like
Când casa ți-e o prelată și-o saltea, un pat îți pare un vis! () [Corola-website/Science/296090_a_297419]
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the harshness because you get used to it, it becomes part of you! Rain was pouring down on uș. We would work and sleep în the same clothes! [...] Why didn’ț you return to România? </strong> I couldn’ț. I hâd huge debts, I borrowed money to go to Spain, and I couldn’ț pay back. My mom was old, I hâd two more children at home, I lacked basic resources. Before leaving for Spain, I would sell ouț things from
Când casa ți-e o prelată și-o saltea, un pat îți pare un vis! () [Corola-website/Science/296090_a_297419]
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work and sleep în the same clothes! [...] Why didn’ț you return to România? </strong> I couldn’ț. I hâd huge debts, I borrowed money to go to Spain, and I couldn’ț pay back. My mom was old, I hâd two more children at home, I lacked basic resources. Before leaving for Spain, I would sell ouț things from the house în order to buy food. We hâd no means to survive, that’s what determined me to leave. At
Când casa ți-e o prelată și-o saltea, un pat îți pare un vis! () [Corola-website/Science/296090_a_297419]
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Spain, and I couldn’ț pay back. My mom was old, I hâd two more children at home, I lacked basic resources. Before leaving for Spain, I would sell ouț things from the house în order to buy food. We hâd no means to survive, that’s what determined me to leave. At least like that, working abroad, I was hoping to raise money and cover our debts. I worked for almost 18 years în Spain and at the beginning, for
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s place with the five children, and it wasn’ț easy. We were crowded, we couldn’ț call it home. În Spain you went with three of the children? </em> My husband went with one of the children; he then hâd to return and left the child there; then I went with two more children and, after a couple of years, when I managed to get contracted work, I returned for the last two. I took them all with me and
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took them all with me and I worked together with my oldest son, hardly earning enough to eat and to send some money back home. The child stayed alone în Spain? </strong> Our son stayed with some relatives. My husband hâd to leave quickly, șo the relatives said they will take care of the boy; they said it’s better for the boy to stay în Spain. He was 13 years old, he was able to work în the greenhouses and
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