Roma denied adequate housing in Serbia

The Serbian authorities must halt a series of forced evictions of Roma in the capital Belgrade and to provide them with adequate housing.

A new report, Home is more than a roof over your head: Roma denied adequate housing in Serbia, documents an increasing series of forced evictions of Roma since April 2009 that has left some housed in metal containers in segregated settlements and others returned to living in poverty in southern Serbia, often to inadequate housing.

"Instead of halting forced evictions the Serbian authorities in Belgrade are carrying out more and more, driving Roma communities from their homes and forcing them to live in inadequate housing," said Sian Jones, Amnesty International's Serbia researcher.

Please read more here: http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/serbia-urged-stop-forced-ev...

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[cookielover1213]

@MassZombicide Well its because theyre roma, roma people are generally poor and arent given citizenship in any country also Serbia isnt the wealthiest country in the world and most of these roma are refugees from Kosovo, If I were to setup a makeshift camp in downtown London should I be given adequate housing? These Roma set up these makeshift camps in high density areas.

Point is this is happening all over Europe so I dont see why amnesty international is concentrating so much on Serbia?

[lebac]

So if I decide to live in makeshift house in the middle of London under some bridge I am automatically entitled to get adequate housing in Great Britain? I am packing my bags!

What these reports don't tell is that most of them were 'evicted' from Kosovo in 1999 and later. So Amnesty International, why don't you help Serbia return all of the evicted nationalities to their homes on Kosovo?

It is easy for organizations to give advice when their country has per capita income above 30.000$.

[ZVEZDAjeZAKON]

main problem with serbian gypsies is that they dont want to fit into society, they prefer their slumdog way of living. Even the richest serbian gypsies, who have family members living in Germany etc and sending them lots of mney, will keep begging on the streets, 'washing' winscreens of rush-stopped cars, selling junk from the trash and pickpocketing. The government offered em modern-looking containers but they refused to leave those slums.

[rambaldiCyber]

@rambaldiCyber Interesting... Serbia isn't poor country at all... We got big field crops, very good hi educated people (but most of them are in EU, USA, Russia, Australia, Swiss because they can't find a job in Serbia ), big number working-age people, potential for tourism and so on... We just have a traitors and thiefs in our government....

[rambaldiCyber]

Romas in Serbia got a much rights than in any european country except maybe Scandinavian countries....

Romas likes to live on that way... That is their call... Just a few percent deside to study altough it's all free for them !

After Croatian and Albaninan geonocide a big number of serbian refugees lives just like Romas... Actual pro european "Democracy" government don't care for anybody except their ass....

[AmericanFenian]

Maybe the reason they aren't given housing is because like the rest of the world Serbian doesn't want romas.

[SuboticaSpartans]

Јебеш ти цигане. Има их више него што је иком потребно. Нек се Амнести брине о њима а наша држава о нама.

[usagoodbyeisayhello]

Fuck em'.

[RomLink1]

good footage, exposing neglect and racism of authorities

[FraggingBard]

@lebac

Oh, I agree. But most people won't care. Hellholes like that are great for the ~5% of the population in politics, business, crime, what have you, and not that great for everyone else. But a good way of getting something fixed is to focus on one particular problem. If A.I. said Serbians are treating Serbians badly, no response. If they say Serbians are treating a minority badly, lots more people will pay attention. And at the same time highlight Roma problems. Can't hurt

[pusikuracAmerica]

you americans don't understand, theyre just cigane

[lebac]

@FraggingBard I understand what you are saying and I agree that stereotypes exist everywhere.

But life in Serbia is hard for a significant part of the population. Unemployment is as high as 20% and almost one million people are living under the poverty line (Roma and all included).

So when A.I. comes forth with reports like these about countries that have much bigger issues to solve their point is moot whatever that might be.

BTW most of them were given accommodations in another part of town.