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Another wall separates Roma from non-Roma in eastern Slovakia

Mon, Aug 30 2010 14:21 CET

byBeata Balogová, The Slovak Spectator

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Another wall separates Roma from non-Roma in eastern Slovakia

A woman, second right, from the French office of immigration and integration (OFII) speaks with a Roma family, some who were taking part in a voluntary repatriation scheme to Romania, at the Charles-de-Gaulle airport at Roissy near Paris on August 19 2010.

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The wall that now separates the mainly Roma inhabitants of a settlement next to the village of Ostrovany, near Šarišské Michaľany in eastern Slovakia, has evoked intense debate since it was built last year.

But some are now suggesting that it could serve as a model for other parts of Slovakia, where similar walls may be erected to serve the same purpose: to separate the Roma from the non-Roma population.

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Anonymous Aries Tue, Aug 31 2010 13:00 CET
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neither by hook no crook.
should read
neither by hook nor by crook
sorry.

Anonymous Aries. Tue, Aug 31 2010 12:56 CET
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Val
<<<<I thought that it was Bulgaria and Romania's failure to integrate them.... >>>>

I say it is the Romas who will not
integrate neither by hook no crook.

Anonymous Valeri Tue, Aug 31 2010 02:19 CET
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Wait - I thought that it was Bulgaria and Romania's failure to integrate them....

I have a solution for the Slovaks: just label them Bulgarian and send them to BG! The EU way!


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