Honsol, I had also read that 'Arrow Cross' was a fascist group from Hungary not Romania, hence when I posted I only mentioned 'deported to other countries' and 'fascist groups'.
The reason I mentioned the incident was that when I was young, I watched on the news that German police sent Roma packing and the Roma got threats from nazi groups. Could not find the keywords to search online to back up what I'd remembered to have seen - I couldn't even recall the year properly. http://freetruth.50webs.org/A6.htm#RomaToday looked somewhat like it. But I see now that that page itself cites http://www.zmag.org/zmag/articles/feb97church.htm as source for the information. I might be wrong, but I thought Zmag was a communist site - if so, why are they quoting from there?
Aha, I think I've found something related to what I saw on the news way back when:
http://www.jpr.org.uk/Reports/CS_Reports/P...ain.htm#Germany
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><i>Repatriation</i>
A new policy of forcible return replaced that of integration. In December 1990 the government of Nordrhein-Westfalen withdrew a regulation allowing stateless Roma to settle there, instead offering Macedonia over DM 20 million to resettle Yugoslav Roma near Skopje.(132) On 5 March Germany was the only one of forty-three participants to vote against Resolution 62 of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, entitled 'Protection of Roma', the German delegation arguing that Roma did not constitute a minority in Germany, that they should not be the subject of positive discrimination and that Germany wished to retain its right to expel Romany refugees.(133) In September 1992 a formal agreement between Germany and Romania, becoming effective in November 1992, stated that all Romanians ineligible for asylum (mostly Roma) would be liable to forcible deportation to Romania. Since then Germany may have repatriated at least 40,000-50,000 Roma. Over DM 30 million were paid to the Romanian government.(134) Some monitoring has occurred of the fate of those forcibly returned. Thousands of Roma immigrants remain in Germany, and many still arrive. Even those -without identity papers are likely to be repatriated.Â
By early 1993 no Roma had ever been granted refugee status in Germany. The Federal Office for Recognition of Foreign Refugees stated in January 1993 concerning Roma refugees from Romania: 'As a result of the alien character of the Roma, their stubborn retention of alien traditions, an intensive rejection of Roma as well as deep prejudices have emerged [in Romania]. This is normal. It is also understandable that such feelings are now expressed in a violent manner.' Since persecution of Roma in Romania is not officially regarded as political, no Roma would be eligible for political asylum.(135)Â
Germany concluded a re-admission agreement with Poland in May 1993 which will affect many Roma. Moreover, a new refugee law came into effect in 1994, rendering it virtually impossible for any Rom to acquire a residence permit. Roma from Yugoslav territories, rendered stateless following the break- up of Yugoslavia, continued to be forcibly repatriated from Schleswig-Holstein and Baden- Württemberg.(136)<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The reason I mentioned the incident was that when I was young, I watched on the news that German police sent Roma packing and the Roma got threats from nazi groups. Could not find the keywords to search online to back up what I'd remembered to have seen - I couldn't even recall the year properly. http://freetruth.50webs.org/A6.htm#RomaToday looked somewhat like it. But I see now that that page itself cites http://www.zmag.org/zmag/articles/feb97church.htm as source for the information. I might be wrong, but I thought Zmag was a communist site - if so, why are they quoting from there?
Aha, I think I've found something related to what I saw on the news way back when:
http://www.jpr.org.uk/Reports/CS_Reports/P...ain.htm#Germany
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><i>Repatriation</i>
A new policy of forcible return replaced that of integration. In December 1990 the government of Nordrhein-Westfalen withdrew a regulation allowing stateless Roma to settle there, instead offering Macedonia over DM 20 million to resettle Yugoslav Roma near Skopje.(132) On 5 March Germany was the only one of forty-three participants to vote against Resolution 62 of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, entitled 'Protection of Roma', the German delegation arguing that Roma did not constitute a minority in Germany, that they should not be the subject of positive discrimination and that Germany wished to retain its right to expel Romany refugees.(133) In September 1992 a formal agreement between Germany and Romania, becoming effective in November 1992, stated that all Romanians ineligible for asylum (mostly Roma) would be liable to forcible deportation to Romania. Since then Germany may have repatriated at least 40,000-50,000 Roma. Over DM 30 million were paid to the Romanian government.(134) Some monitoring has occurred of the fate of those forcibly returned. Thousands of Roma immigrants remain in Germany, and many still arrive. Even those -without identity papers are likely to be repatriated.Â
By early 1993 no Roma had ever been granted refugee status in Germany. The Federal Office for Recognition of Foreign Refugees stated in January 1993 concerning Roma refugees from Romania: 'As a result of the alien character of the Roma, their stubborn retention of alien traditions, an intensive rejection of Roma as well as deep prejudices have emerged [in Romania]. This is normal. It is also understandable that such feelings are now expressed in a violent manner.' Since persecution of Roma in Romania is not officially regarded as political, no Roma would be eligible for political asylum.(135)Â
Germany concluded a re-admission agreement with Poland in May 1993 which will affect many Roma. Moreover, a new refugee law came into effect in 1994, rendering it virtually impossible for any Rom to acquire a residence permit. Roma from Yugoslav territories, rendered stateless following the break- up of Yugoslavia, continued to be forcibly repatriated from Schleswig-Holstein and Baden- Württemberg.(136)<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->