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Kosovo Roma occupy school

01 September 1999

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On 16 October, approximately 100 Kosovan Roma who were evicted from the municipal grounds in Brescia to be dispersed in Rimini and Foggia occupied the "Achille Papa" disused school in Villaggio Badia. They want to stay in Brescia where their parents and families, who have regular residence permits and authorisation to stay in reception centres, are living. Manlio Vicini, a lawyer, explained that they were in the Magazzino 47 social centre for 20 days, but the hygienic and personal conditions were inadequate. Their communique "We are refugees, we ask for justice", explains their dismay at being treated like criminals after fleeing a war, their shock at the eviction by police, and their request that they may be allowed to stay somewhere close to their relatives.

link "Consolato Ribelle Messico", 17.10.99.

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