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Roma in Norway
Murska Sobota 2013
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Roma in Norway Three different migrations of roma to Norway;
• A group of Lovara roma that came to Norway in the late 1800- century
• Roma that came to Norway during the Balkan-wars i the 1990’s
• Roma coming to Norway from mainly Romania and Bulgaria the last few years
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The Lovara Roma group
• About 500-700 persons today mainly settled in the Oslo area
• From late 1800- Century until 1934 they were living a nomadic life due to legislation in Norway which gave them only «on and off» permit to be in Norway, even if they were born there.
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The Lovara Roma group
• In 1934 a group of 68 persons tried to enter Norway from Denmark, but were not allowed and sent to internment camps in Germany
• Only ten persons of this group survived holocoust
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The Lovara Roma group
• In 1956 they came back to Norway and was now gradually given permanent residency permit or citizenship
• Until about 1968 the government did nothing to improve the living-conditions for the Lovara group and they were living mainly in tents and caravans in the Oslo area
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The Lovara Roma group
• In the 1970 ‘s Oslo municipality startet a housebuliding-project in Oslo and all extended families were assigned their own houses in various parts of Oslo
• There was also a big focus on life skills training, education and employment
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The Lovara Roma group
• Due to various circumstanses most families left their new houses in the 1990's and moved to other Europeian countries
• When they came back their houses were vandalized or given to other Norweigan families
• Today most Lovara roma are living with the nuclear family in rented or owned flats in Oslo or in the Oslo area
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The Lovara Roma group
Challenges in the house marked are:
• Discrimination against roma in the rental and private marked
• Over-priced or not legal rental contracts
• Many Lovara families are semi-nomadic and travelling from May to October each year, making it expensive to keep a flat in Oslo
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The Balkan group of Roma
• About 5000 persons came to Norway in the 1990’s as refugees, mainly from Bosnia
• Today they have permanent recidency-permit, or Norweigan citizenship
• Living in various cities in Norway in rented or owned flats
• Most of them are hiding their roma origin and are not involved in etno- or cultural politics
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Roma from Romania and Bulgaria
• The last years many roma from Romania and Bulgaria has been coming to Norway
• Only very few have managed to get permanent or random jobs. Most of them are begging in the streets of Oslo and other cities in Norway
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Roma from Romania and Bulgaria
• The first years most of them were forced to camp in the forest or sleep in parks due to the high cost of living in Norway
• Others have been sleeping in their cars or rented a madrass in overpriced appartments
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Roma from Romania and Bulgaria
• Today the Norweigan Salvation Army and other organisations have opened cheap accommodation(about 2 euros per night)
• Some organisations have started job projects(selling their own papers, sewing and other handicraft jobs)
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Roma from Romania and Bulgaria
• Various measures are taken in order to stop the growing prejudice among the majority population against roma coming from eastern Europa
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Roma in Norway
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