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Roma Campaign Support

Campaign Support

Pavee Point and the Roma Support Group are asking individuals and organisations to join us and other groups (listed below) in campaigning for immediate humanitarian assistance for the Roma families living on the M50 Roundabout

How to Support the Roma

  • Write to the Taoiseach and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Mr Brian Lenihan TD, and your local TDs
  • Undertake fundraising activities
  • Write letters to local and national press
  • If you are a member of a national network/organisation encourage them to take a supportive position in relation to the Roma
  • Write to the Homeless Agency seeking support for the families
  • Write to the CEO of the HSE Brendan Dunne seeking support
  • Write to the Bishops to seek they would urge the Irish government to take humane immediate action and long term action to put pressure on Romanian government to improve situation of Roma in Romania.
  • If you have professional support that you can offer for example legal advice it would be very welcome
  • Contact the Human Rights Commission and other organisations seeking support
  • Write to the Romanian Ambassador H E Sylvia Davidiou urging to improve the human rights situation for Roma in Romania (see ECRI Report) Embassy of Romania in Dublin, Ireland - 47 Ailesbury Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.  Tel: (353 1) 269 2852, 269 2142.  Fax: (353 1) 269 2122
  • Write to the President of Romania urging to improve human rights and living conditions for Roma in Romania procetatean@presidency.ro
  • Write to the Directorate General (DG) 5 a division of the European Commission. DG5 covers employment, industrial relations, social affairs and equal opportunities calling for resources/European Structural Funds to be ringfenced for Roma programmes across Europe, Commissioner Vladimir Spidla ec.europa.eu/employment_social/emplweb/spidla/contact_en.cfm
  • Write to the European Parliament to highlight the issues facing Roma throughout Europe calling for action on a pan European level
  • Call on other NGOs, CDPS, charitable organisations etc to sign up to campaign calling for immediate action to end humanitarian crisis to assist these families in leaving the roundabout and into emergency accommodation and to call on the Irish Government to put pressure on Romanian and Bulgarian governments to institute a ‘Know Before you Go Policy’ and improve the human rights situation for Roma in their countries

Sign up here (by e-mail)

Anastasia Crickley, Chair of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency,
Pavee Point Travellers Centre,
Conference of Religious of Ireland,
Crosscare,
Dublin Simon
Focus Ireland,
Irish National Organisation for the Unemployed,
Community Workers Coop,
Children’s Rights Alliance,
St Margaret's Traveller Community Association Ballymun,
ATD 4th World,
National Women’s Council of Ireland,
European Anti Poverty Network,
Integrating Ireland,
National Travellers Women’s Forum,
National Adult Literacy Agency,
Roma Support Group,
Women’s Aid,
Irish Traveller Movement,
European Network Against Racism,
Irish Association of Social Workers
Ballymun Homeless Forum
Ballymun Intercultural Group
Parish of the Travelling People
Cairde
Capuchin Day Centre
Simon Communities of Ireland

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