Amnesty raps Roma evictions Bucharest, 01/10/2013 - Amnesty International on Tuesday rapped Romanian authorities for evicting around 100 Roma from a town near the Black Sea coast without providing them with alternative housing. The local mayor sent in bulldozers on Friday to raze the Roma homes and shelters set up in the town of Eforie Sud, a health mediator for the Roma community told AFP. Among those evicted were nearly 60 children, aged a few months to 16 years, the mediator Lacramioara Georgescu added. "Evictions should be carried out only as a last resort and in full compliance with human rights standards which include ... resettlement options," Amnesty International said in an email to AFP. "Several of the families have lost many of their possessions and have received no compensation for their losses," it added. The Roma families spent three days in a nearby field despite the cold weather until the mayor decided Monday to host them in an old school. "The conditions are terrible, there is no electricity, no running water and no heating", Ionut Constantin, a Roma whose parents and sister found refuge there, told AFP by telephone.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 22:27:39 +0000
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