As a Roma family, we always lived in fear, but in the last years, things got worse. On television politicians were saying things like, "Gypsies are parasites we must eliminate."
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Hungarian refugees has an edge in 1956; rightly or wrongly, they were perceived as "ours": anti-Communist "freedom fighters." Today's Syrian refugees don't have that edge and they're suffering for it.
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Stephen Harper hopes that fearmongering will pay off more than opening Canada up to help settle Syrian refugees.
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Stephen Harper hopes that fearmongering will pay off more than opening Canada up to help settle Syrian refugees.
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A Conservative riding association director in Canada and a Jobbik supporter in Hungary have both been fired from their jobs. Why?
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It is a horror that Immigration Minister Chris Alexander did nothing to help a desperate Syrian family, who had relatives in Canada. But that indifference is not new.
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A Roma family that fled from Hungary to Canada due to anti-Roma discrimination was granted a reprieve and stay on humanitarian grounds and will not face deportation to Hungary.
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A Roma family hopes to settle in Canada after enduring anti-Roma discrimination and violence in Hungary. Unfortunately, Canada has designated Hungary as "safe" for refugees.
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Surely even Canada’s official pundits have enough wit to sense that nothing good can come playing games in Russia's back yard to achieve strategic and ideological goals.
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A Roma family faces deportation after fleeing Hungary to save their lives. Hungary is a "safe country," see. Just ask Jason Kenney.
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From Syria to Sri Lanka, the Harper government has turned a blind eye to the suffering of refugees. Now it's even cutting health care for those who manage to reach Canada.
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Thousands protest in Hungary against the rise of Jobbik, a neo-Nazi party. (Photo: Janos Marjai / EPA)
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In reforming the refugee system in Canada, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney declared Hungary a "safe country of origin." But what about the rise of fascist parties targeting Jews and Roma?
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Our parliamentary reporter Karl Nerenberg has long covered the abuse suffered by the Roma in Hungary. (Photo: habeebee / flickr)
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Barely a week goes by when the Conservative government does not issue at least one press release touting the value of a Canada-European Union (EU) trade deal.
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The Canadian government has been paying for ads telling Roma people in Hungary that if they seek asylum in Canada they will likely be sent home in short order.
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The Canadian government has been paying for ads telling Roma people in Hungary that if they seek asylum in Canada they will likely be sent home in short order.
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Two weeks before Christmas, Jason Kenney released a list of countries that it says are safe. Refugees arriving from these countries will be rushed through the claim process.
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In Hungary, the Roma people face the danger of far right militias. So why is Canada making it easier to send Roma refugees back?
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While the Prime Minister spoke movingly about the Holocaust, Jason Kenney continued to denounce the Roma descendants of Holocaust victims as 'bogus refugees.'
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Aladàr Horvàth, chair of the Roma Civil Rights Foundation in Hungary, provides an overview of the socio-political landscape in Hungary that has brought so many Roma to Canada seeking refugee status.
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American industries and consumers are steadily polluting U.S. water systems.
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Before Immigration Canada imposed a visa requirement on the Czech Republic, 85% of Roma refugee claims were accepted. Now that has gone down to almost zero. We speak with Bill Bila in Toronto.
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Right-wing and far-right parties made significant gains in Hungary's recent national election. This rise in support has coincided with an increase in violence against Roma people.
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