Roma and Romani 2016 Eero Olli, Senior Advisor

National minorities - indigenous people Romani Migration 500 years ago Roma Migration 150 years -> Kven Finnish migration 500 years ago to Northern Norway Forrest-Finns Finnish migration 500 years ago to East Norway Jews Sami

Two different people Romani = traveller, tater 5000 people ? Mixed educational level Can «hide» In many parts of Norway Roma = gypsy, rom 5-700 people ? Low educational level Cannot «hide» Mainly near Oslo

Romani/tater: policy of Assimilation Govermental assimilation policy Take their children Destroy their economy Ban on traveling lifestyle The Norwegian Mission for the Homeless 1897 – 1989 Apology in 1998 Redress / compensation Individual + a fund for culture Whitepaper on public policy documenting the assimilation of romani/tater in 2015 Vergerådsloven (1896): med hjemmel i denne loven kunne barna tas fra foreldrene. Løsgjengerloven (1900): kriminaliserte den omstreifende livsform i seg selv. Handelsloven (1929) med tillegg i 1935 forbød tradisjonell handelsvirksomhet. Steriliseringsloven (1934) åpnet for tvangssterilisering. Dyrevernsloven (1951) med et tillegg om at omstreifere ikke fikk lov til å holde hest i forbindelse med næringsvirksomhet

Roma: policy of Exclusion Governmental policy of exclusion – until 1956 Not «Norwegians» Holocaust 1971-1991 the Gypsy-office = social welfare 2009-2012 Action plan to Improve the Living Conditions of Roma in Oslo Evaluation: little or no successful measures Skullerud prosjektet = adult education Apology in 2015 Redress / Compensation

Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombud Working group for Roma- and Romani-women Improve the dialog between national minorities and public officials Two people – same rights Gain information Monitor CEDAW & CERD Complaints Did not work so well for national minorities Last 3 cases: Roma mother and children thrown out from a crisis-center Campingsite instructed employees to reject roma The board in a housing cooperative did not accept roma as tenants

Count of Cases 2007- March 2017 Unknown number of events Unknown number of experiences 139 cases 30 complaints 19 statements 7 breaches of law (6%)

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