International Romani Day: refugees deserve justice & health

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International Romani Day: refugees deserves justice and health

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April 8, 2015 - 2:28 am

Today, April 8th, 2015, is International Romani Day which will be commemorated in many cities across Canada. This day is a chance to celebrate the richness and diversity of Romani cultures1. It is also a chance to raise awareness of human rights atrocities, stereotypes, racism, and cultural scapegoating that have led to centuries of discrimination, persecution, and
genocide against Romani people around the world.

The Council of Canadians continues to stand against [ http://canadians.org/blog/we-delivered- ... bus-budget ] the cruel and unusual [ http://canadians.org/blog/cruel-and-unu ... ant-health ] treatment of refugee claimants, vulnerable non-citizens, and those with precarious immigration status. We are against the xenophobia, racism and outright callousness displayed by the federal government as they attempt to deny health and social assistance to the most vulnerable newcomers to Canada.

Since 2008, the Canadian government has been referring to ‘bogus refugees’ in their ‘none is too many’ position regarding Roma refugee claimants from Europe. It has been pointed out that, “What is critical about institutional racism is its impact on groups. For refugee claimants, its cumulative effect is a kind of death by policy.” For those Roma who land in Canada they are
separated through inclusive exclusion, left homo sacer. [ http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1 ... 013.857477 ] This false dichotomy of the ‘bogus’ or ‘fraudulent’ refugee and the ‘good’ refugee is used to, “bolster the rhetoric of the benevolent and welcoming Canadian refugee system trying to cope with ‘fraudulent’ asylum claimants clogging the process.”

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