The Gypsy and the illegal immigrant can not become scapegoats.
Appeal: "The sleep of reason produces monsters."
Recent news events, and their increased representation media, have led to a dramatic rise in a widespread attitude of suspicion, if not genuine expressions of racism towards Gypsies, Italians and immigrants.
The verbal denigration, generally live in these communities as well as the overt violence and racism against them, can not be tolerated in any way. Often these behaviors are justified as a response to the alleged high rate of deviance of the people, forgetting that the crimes themselves are always made by individuals and criminal liability is, by law, individual.
An intelligent policy for the benefit of the security of individuals and the community, would be to analyze the causes that lead to greater delinquency among these people (social and cultural marginalization, lack of integration policies, etc..) Providing measures really to govern immigration and security policies combine with those of acceptance and integration. He prefers instead to beat the key on people's fear and the need for tougher laws and penalties.
E 'is also strange that the hype on security and fear of the Italians, occurs exactly when the Ministry of Justice demonstrates, statistics in hand, that the offenses have declined in Italy and in Europe - our country is one of the safest in terms of the order public.
The suspicion that there is a clear direction behind these mass media campaigns is inevitably strong, a director intended to make the law more acceptable to intolerable measures against the rights of the person. A direction that shifts the focus of the Italians from the heavy economic and social decline in which we live, to an external enemy and a target: the gypsy, the immigrant, the other.
As often happens in history, on this side as the Italian people have short memories and it seems reasonable to accept verbal attacks and measures against Gypsies that we consider unacceptable when directed at other ethnic groups or peoples. It 's a dangerous attitude and, in the words of Goya, "the sleep of reason produces monsters."
It is never our fault if things go wrong, it's always the fault of someone else and so, as we beiamo the supposed invincibility of Italian creativity, we are not aware that the crisis our country faced the challenges of globalization is also crisis capacity of interacting with the outside world, the cultures of others, the peaceful management of the phenomena of our century, as European unity and migration.
In any case, it is certain that only a policy of outright repression of crimes that stem from social problems will be a web of Penelope, and if there also will be directed towards removing the causes of the condition of the Roma, will not help much: unless certainly not raise the escalation to the collective deportation, indiscriminate arrest, or worse, what fortunately prohibited by international regulations. Latter observation does not seem rhetorical: Roma and Sinti were victims in the camps, and the tragedy that is remembered as Porajmos Gypsy language, and is equivalent to the Holocaust of the Jewish people, poses a duty of memory and a responsibility of all for the present and the future.
the undersigned Promoters of this appeal, working in the field of immigration and social problems, with disparate experiences and inspirations from different political, cultural and religious, offer these points to the government national, regional and local media, and social workers as well as those of police
Fighting media campaign aimed at creating racist and xenophobic attitudes towards gypsies, but also immigration in general.
adopt effective security policies and close the camps, ghettos and as a source of marginalization and lawlessness, encouraging measures of true acceptance and integration of these communities, the "camps" are expensive, perpetuate discrimination, hampering effective integration. I am also a "gray area" of lawlessness, which must be made light, primarily to protect the weakest among those who live there.
proceed to a true and complete census of individuals and families of gypsies in Italy, as a first step towards integration measures varied and effective;
For children and young, born and bred in the slums, provision should be made with courage and creativity opportunities integration and even citizenship, capable of breaking the circuit is really hellish future abduction;
reduce cases of deportation only for people who are not entitled or who have committed crimes legally substantiated, those who have this title, must also be treated with respect and dignity. Prevent the conditions of marginalization, poverty and crime will always be more rational and less expensive than repress the results. It
integration between the European, national, regional and local: it is necessary to avoid the syndrome of "not in my backyard: the Roma are not garbage.
keep the collective memory of Porajmos, even encouraging historical research about the concentration camps set up by the Italian government in the fascist period, an event guiltily removed and forgotten.
Encourage the voice of the Italian Roma and Sinti, which today are the only minority language history of our country to not enjoy any protection: hope for the emergence of a representative group of Italian gypsy community.
Who will support this appeal can send your membership to: Giuseppe Casucci
: g.casucci @ uil.it
Luca Cefis: luca.cefisi @ gmail.com
Piero Soldini: pennies @ home. cgil.it
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