Always Somewhere Else - Anti-Gypsyism in France
Always Somewhere Else - Anti-Gypsyism in France

Summary/Abstract: " First we should say that they are cornered in a Kafkaesque absurd situation of the type the French administration is so good at creating. Here is the summary. There is a law – the Besson law – which requires each municipality of 5000 residents to create a stopping area for Gypsies and Travellers. But only one municipality out of four has done so, which basically means that 80% of Gypsies or four Gypsies out of five find themselves without a place to stop. Into this situation is added a second law, which is repressive in nature, which is the Sarkozy Law, and it criminalises them – it sends them to prison if they are not on a legal halting area. So, it is as if you have a game of musical chairs with one chair for five persons and the four who remain standing risk six months in prison. " Documentary “Gens du voyage: la répression et l’absurde”, aired on May 10, 2004, by Canal Plus.

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