Roma in Canada (1997-2020) - St Clair, Paul
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If you've ever been curious about the mystique of the Roma, pejoratively called Gypsies, this book is an excellent guide to their culture and customs as well as explaining the difference between the various Romani groups, their fascinating origins and their precarious place in society. Focusing on the Roma's experiences with the Canadian immigration and refugee process, the author, an immigration counsellor, tells a riveting story, using many of their personal anecdotes of why they came and how they were treated. Despite being one of the most welcoming countries for refugees in the world, this…mehr

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If you've ever been curious about the mystique of the Roma, pejoratively called Gypsies, this book is an excellent guide to their culture and customs as well as explaining the difference between the various Romani groups, their fascinating origins and their precarious place in society. Focusing on the Roma's experiences with the Canadian immigration and refugee process, the author, an immigration counsellor, tells a riveting story, using many of their personal anecdotes of why they came and how they were treated. Despite being one of the most welcoming countries for refugees in the world, this book explores a somewhat secretive system of determining who deserves Canada's protection that puts into question the system's reputation for equality. Canada's fairness and compassion has let the Roma down, leading to many failed claims and deportations that were later found to be unjustified and in some cases, illegal. Facing a life of brutal prejudice and even violence, if returned to Europe, the Roma's heartbreaking story is a glimpse into the complex world of refugees.
Autorenporträt
Paul St. Clair, Ph.D., was the executive director of the Toronto Roma Community Centre from its inception in 1998 until November, 2010. As an immigration counsellor for the last 23 years, he continues to assist Roma refugees with their immigration and settlement needs at a Toronto NGO, called CultureLink. He has been a pro-bono counsel at many Immigration and Refugee Board hearings. In addition, he is a past chair of TRAC, a Toronto organization assisting refugees in detention, as well as the past President of the Board of Sojourn House, a refugee shelter in Toronto. When the shelter received an eviction notice, this potentially disastrous situation became an opportunity to expand the 50-bed shelter into an 8-story new building with temporary accommodation for newly arrived refugees as well as 40 apartments for past refugees who require some further assistance in successfully settling in their new country. He grew up in the Slovak part of Czechoslovakia (1947-1968) and came to Canada as a refugee after the Soviet invasion of his homeland, in 1968. In 1982, he obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in sociology of education.