UPDATE ON ROMA EVICTIONS

Appeal to the Mayor of Athens to Stop the Forced Evictions of Roma residents In a letter sent on July 29 2005 and addressed to the mayor of Athens, nine NGOs urged Greek authorities to withdraw plans to forcibly evict approximately 70 Albanian Roma families currently living in squalid conditions in three communities in the area of Votanikos, Athens, and to undertake measures to ensure their adequate housing. No plans to avoid their homelessness had been made available. Earlier, Amnesty International had called on the authorities to stop the evictions of Roma families living in the area of Patras. For full letter download here