Imminent forced eviction of Roma in Poland must be stopped

Headline Title:  Imminent eviction of Roma in Poland 'utterly unacceptable' 04 April 2013 A Roma community in Poland are being threatened with imminent eviction and homelessness in a blatant violation of international human rights law, Amnesty International said today. In a rare move for Poland, the city of Wroclaw in the west of the country is planning to force around 60 Romanian Roma from an informal settlement on municipal land, while offering no alternative homes for them. “Forcibly evicting up to 60 people is utterly unacceptable behaviour by a government with very clear…

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