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Czechs ask army to step in to deal with Romas

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/czechrepublic/11697126/Czech-town-calls-for-army-deployment-to-deal-with-Roma-migrants.html

The chamber of commerce of a Czech town has called for the army to be deployed on the town’s streets to help it deal with alleged problems caused by Roma migrants.


Interesting. It seems that little changed in Europe since the time of the Tudors.

When Henry VIII was king, the Egyptians Act 1530 was passed to deal with gypsies (the government thought they were "Egyptians":wink:. Quoth

an outlandish people, calling themselves Egyptians, using no craft nor feat of merchandise, who have come into this realm, and gone from shire to shire, and place to place, in great company; and used great subtlety and crafty means to deceive the people--bearing them in hand that they, by palmistry, could tell men's and women's fortunes; and so, many times, by craft and subtlety, have deceived the people for their money; and also have committed many heinous felonies and robberies, to the great hurt and deceit of the people that they have come among....


Sound pretty familiar viz. Irish travellers
Roma are a blight upon societies almost universally, sad but true.

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