EDITOR: A McCaskey graduate played a lead role in cooperation with the Hungarian Red Cross.
WASHINGTON POST / AP: GYONGYOSPATA, Hungary — Police detained several members of a far-right vigilante group Friday after hundreds of frightened Roma women and children were bused out of a village where it was planning to train.
The Hungarian Red Cross said it evacuated 277 people from the village of Gyongyospata by bus to other parts of Hungary because the local Roma are concerned about potential confrontations with members of the Vedero, or Defense Force.
“We are afraid and we have reason to be,” said Janos Farkas, chairman of the local Roma council. “For the past nearly two months, Gyongyospata has been practically a battlefield.”… (more)
Roma women and children, – are there many ITALIANO living in Hungary??
Chairman of the local Roma council?? What is THAT?
Greetings
Roma Town Council
Address: 142 McDowall St, Roma QLD 4455
Australia
Phone: 07 46221170
EDITOR: Roma is the European word for Gypsy.