Deportace Romů ze Vsetína

On the left, the apartment building in Vsetín from which Romani tenants were evicted in 2006, and on the right, one of the houses that an evicted family was forced to assume a loan from the town of Vsetín to buy, sight unseen. (Collage: Romea.cz)
The ruling that took 15 years: Czech town ordered to compensate some of the Romani residents whom it evicted and relocated
27.5.2021 6:36 full story
videoRoma forced into "container" housing by Czech mayor a decade ago warn others it's not fit for human habitation
6.7.2019 8:45 full story
Czech town refuses to settle out of court with Roma whom they forcibly relocated 13 years ago
6.5.2019 8:36 full story
Czech Labor Minister praises container housing in Romani ghetto
17.3.2018 6:46 Czech Radio reports that outgoing Czech Labor Minister Jaroslava Němcová of the ANO movement likes the container type of housing in the Poschla locality of the town of Vsetín into which former Mayor Jiří Čunek removed Romani residents from the town center in 2006. The minister said the dislocation of the Romani residents had been the correct "solution". full story
Czech Constitutional Court rejects complaint from municipality defending its 2006 eviction of Romani residents
5.6.2017 8:34 The Czech Constitutional Court Ústavní soud (ÚS) has rejected a complaint filed by the town of Vsetín about its protracted dispute with the Romani people whom it "deported" and forced to take up residence in municipalities outside of the Zlín Region altogether. The Czech News Agency reported the news on 1 June after discovering it in the judiciary's database. full story