UPDATE: The Federal Court stepped in to stop the government from deporting Monika and her daughter. The stay will last until the end of the school year or end of judicial proceedings. It’s not over, but a good victory for…
Category: Opre Roma
Finally! The Lakatos family’s permanent residence application has been accepted
Katalin Lakatos and her daughter Gilda, two Roma woman from Hungary who waged a five year battle to get papers in Canada, surviving three deportation orders, have finally been accepted. After months of waiting in precarity and anxiety, they finally…
Call for Action: Lakatos Family
facebook event #noneistoomany #lakatos UPDATE (5 August 2016): Katalin and Gilda have once again received a last minute reprieve, escaping deportation for a third time. On Thursday last week, the family was told by CBSA that they would need to…
Open Letter from Gilda Lakatos
Also published on rabble. August 2nd is the day to remember the genocide of Roma people in Europe during the Second World War, so that such atrocities would never happen again. But the xenophobic extreme right is again on the…
Rock ‘n Roma III
A Concert in support of the Lakatos Family’s Fight against Deportation Monday, June 20th doors at 7pm Patro Vys, 356 Mont-Royal East Suggested entry: between $10 and $20 (no one will be refused!) Join us to support the Lakatos family…
Lakatos Family Still Here: Your Solidarity Still Needed
Gilda Lakatos, 17-years old, and her mother, Katalin, are still in Canada. They applied to renew the Temporary Residence Permit they were granted in May and they can legally remain in Canada until they receive a response on this renewal…
Public Pressure Wins Two Month Reprieve for Lakatos Family
It isn’t over yet: please continue the pressure The government has agreed to postpone the deportation of 17-year old Gilda Lakatos and her mother Katalin (Robertne) Lakatos for another two months. After Gilda and Katalin courageously spoke out publicly about…
Call for Solidarity: Only one day remaining for the Lakatos family
facebook event #noneistoomany #lakatos The temporary stay of deportation 17-year old Gilda Lakatos and her mother Katalin won in May expires on Saturday and the Hungarian Roma family has not yet heard back on their application for permanent residence on…
CALL FOR SOLIDARITY: ROMA FAMILY FACING DEPORTATION
Gilda and Robertne (Katalin) Lakatos are facing deportation on Thursday, May 12th (see background below). Please support them in the following ways: 1. Come to show your support at a press conference on Tuesday, May 10th at 10:30am at 1500…
(27 August) Rock ‘n Roma against Deportations II
A Benefit Concert www.facebook.com/events/419799228209478/ Thursday, 27 August 2015 Doors open @ 7pm Café l’Artère, 7000 Av du Parc (métro Parc) Sliding scale: $10 to 20$ (no one turned away) Come out to have a great time, dance, and support several…
Chronology – Lakatos Family’s Story of Survival
20 October 2004 – Suicide of Katalin’s oldest son following racist incident with police 2005 – Katalin launches complaint against Hungarian police for driving her son to suicide; intense police harassment begins. February 2011 – Near death of second son…
Model Letter to Support Gilda and Katalin
Week of 1st August 2016 to: [member of parliament] cc: solidaritesansfrontieres@gmail.com RE: Stop the deportation and regularize the status of Gilda and Robertne Lakatos [letterhead] [date] Dear [name of MP], [NAME OF ORGANIZATION or YOUR NAME] is a [brief description…