All United Against Discrimination and Humiliation of the European Citizens

All United Against Discrimination and Humiliation of the European Citizens

The British people have been known as a very tolerant and open minded society. But in the last years a part of the British media and politicians presented to the people a discriminatory image of the Romanians and Bulgarians.
Unfortunately after the entrance of Romania and Bulgaria in the European Union we had to get used to successive attacks by a part of the British media. There were presented only the negative facts, which were caused only by a minority of citizens of these two states and the positive aspects of our community, were intentionally out looked.
The British mass media continuously sustained this discriminatory campaign with the purpose of selling more and more newspapers.
Mr David Cameron and many from the British political establishment have decided that is best to act in their self-interest and obtain a short political gain, even if on the long term they will hurt the UK interest by portraying the country as an unfair partner. The history has shown us that the politicians which are having as an electoral strategy the denigration of a group of people are losing on the long term.
A month ago when a representative of the Romanians in the European parliament has taken attitude against Daily Express newspaper campaign he has been portrayed as a dog –“barking” and the UK Independence Party released leaflets in which they called Bulgarians and Romanians “nasty slimy bug aliens”.
These shameful attacks have not been properly amended by UK regulators or judicial system which unfortunately give us the impression that they are in line with either the UK governmental or parliamentary or legislation policy.
What is the difference between the times when racial abuses where conducted against blacks by calling them Monkeys and now when the citizens of the European Union nations are portrayed as dogs or called “nasty slimy bug aliens”?
Romanians and Bulgarians that study in public schools have been the target of a discriminatory campaign by the UK Government in the course of which they were differently treated than the other citizens of the European Union.
We demand our rights, European citizens’ rights and the rights to education without discrimination.
The UK government representatives and many of the media abusers may wish to say that they do not conduct a racial type campaign into the European Union, as it is directed against a nation or citizens of a nation and not a race.
We cannot see other difference, as in rest it contains the same characteristics by the fact that they:
- intentionally disregard/play down the positive aspect of the people about which they discuss
- have or create a prejudice attitude towards the Romanians and Bulgarians
- intentionally try to evidentiate most of the negative aspects in the media, creating the impression that Romanians and Bulgarians are inferior people
- create a hating attitude about a group of people
- discriminate.
If we add the fact that for a while the Roma and Romanians were presented to the British public as an altogether case, it is hard to find arguments to say that most of the British media and many political actors did not conducted or encouraged a racial type campaign.
Because of all the exposed reasons we demand to the European Union and British civic organisations to intervene to preserve the right and identity of the European Union citizens, British standards and wash away this shameful attitude of a part of the UK media and political establishment which must not be associated with the British people.

Dr. Tommy Tomescu, DMD, AARBD Co-President & Mr. Emil Rusanov, AARBD Co-President

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                          Alliance Against Romanians and Bulgarians Discrimination

Open Letter Addressed to:

European Council

Council of the European Union

European Commission

European Parliament

Council of Europe

United Nations

Equality and Human Rights Commission

International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism

European Monitoring Centre for Racism and Xenophobia

Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Romanian Presidency

Bulgarian Presidency

UK Government

Romanian Government

Bulgarian Government

UK Parliament

Romanian Parliament

Bulgarian Parliament

Press Complaints Commission

BBC Trust

Daily Express

Daily Mail

UK Independence Party

Conservative Party - UK

Liberal Democrat Party - UK

Labour Party - UK

Green Party - UK