Around 50 caravans belonging to members of a travelling community attempting to enter canton Valais in southern Switzerland without prior warning were blocked by police.
“Travelers” does generally refer to the Romani and Sinti people who live a nomadic lifestyle.
The French version of the article uses the phrase “les gens du voyage”, which according to the French Wikipedia page is often used to refer to the “Roma of France (including the Sinti and the Gitanos)”.
So I think it’s fairly safe to assume that that is what they mean with “travelers” in this article.
By “traveling community” and “travelers”, does the article author actually mean Romani (“gypsies”)?
I ask since the article may have lost something in translation. It also puts the police’s actions in a different light if true.
“Travelers” does generally refer to the Romani and Sinti people who live a nomadic lifestyle.
The French version of the article uses the phrase “les gens du voyage”, which according to the French Wikipedia page is often used to refer to the “Roma of France (including the Sinti and the Gitanos)”.
So I think it’s fairly safe to assume that that is what they mean with “travelers” in this article.
But they travel on what seem to be modern and perfectly white and clean caravans? These must not be the same kind of travellers we have where I live.