Roma in Lausanne, hiding to sleep outside. (Swiss Stories 2016, by Yves Leresche) - Swiss Press Award
Yves Leresche
Une tente fabriquée à l’aide de baguettes de bois cerclées, nouées à l’aide de ficelles, et complétée par une bâche plastique récupérée, environs de Lausanne, été 2014.
Le matin Dimanche
Photo / Swiss Stories
2016
Yves Leresche
In Lausanne, Roma face a dilemma: the law allows begging but not sleeping outside. Fined for this, they head to the suburbs at night to sleep in hiding. This marginalizes them and stresses them out with the fear that the police will confiscate their earnings. In one night, they can suddenly lose the earnings from 15 days of begging that they could have sent to their families, who live off that money back home.
