Roma Gypsies Slovakia: Becoming part of Europe
Europe, Slovakia, Kosice, Roma Gypsies in Slovakia becoming part of the new Europe. Lunik IX Ghetto, where the army lived during communism; now in ‘democracy’ it is home to 5500 Roma Gypsies. There is no free public collection of rubbish. The regional government says it will collect when the Roma pay for it. Whilst the human rights record and treatment of ethnic minorities by Eastern European countries is suspect, still these countries have been allowed to enter Europe. The 550 thousand Roma Gypsies in Slovakia are the poorest citizens, they attend segregated schools, are often registered as mentally sub-normal. There social security has been cut by half. This is equivalent to Apartheid. April 2004. © Nigel Dickinson/Leader Photos
Regina
Regina Bernadin is a doctoral student at Nova Southeastern University focusing on Conflict Analysis and Resolution. She holds a B.A. in International Studies and Criminology from the University of Miami and an M.A in International Administration and Certificate in Non-profit Management from that same institution. She has experience working with victims of human trafficking, and has facilitated workshops and presentations for Department of State visitors highlighting the work of the U.S government in combating human trafficking, and the implementation of anti-trafficking legislation in other countries. Her interest in the development of human rights abroad has also taken her to several Latin American countries, including Colombia, Ecuador and Suriname. As a SISGI intern, her primary areas of interest were conflict resolution, human rights and Latin American political, economic and socio-cultural issues.
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I would like to say only few words when i finished my reading of this article:
Roma Gypsies Slovakia: Becoming part of Europe
Did the Author ever lived together with Gypsies?
This is not only coincidence in which conditions they are living and how the general public think about theirs comunity.
I am not a racist but they are really different from us and there could be said that between poor people in Czech Republic or Slovak Republic are Gypsies the privileged group in compare with other groups of people. There is something like racism upside down.