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Europe's Forgotten Citizens: Defending Roma Rights in the Eu
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There are between ten and twelve million Roma living in the European Union today -- roughly equal to the population of a medium-sized EU Member State, like Belgium or Greece.
Yet despite the fact that the Roma have played an integral part in European history and culture for over seven centuries, most of us still know very little about them. And what we think we do know is more often than not based on ignorance, prejudice and stereotypes.
This has led to a situation where millions of Roma in the EU today face extreme levels of social deprivation. Unemployment in many Roma communities is rife. Basic education is often lacking and when it comes to health care, life expectancy is well below the EU average.
This report, filmed in Hungary and Spain tries to look at the reasons why anti-Roma feeling has been so ingrained in so many European countries for so long and also looks at efforts being made to remedy the problem.
Yet despite the fact that the Roma have played an integral part in European history and culture for over seven centuries, most of us still know very little about them. And what we think we do know is more often than not based on ignorance, prejudice and stereotypes.
This has led to a situation where millions of Roma in the EU today face extreme levels of social deprivation. Unemployment in many Roma communities is rife. Basic education is often lacking and when it comes to health care, life expectancy is well below the EU average.
This report, filmed in Hungary and Spain tries to look at the reasons why anti-Roma feeling has been so ingrained in so many European countries for so long and also looks at efforts being made to remedy the problem.
There are between 10 and 12 million Roma living in the European Union today.
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That's roughly equal to the population of a medium-sized EU member state like Belgium or Greece.
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Yet most of us still know very little about a people who've lived on the European continent for more than seven centuries.
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And what we think we do know is more often than not based on ignorance, prejudice and stereotypes.
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The research shows that something around 70-80% of the average European population is completely anti-Roma.
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So this gap that you are talking about is huge.
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I mean, the policy talk and the reality of how much Europe cannot accept Roma is so big.
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It's such a drastic situation not only mentally and human rights-wise and economically, as I mentioned,
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but also culturally it's a huge loss for Europe.
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Roma in the EU today face extreme levels of social deprivation.
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Unemployment is rife, basic education is often lacking and life expectancy is well below the EU average.
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But despite the difficulties, some progress is being made.
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Here in the southern Spanish city of Seville, Johnny Borja Silva, a young Spanish Roma,
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found a full-time job in this local butcher's shop thanks to help from an EU-funded project called Acceder.
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Acceder also helps people to find decent homes.
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Like tens of thousands of migrant Roma, these Romanian Roma in southern Spain
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are currently forced to live in an illegal makeshift camp.
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But for Roma labourer Vasili Tanase and his young family, things are looking more hopeful.
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Thanks to help from Acceder, he was recently able to move into this apartment.
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And efforts are being made elsewhere too.
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Here in the Hungarian village of Pomaz, these women are taking part in an adult literacy class
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organised by the local Roma self-government.
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One of the biggest problems many Roma face is a lack of visible role models.
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Efforts are being made to tackle this issue.
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At this radio station in Budapest, for example, nearly all of the journalists and technicians are Roma.
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And successful Roma are also becoming more visible elsewhere.
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I'm a Roma, mother and father,
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and I work as a journalist and lawyer in the whole region of Andalusia.
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There are many Roma who have professions like everyone else,
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lawyers, journalists, traders, etc, etc.
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If life is to improve for the next generation of Europe's Roma, things must change.
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The situation is not hopeless.
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At this Hungarian primary school, non-Roma and Roma children learn and play together happily.
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But such success stories are still the exception, not the rule.
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When it comes to improving the lot of Europe's Roma,
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all of us, Roma and non-Roma alike, still have a long road ahead.
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- The European Union
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- Licencia:
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- Fecha:
- 21 de agosto de 2008 - 13:42
- Visibilidad:
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- Enlace Relacionado:
- European Commission
- Duración:
- 03′ 29″
- Relación de aspecto:
- 1.24:1
- Resolución:
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- 7.85 MBytes
