Europe is likely to face a tough winter due to multiple increases in energy and food prices triggered by the ongoing war in Ukraine. Ukrainian refugees may find themselves in a particularly difficult situation. Among them, the Roma are the…
Theme: Roma rights
A group of Roma refugees from Ukraine who were attacked with tear gas by the security personnel of a refugee center in Chisinau applied to the prosecutor’s office and the Council for Equality with a complaint of racial discrimination. The…
The situation of the Roma people in Ukraine can be described as extremely difficult, and the war greatly exacerbated the problems that existed in peacetime. Conditions in many Roma settlements are unacceptable, and Roma face discrimination during the distribution of…
Roma: Flight From War
On August 2, the world commemorates Roma who were victims of World War II. On this day in 1944, almost 4300 Roma died in gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Nazi-occupied Poland. Decades later, Roma are again fleeing war, this time…
The Brno administration has closed the temporary camp for refugees from Ukraine where Roma families used to live. According to volunteers, up to 300 people used the camp in a month and a half, and many of them repeatedly returned…
On June 26, volunteers helping refugees from Ukraine in the Polish city of Przemysl, bordering Ukraine, told ADC Memorial that due to interruptions in the schedule of departure and arrival of trains, a large group of refugees from Ukraine, including…