The life of Romani people – exclusion, discrimination and human right violations
pixabay.com “Europe has a shameful history of discrimination and severe repression of the Roma. There are still widespread prejudices against them in country after country on our continent” ( Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe. Source: Amnesty International) Roma people in the European Union: (UNICEF 2011; Velux Foundation 2019; European Commission 2019; Strauß 2021) 85% of the children are at risk of poverty (in compare to 20% in the total population) · Just 42% of the children above the age of three get a pre-school education like kindergarden (in compare to 94% of the total population) · Just 28% finish secondary school (in compare to 83% of the total population) · Segregation in education: ethnically Roma schools accommodating 70 per cent of Roma pupils and Roma people get send into special schools · 62% of the youth are not participating in schools, apprenticeships or employments (in compar