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European Network on Social Inclusion and Roma under the Structural Funds
Structural Funds: Investing in Roma
24th April 2009
The European Fundamental Rights Agency has analysed the situation of the Roma population in a ‘data in focus’ report, the first in a series of reports on minority groups and issues covered by the survey EU-MIDIS.
The EU-MIDIS (European Union - Minority and discrimination survey) is the first ever EU-wide survey of immigrant and ethnic minority groups’ experiences of discrimination and victimisation in everyday life. Addressing the lack of reliable and comparable data on minorities in many EU countries, the survey examines experiences of discriminatory treatment, racist crime victimisation, awareness of rights, and reporting of complaints. EU-MIDIS involved face-to-face interviews with 23,500 persons from selected immigrant and ethnic minority groups in all 27 Member States of the European Union. 5,000 persons from the majority population were also interviewed in order to compare the results.
Of all the groups surveyed by the FRA, the Roma emerged as the group most vulnerable to discrimination and crime. The FRA has therefore analysed their situation in a ‘data in focus’ report, the first in a series of reports on minority groups and issues covered by the survey. The report on the Roma reveals a bleak picture for the estimated 12 million Roma in the EU. Roma reported the highest overall levels of discrimination across all areas surveyed. 66-92% of Roma (depending on the country) did not report their most recent experience of discrimination to any competent authority. 65-100% of the Roma respondents reported lack of confidence in law enforcement and justice structures.
New from the Euroepan Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA)
