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| European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
In the context of this recently released results of the FRA's EU MIDIS 2009 survey and other FRA reports, issues of particular note include the situation of Roma, access to justice and other basic rights, as well as freedom of movement. Alarming statistics reveal that many vulnerable groups are unaware of the rights to which they are entitled under EU and national anti-discrimination legislation.
EU MIDIS 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 to compare the results.
The results of this major survey have been released throughout 2009 and 2010 in a series of "Data in Focus Reports" on specific minority groups as well on key issues examined in the survey. The full results of the survey were presented at the FRA Fundamental Rights Conference on 11-12 December 2009 in Stockholm, held under the auspices of the Swedish Presidency of the EU.
In the context of this recently released results of the FRA's EU MIDIS survey and other FRA reports, issues of particular note include the situation of Roma, access to justice and other basic rights, as well as freedom of movement. Alarming statistics reveal that many vulnerable groups are unaware of the rights to which they are entitled under EU and national anti-discrimination legislation. The conference therefore highlighted the importance of placing awareness raising at the centre of the agenda for fundamental rights in 2010 and beyond.
More information at FRA website
