The Plight of the Roma: Europe's Unwanted People

The Plight of the Roma: Europe's Unwanted People
BERLIN, GERMANY - DECEMBER 27: Aladdin Salim, a Roma Muslim from Bulgaria, stands outside of his makeshift shelter in the ruins of a former ice factory known locally as the Eisfabrik on December 27, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. The future of several homeless members of the Roma community, mostly from Bulgaria, remains uncertain as officials decide whether to evict those who have taken up residence over the past two years in the decayed structure. Citizens of Romania and Bulgaria, countries which joined the European Union in 2007, will be granted full access to European job markets next year, which some critics fear may bring about 'welfare tourism,' seeing squats such as those in the Eisfabrik as a warning of what will come if the immigration is unregulated. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images)
BERLIN, GERMANY - DECEMBER 27: Aladdin Salim, a Roma Muslim from Bulgaria, stands outside of his makeshift shelter in the ruins of a former ice factory known locally as the Eisfabrik on December 27, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. The future of several homeless members of the Roma community, mostly from Bulgaria, remains uncertain as officials decide whether to evict those who have taken up residence over the past two years in the decayed structure. Citizens of Romania and Bulgaria, countries which joined the European Union in 2007, will be granted full access to European job markets next year, which some critics fear may bring about 'welfare tourism,' seeing squats such as those in the Eisfabrik as a warning of what will come if the immigration is unregulated. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images)

More than 10 million Roma live in Europe. Tens of thousands of them are fleeing westwards from poverty and discrimination in the countries of southeastern Europe. But EU member states are failing to help them.

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