Already, there have been protests in Roma crime statistics, although the statistics have been around for ten years.
A few weeks ago, the Institute of Criminology and Justice at the University of Helsinki, Crimea, released a report on crime and also reports an increase in homicide rates.
Less attention was paid to the Life Crime Review because it distinguished Roma from other Finns.
According to Crimea statistics, Roma are sixteen times more likely to commit suicide than other Finns.
Roma organizations disapprove of the statistical method of separating the Finns from the rest.
- I think this is an insult to the entire Roma population. This fulfills almost all signs of racism, says Väinö Lindberg., Vice President of the Romanian Advisory Board.
"It is difficult to say whether it is deliberate racism or just because there has never been enough thinking in our society," said Päivi Majaniemi., project manager at the Finnish Roma Association.
Suvi Keskinen, a professor of ethnic relations at the University of Helsinki, also wonders about the method of statistics.
"There is usually no statistics on ethnicity in Finland, so I wonder why Roma were required to be different from the rest of the Finnish population on the basis of crime," said Keskinen.
