Roma live on average ten years shorter than other Europeans, according to the latest study.
Roma in Western Europe live on average 10 years shorter than others, one in five is hungry, 45 percent of Europeans do not want Roma as neighbors, 30 percent have only completed lower secondary education, according to a study on Roma by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) ).
That is why the European Commission will publish a new strategy for Roma equality on 6 October. Although they live in some of the richest countries in the world, a quarter of Roma in Western Europe cannot afford healthy food and heating, and a fifth of their children go to bed hungry. In addition, widespread discrimination and early school leaving reduce their employment prospects, especially for women and young people, condemning them to great poverty.

Roma children often face hostility. Nearly a third of parents said their children were verbally abused at school because of their background. These are all reasons why the life expectancy of Roma is ten years shorter than that of other Europeans. In Sweden, for example, hunger affects one in five Roma households, and in most other countries surveyed, the rate is between 10 and 15 percent. On the other hand, 6.5 percent of all other children in the EU face such scarcity. The survey is based on interviews with more than 4,500 Roma in Belgium, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The FRA called on member states to allow Roma and nomads to live their own lifestyle by providing them with enough locations where they can stay in decent conditions. They should also be provided with social protection to improve their health, reduce poverty and eliminate hunger, especially among children.

Link: https://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/svako-peto-romsko-dijete-u-eu-gladuje-1434148

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