Izvor: N1 televizija, 22.Maj.2018, 18:09 (ažurirano 02.Apr.2020.)
Roma in Serbia under constant discriminations, study says
The systematic discrimination of Roma in Serbia is still going on, while they often accept the denial of their rights as standard, the Civil Rights Defenders NGO report says.
The report presented in Belgrade on Tuesday adds that Serbia does not process the hate crimes against Roma. It also has a significant number of them without necessary documents, and they suffer discrimination at work, in the educational system. Regarding the housing health services and access to justice “in >> Pročitaj celu vest na sajtu N1 televizija << a far worse situation.”
The NGO made the report titled “ The Hoop of Anti-Gypsyism: Roma in Serbia” dealing with the Roma position in the country in different walks of life, including employment, housing, education, health insurance, access to justice, personal IDs, safety, asylum-seeking and forced return.
The NGO’s programme director for the Western Balkans Goran Miletic said the improvement in treating Roma used to be a priority in the European Union accession process, while now it seemed that an ignorance prevailed in Europe, together with “a positive prejudice that Roma in the region can realise their rights.”
“Roma are one of the three most discriminated groups in Serbia, and the situation is similar in the neighbourhood. Though a lot of good has been done and an improvement exists, it does not seem that enough has been achieved to improve their position, or to decrease the segregation,’ Miletic said.
He added that there were indications that the issue of Roma discrimination would again top the list of the EU priorities, and the European Parliament’s report is very cleary and sharply speaks about the state of their human rights in the region,” Alaksandra Bojadijeva of the Regional Council for Cooperation (RCC) said.
She said that the extreme examples of discrimination were in situations when proof of residence was demanded from the internally displaced Roma seeking citizenship, or when at least one parent had to be employed for the child to be admitted in a kindergarten. “Both conditions are almost impossible to meet,” she said.
The talks were suspended after Pristina’s police briefly arrested the head of Serbia’s government Office for Kosovo Marko Djuric in March, saying he was in its northern part without Pristina’s permission.
“I believe that we will have a new meeting in the second half of June,” Tachi told N1 television in Montenegro where he attended a forum on security titled “To be secure” (2BS) upon an invitation by the Montenegro Atlantic Alliance and the coastal republic’s government.
The “2BS” is a yearly forum at a high level dealing with global, transatlantic and south-eastern Europe security issues and the participants include the representatives of the US, Canada, and the European Union.
