Roma Immigrants in Western Europe – the Example of France and Italy

The expansion of the European Union and the accession of ten new EU member states in 2004, as well as the accession of Bulgaria and Romania in 2007, meant that the new borders of the EU came to encompass most of the Roma minorities living on the Old Continent. The Roma, as well as being the largest...

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Autor principal:	Joanna Talewicz-Kwiatkowska
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Publicado:	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2015
Materias:	Roma Gypsies Minority Immigrants European Union Law K Political science J
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9e5164dea24143e8a500222bfc3a76712021-11-27T13:15:05ZRoma Immigrants in Western Europe – the Example of France and Italy10.12797/Politeja.12.2015.31_2.081733-67162391-6737https://doaj.org/article/9e5164dea24143e8a500222bfc3a76712015-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/politeja/article/view/2472https://doaj.org/toc/1733-6716https://doaj.org/toc/2391-6737 The expansion of the European Union and the accession of ten new EU member states in 2004, as well as the accession of Bulgaria and Romania in 2007, meant that the new borders of the EU came to encompass most of the Roma minorities living on the Old Continent. The Roma, as well as being the largest ethnic group in modern Europe, are also its most marginalised group. They have been and continue to be ostracised, excluded from society, and discriminated against on all possible social levels. I will focus on the mass exodus of the Roma to Western Europe, which was triggered by the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union. Thousands of new Roma emigrants moved to the West in search of a better life, without possessing jobs, health care or social insurance, living en masse in camps on the edge of towns and cities. The beginning of the global economic crisis in 2008 and this massive influx of Roma immigrants living in extreme poverty was an explosive mix which led to a deepening and intensification of Anti‑Roma feeling in Western Europe creating a radicalisation of policy concerning Roma. Joanna Talewicz-KwiatkowskaKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticleRomaGypsiesMinorityImmigrantsEuropean UnionLawKPolitical scienceJENPLPoliteja, Vol 12, Iss 8 (31/2) (2015)
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description	The expansion of the European Union and the accession of ten new EU member states in 2004, as well as the accession of Bulgaria and Romania in 2007, meant that the new borders of the EU came to encompass most of the Roma minorities living on the Old Continent. The Roma, as well as being the largest ethnic group in modern Europe, are also its most marginalised group. They have been and continue to be ostracised, excluded from society, and discriminated against on all possible social levels. I will focus on the mass exodus of the Roma to Western Europe, which was triggered by the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union. Thousands of new Roma emigrants moved to the West in search of a better life, without possessing jobs, health care or social insurance, living en masse in camps on the edge of towns and cities. The beginning of the global economic crisis in 2008 and this massive influx of Roma immigrants living in extreme poverty was an explosive mix which led to a deepening and intensification of Anti‑Roma feeling in Western Europe creating a radicalisation of policy concerning Roma.
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title_short	Roma Immigrants in Western Europe – the Example of France and Italy
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Roma Immigrants in Western Europe – the Example of France and Italy

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