South Eastern Europe Balkan minorities work towards functional multiculturalism

20 Nov 2011 | roma social exclusion inclusion

‘Eurasia’ reports that the Roma community composes the largest minority community in the Balkans, and their situation “in the region remains particularly problematic, and the states appear to have few intentions or incentives to change this”. The minorities there have formed a group that represents Greeks, Macedonians, Serbs, Montenegrins and Bosnians to discuss their specific problems. “We have raised our voice, asking for improvements [in] the social and economic situation of the Roma people, their education, health, infrastructure, housing, employment”, said Skender Veliu, who leads the Roma Union Amaro-Drom in Albania.

Source : Eurasia