The Plight of the Roma

Recent expulsions of Roma reopened a longstanding discussion on the fate of this ethnic minority.

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By Kremena Krumova

10/6/2010Updated: 10/7/2010

<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/PHOTO1-WEB_medium.jpg"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/PHOTO1-WEB_medium.jpg" alt="A girl from the Gypsies (Roma) minority protests in front of the Embassy of France in Sofia on Aug 18, 2010. In August, France deported more than 1,000 Roma migrants to Bulgaria and Romania, and more than 8,000 Roma have been deported since the beginning of the year; 9,875 were expelled in 2009. (Nadezhda Chipeva/Capital)" title="A girl from the Gypsies (Roma) minority protests in front of the Embassy of France in Sofia on Aug 18, 2010. In August, France deported more than 1,000 Roma migrants to Bulgaria and Romania, and more than 8,000 Roma have been deported since the beginning of the year; 9,875 were expelled in 2009. (Nadezhda Chipeva/Capital)" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-113680"/></a>

A girl from the Gypsies (Roma) minority protests in front of the Embassy of France in Sofia on Aug 18, 2010. In August, France deported more than 1,000 Roma migrants to Bulgaria and Romania, and more than 8,000 Roma have been deported since the beginning of the year; 9,875 were expelled in 2009. (Nadezhda Chipeva/Capital)

Kremena Krumova

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Kremena Krumova is a Sweden-based Foreign Correspondent of Epoch Times. She writes about African, Asian and European politics, as well as humanitarian, anti-terrorism and human rights issues.

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