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been a huge controversy when the city of Helsingor
decided to put all Roma children in special classes in
public schools students. This provision was dropped
after he admitted it was discriminatory and Roma
were reintegrated into regular classes.
ROMA IN EASTERN EUROPE
In Eastern Europe, the Roma often live in squatter
communities with very high unemployment. Only a
few are fully integrated into society, including the clan
Kalderash in Romania, working as boilermakers and
prospered. Although some Roma still have a nomadic
lifestyle, their migration is generally imposed, because
most people do not accept their installation anywhere.
Many countries that were once part of the Soviet Union
have large Roma populations. The level of integration of
Roma into society remains limited. In these countries,
they usually remain in the margins of society, living in
colonies, similar to isolated ghettos.
Only a small fraction of Roma children are high
school graduates, although many efforts have been made
official, past and present, to force them to go to school.
Roma often feel rejected by the state and the population,
which creates a barrier to integration. In the Czech
Republic, 75% of Roma children attend schools for those
with learning difficulties and 70% of adults are unemployed,
against a national rate of 9%. In Hungary, 44%
of Roma children attend special schools, while 74% of
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