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Are there many Roma people (gypsies) in Sarajevo, Bosnia?

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I am not sure about exact number of Roma people here, but there are several thousands. Some of them are homeless, some of them are wandering, and some of them are "normal" citizens. Discrimination against Roma people in Bosnia is high. Most of Roma children don't go to school at all. read more

Discrimination against Roma people in Bosnia is high. Most of Roma children don't go to school at all. Most of the beggars in the streets of every city in Bosnia are from Roma people. (almost) Every city in Bosnia has some population of Roma people, however, they do tend (some of them who are wandering) to switch places, and they go from town to town to beg, when there are some festivities. read more

There have been Romani people in Bosnia and Herzegovina for more than 600 years. Roma are deemed to have arrived in the territory of today's Bosnia and Herzegovina by the 14th–15th centuries, and to have adopted Islam as the majority confession during the times of Ottoman rule (15th–19th centuries). read more

Many of the evicted Roma have spent five nights sleeping in the open in the absence of any alternative accommodation. With such a norm of discrimination, human rights reporting mechanisms have consistently drawn attention to the treatment of the Romani people in Serbia.. read more

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