Europe's Forgotten Citizens: Defending Roma Rights in the Eu

There are between ten and twelve million Roma living in the European Union today -- roughly equal to the population of a medium-sized EU Member State, like Belgium or Greece.
Yet despite the fact that the Roma have played an integral part in European history and culture for over seven centuries, most of us still know very little about them. And what we think we do know is more often than not based on ignorance, prejudice and stereotypes.