Current Affairs Thousands of Roma from Slovakia seek better life in the Czech Republic

31-03-2003 | Tracy Burns

Consider these images from eastern Slovakia: Romany children playing in a dirty stream. Across the street another gazes through a glassless window frame of a decrepit building. Or: Romany youth gathered on a dead-end street of ugly high-rises. While many Roma people from the Czech Republic flee to the West for a better life, more and more members of this ethnic group from Slovakia are seeking a brighter future in the Czech Republic.

Village of Jarovnice after the flood in 1998 Village of Jarovnice after the flood in 1998   Back

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