'Where Is This Going To Lead?': Roma People In Europe Face Coronavirus Disaster
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'Where Is This Going To Lead?': Roma People In Europe Face Coronavirus Disaster

Nodis contributed to an upcoming report by the European Environmental Bureau, a collection of nonprofit groups, which documents environmental discrimination against Roma communities in Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and North Macedonia. "People in our community leave to work in France or Italy," says Brisilda Taco, a Roma activist in Tirana, Albania's capital.

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