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- Title
The Way to Education for Roma in Berlin.
- Authors
Schedlich, Bosiljka
- Abstract
The status of Roma as classical guest workers from former Yugoslavia with jobs and accommodation didn't attract much attention in Berlin. They are well integrated, often hold German citizenship and some of their children completed their studies with a final degree. The same is true for the Roma who came from former Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Like other refugees they lived in residential homes. Today people come from Romania and Bulgaria as EU citizens in order to find a job and a home here, among them also Roma. They live in crowded flats, in cars or sometimes in parks, often earning their living by making music or begging. They are not entitled to social benefits provided by the German state. All children living in Berlin have a right to public education. The activities financed by the city-state Berlin and the EU have a positive effect on the lives of the Roma and the educational opportunities of their children. A Berlin action plan should help to improve the housing situation, to provide protection against abuse and to prevent human trafficking, in particular of women. These measures will reduce prejudices on all sides in the long-term and strengthen confidence. The prolongation of the "Roma decade" would improve the situation of the Roma in Europe overall: They could overcome their victimhood in the coming decades whereas the Europeans could overcome their racism.
- Subjects
GERMANY; EDUCATION of Romanies; ROMANIES; FOREIGN workers; PUBLIC education; HUMAN trafficking prevention
- Publication
Suedosteuropa-Mitteilungen, 2013, Vol 53, Issue 6, p58
- ISSN
0340-174X
- Publication type
Article