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Roma families are afraid police will take their children (Photo: Council of Europe)

Roma fears heighten after child abduction reports

Reports of child abductions by Roma in Greece and Ireland is causing anxiety about a vigilante backlash against Europe’s most discriminated minority.

Dezideriu Gergely, executive director of the Budapest-based European Roma Rights Centre, told this website on Friday (25 October) that a far-right group in Serbia tried to take the law into its own hands in the past few days.

“During the weekend, there was an attempt by skinheads in Serbia to enter into a Roma community and take a c...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

Roma families are afraid police will take their children (Photo: Council of Europe)

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Author Bio

Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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