Romani people in the Czech Republic
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≈ 40,370~250,000[1][2][3] | |
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Industrial cities or near the mining areas of Moravia and North Bohemia[4] | |
Languages | |
Carpathian Romani, Czech | |
Religion | |
Roman Catholicism[5] |
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Demographics
In the 2001 Census, 11,746 people reported their nationality as Romani – 0.1% of those claiming some nationality. According to the 2011 census, the Romani population was 13,150,[7] 0.2% of the total number reporting some nationality. Of these, 5,199 responded by listing only Romani nationality; the remaining 7,951 listed their Romani nationality in combination with another nationality, for example, Romani and Czech, Romani and Moravian and so on. 40,370 respondents to the 2011 census reported Romani language as their language.[8]
History
Origin
The Romani people originate from
The results of a genetic study in 2012 suggest that the Romani originated in North Western India and migrated as a group.
In February 2016, during the International Roma Conference, the Indian Minister of External Affairs stated that the people of the Roma community were children of India. The conference ended with a recommendation to the Government of India to recognize the Roma community spread across 30 countries as a part of the Indian diaspora.[19]
World War II
During the
Communist era
During the communist years unsuccessful attempts to change the nomadic living style of Romani were undertaken by the government. Many Romani people were rehoused in
Emigration
Many Romani left the country after the independence of the Czech Republic, saying that they felt unsafe due to a surge in right-wing activity. Countries such as Ireland, the UK, Norway and Sweden took in large numbers, but most Romani returned home after a few years. Immigration rates to Great Britain dropped suddenly after financial support for refugees started to be paid out in the form of food tickets in summer 2000 (due to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999).[29] The following year, British customs officers began to check the passengers flying to the UK from Prague airport and routinely rejected those of Romani origin.[30][31] In October 1997, after receiving over 1,000 requests for asylum from Czech Roma within a single year, Canada reinstated a visa regime for Czech citizens.[32]
Anti-ziganism
The Romanis are at the centre of the agenda of far-right groups in the Czech Republic, which spread
In January 2010, Amnesty International launched a report titled Injustice Renamed: Discrimination in Education of Roma persists in the Czech Republic.[33] According to the BBC, Amnesty argued that while cosmetic changes had been introduced by the authorities, little genuine improvement in addressing discrimination against Romani children had occurred.[34]
According to a 2010 opinion poll, 68% of Czechs have antipathy towards Romani.[35] The survey also found that 82% Czechs oppose any form of a "special care of Roma rights", 83% of Czechs consider Romani asocial, and 45% of Czechs would support the expulsion of Romani people from the Czech Republic.[36]
A 2011 poll, which followed a number of violent attacks by Romani perpetrators against ethnic Czech victims, reported that 44% of Czechs are afraid of Roma people.[37] The majority of Czechs (90%) do not want Romani people as neighbours,[38] viewing them as thieves and social parasites. Despite a long waiting list for adoptive parents, Romani children from orphanages are almost never adopted by Czech couples.[39] After the Velvet Revolution in 1989, jobs traditionally employing Romanis either disappeared or were taken over by immigrant workers.[40]
A 2019 Pew Research poll found that 66% of Czechs held unfavorable views of Roma.[41]
Crime
Crime statistics from the early 1990s reported that the crime rate among the Romani population in Czechoslovakia was highly disproportionate, especially regarding burglaries. According to Říčan (1998), about 20–30% of the Romani population earn their livelihood in illegal ways, such as procuring prostitution, trafficking and other property crimes.[42] Romani make up more than 60% of the Czech prison population and about 50% of repeat offenders, and are thus more than 20 times over-represented in Czech prisons than their population share would suggest.[42]
Notable people
- Elena Gorolová, human rights defender
- Věra Bílá, singer
- Monika Bagárová, singer
- Jan Cina, actor
See also
- Romani people in Czechoslovakia
- D.H. and Others v. the Czech Republic
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