GROUP MEMBERS; SUHADA BT.

ABDUL KARIM 199769

FAIZHA ALIAH NABILAH BTE HARON 199775 HAZREEN HASLIN BT. ABDUL HAMID 199784 NORZAIFUL BIN ZAINAL 199812

NUR NABILA BT. HAMZAH

NOR HUSNA BINTI IDRIS

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OUR MISSION
Find out who Romani people are and what are the problems they have been facing?

1.0 WHO ARE THE ROMANI PEOPLE?

Nor Husna Idris (200124)

WHO ARE THE ROMANI PEOPLE?

About 12 million Romani live in our world today With a population in Europe estimated at 8 to 12 million, they can be found everywhere from Finland to Greece and from Ireland to Russia, but they have no "homeland. The greatest number live in Central Eastern Europe: Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Hungary and former Yugoslavia.

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Romani people are believed came from India Heinrich Grellman- The Romanies ancestors in India were originally Sundras Dom lived in the Middle East and Lom lived in Armenia (identified as Gypsies).

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They are very heavily persecuted, particularly in the Middle East and Eastern Europe. According to Amnesty International, of the ten million Romani living in Europe, almost 80% live in European Union states. The Roma population is the poorest and one of the fastest growing in the region, living predominantly on the margins of society. Romani are one of the largest ethnic minority groups in Europe.

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The Romani people also refer themselves by any other great word such as; Gypsies, Cigani. Zigeuner, Gitanos and, Heiden,

Most of the Romani people still maintain a language and a culture which set them quite apart from the rest of the world.

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Romani considered outsiders and many government did not care about them some countries even passed laws that forbade them to stop.

Has been discriminated against in most parts of the world

The customs and traditions

THE BIRTH In Bulgarian Roma communities, after the birth, the baby is ritually washed in salted water. The relatives and friends together at a table with ritual cakes, eating honey, halva and cheese.

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THE WEDDING The weddings did traditionally occurred at an early age for boys, between 15 and 17 years old for girls between 14 and 16 years old.

Cultural and lifestyle

Faizha Aliah Nabilah Bte Haron (199775)

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There is an extensive and complicated social structure among the Romani people. The Romani tend to demonstrate a sense of moral superiority and contempt toward the Gadje. Some refuse to use the English language to record births, participate in census or other surveys, or to record deaths. Important Romani concepts related to health care are "wuzho" and "marim.

Economy
In Romania the economic status may be described as stable. Roma were actually well known and established blacksmiths, settled in villages, but were also renowned weapon makers. Among Roma - mostly in Romania - one also finds rather primitive jewellers.

2.0 HISTORY OF ROMANI PEOPLE

ROMANI PEOPLE IN 1939

Last stage of the World War II, , many of the nation that have been occupied by the Nazi Germany in pre-war has forced to migration. Under the Nazi regime, German authorities subjected Roma to arbitrary internment, forced labor, and mass murder.

THE AUSCHWITZ CAMP

Was called the "Gypsy family camp. The Auschwitz concentration camp complex was the largest of its kind established by the Nazi regime

Marzahn, the first internment camp for Roma (Gypsies)

Block 11 of Auschwitz was the "prison within the prison"

3.0 Hungarian Discrimination Against Romani People

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Education participation rate

Only 61% of Hungarian Roma age 15 and above has completed primary education, and just 13% has completed secondary education. Currently 90% of Romani children complete primary education. A research of sample schools however suggests that the drop-out rate among Roma is still almost twice as high as among non-Roma.
* * "Monitoring Education for Roma. A Statistical Baseline for Central, Eastern, and South Eastern Europe. Open Society Institute, Education Support Program (ESP). 2006. Retrieved 2007-04-20. "Equal access to quality education for Roma, Hungary. Open Society Institute, EU Monitoring and Advocacy Program (EUMAP). 2007. pp. 206207. Retrieved 2007-04-20

Parody Of Romani People (*Chronology)

Sndor Fbry's RTL Klub TV program "Esti Showder" one of the most popular talk shows on Hungarian commercial TV, broadcast a "Romani show" on November 6, 2006. The project was potentially very risky as it was only last spring that TV2 ran their highly controversial and damaging programme "Big Romani Wedding.

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The rival commercial channel TV2 had to apologize in March for its similar entertaining program ("Big Romani Wedding") where it had presented Romani men as criminals, thefts and the women as prostitutes.

Roma controversies
Natural repugnance: there are differences is the social behavior of the host nation and the Romani people leading to a disinclination towards each other. This is slowly decaying on the Hungarian side (36-38%); as of 2007, there is no research made regarding the Romani side. Integration problems on the host side: there's a significant prejudice towards Romani people in Hungary affecting the motivation for integration. Exact numbers are unknown as the research material available mixes prejudice with "post-judice".

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Integration problems on the Romani side: some Romani people have apparent trouble adjusting to the European standards of social behavior regarding loud-mouthing, littering and being non-violent, law-abiding and working citizens. As of 2007, there is no research available on this issue.

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Problems with motivation for work: as of 2007, what can be earned with work can be obtained having many children, which does not move Romani people towards work as they usually have more children anyway. Crime: "gypsy crime" ("cignybnzs" in Hungarian) is a phenomenon well disputed and often misunderstood.

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School segregation: likely due to repugnance, non-Romani people tend to choose schools with less problematic Romani children. It's also believed that there were cases where healthy Romani children were assigned to classes for pupils with learning disabilities (although this might have been a financial issue).

4.0 REASONS OF DISCRIMINATION

HAZREEN HASLIN BT ABDUL HAMID (199784)

4.0 REASONS OF DISCRIMINATION

The Roma community suffers massive discrimination throughout Europe. e.g. Denied their rights to housing, employment, healthcare and education, victims of forced evictions, racist attacks and police ill-treatment. The fact that the Roma do not have a country of their own and are instead scattered throughout Europe and beyond are also issues worthy of attention.

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States have clearly failed to provide services and effectively protect the human rights of the largest national minority in Europe. Anti-Gypsyism, in the sense of a widespread, deeply rooted prejudice and intolerance against Roma people all over Europe, has been identified as a crucial cause for this situation (discrimination)

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The organization has documented the failures of governments across the continent to live up to their obligations (Antiziganism) No national or regional programme aimed at improving the situation of Europes Roma populations can be successful without resolute action to combat anti-Gypsyism.

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European countries began introducing laws against migrating peoples in the mid-Fifteenth century Without a registered identity, many Roma remain completely isolated as citizens in the societies on whose territories they live.

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5.0 PROBLEMS OF THE ROMANI PEOPLE

SUHADA BT. ABDUL KARIM (199769)

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The Romani people are a controversial ethnic group. Roma people stifled by neglect They have a turbulent history and are alienated in many modern societies.

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The other problems of Romani people also can be seen in social disparities such as: -Education/bad chances for work Only 61% of Hungarian Roma aged 15 and above has completed primary education, and just 13% has completed secondary education -Poverty most of the Romani people live in significantly worse conditions than others

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Bad health conditions -as of 1999-2000, life expectancy was about 10 years less compared to non-Roma

Lack of debate regarding the subject -academic researchers and members of the mainstream press disregard any critics and study the subject in the canonical viewpoint. - Critics don't have the funds necessary to perform alternative studies

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In Transylvania and Moldova: regarded as a slave In 15th C and 16th C, Romani people was chased out from German, Denmark, Spain, Sweden, Italy, England, Portugal, and France Denmark: impose the death penalty against them if captured

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In Czechoslovakia, Romani music and languages was banned in public many Romani women were sterilized to reduce their population

6.0 International interventions towards the problems

NUR NABILA BT. HAMZAH(200003)

United Nation
Gain integration with government to concern on the aspect of living conditions experienced by the Romani people. required to promote implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities

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The EU member states will focused on 4 main elements for better social and economic integration which is education, employment, healthcare, housing. EU leads support towards policy and financial tools. European legislations are against discrimination

 NDI launched an initiative in 2003 to increase Roma political participation in Bulgaria, Romania and Slovakia. NDI has provided training, public opinion and comparative research, and real-time assistance to approximately 1,500 Roma in governance, electoral participation, political representation and policy advocacy

 In 2010 Slovak local elections, more than 330 Roma were elected to local office. NDI has done this work throughout the region, helping young Roma leaders to bridge the gap between political institutions and local communities.
NDI is opening politics and government to Roma and developing skilled active Roma citizens who can take advantage of these opportunities.

Conclusion
The Roma people should have special representation in the international organization. Special law that gives them the right to live in any EU member state. Deporting the Roma to other nation is not a solution but it is unfair and unjust for them.

Other nations maybe giving the same treat the Roma in a similar manner.