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European Roma and Travellers Forum on official visit to Romania
Europe's largest and most inclusive Roma and Traveller organisation the ERTF
In her discussions with the Romanian President, Traian Basescu, President Halonen, who is a well-known, human rights activist, and deeply interested in the fate of the Roma population in Europe, raised the isssue of poverty and deprivation of social rights of this vulnerable community.
In a roundtable with government representatives and Roma NGOs on Roma communities in the European Union, President Halonen deplored that the miserable living conditions of the Roma pushed them into begging and trafficking and forced them to flee to a better life. Particularly alarming was the vulnerable situation of Roma women and children.Ms Halonen underlined the role of the European Roma and Travellers Forum in ensuring Roma participation in policy making.
In a joint press conference by the two Presidents , Mr Traian Basescu said that he wants to secure the full citizenship and equal rights for all Romanians. He added that poverty and unemployment had forced 2,5million Romanians to seek work abroad. He insisted that he was not going to restrict the free movement of any Romanian citizen, including the Roma.
President Halonen and President Basescu strongly supported the ongoing EU Commisssion survey on what has been achieved on Roma integration in the member states and decided to push for a Europe-wide strategy, funded by the EU, for the integration of Roma into society.
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European Roma and Travellers Forum
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Tel.: 00 33 3 90 21 53 50
Email: ertf@ertf.org or ertf@coe.int
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The European Roma and Travellers Forum (ERTF), which has a partnership agreement with the Council of Europe and a special status with this institution, is Europe’s largest and most inclusive Roma and Traveller organisation . It brings together Europe’s main international Roma-NGOs and more than 1,500 national Roma and Traveller organisations from most of the Council of Europe member states.
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