Vicente Palacios Ducar, Humanitarian Expert, ECHO (left) moderating the discussion panel on The refugee response: Receiving Roma refugees in Europe. Panel (left to right): Maria Potapova, Project Manager, Romodrom [Czech Republic], Zsófia Baglyas, Project Coordinator, Carpathian Foundation [Hungary], Izaura Dryma, Coordinator, Refugee Department, Aresel [Romania], Christoph Leucht, Project Manager, Hildegard Lagrenne Foundation for Education, Inclusion and Participation of Roma and Sinti in Germany.
© UNHCR/ Salahaldeen Abdulrahman
On 11-12 April 2024, during “Amare Amala: Roma Culture Week” in the Republic of Moldova, the Ministry of Education and Research (MER) of the Republic of Moldova, the Agency for Inter-Ethnic Relations, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Roma Task Force, with the support of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the European Union, hosted a regional dialogue on the protection and inclusion of ethnic Roma refugees and host communities in Ukraine and countries of asylum. The dialogue provided an opportunity for government officials, Roma-led organizations and activists, civil society and UN agencies to come together to consider the situation of displaced Roma in the region, the challenges that they face and the opportunities that exist to ensure that their rights are observed, that that they have access to critical services, and that they are fully included in discussions and decisions that affect their community.
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