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Fuil agus Luaidhe (Blood and Lead)

Episode 17 of 20

Sealladh s貌nraichte air cor coimhearsnachd Roma Kosovo. A unique perspective on the plight of Kosovo's Roma people.

Tha Roseanna Nic a' Ph矛 - a tha gu math e貌lach air a bhith str矛 as leth a coimhearsnachd ann an Alba, an luchd-siubhail - a' gabhail cuairt dhr霉idhteach a Kosovo, son suidheachadh coimhearsnachd Roma Mitrovica fhaicinn.

As d猫idh dhaibh a bhith air an ruaigeadh bho an dachaighean aig 脿m a' chogaidh 10 bliadhna air ais, chaidh m貌ran dhiubh a chur ann an campaichean faisg air Mitrovica. Ach chaidh an togail air talamh far na chleachd am m猫inn luaidh as motha san Roinn E貌rpa a bhith. Tha a' mh貌r-chuid dhiubh fhathast an sin, agus m貌ran dhan sluagh, gu s貌nraichte a' chlann, a' fuiling bho phuinnseanachadh luaidhe.

Scottish Gypsy traveller , Roseanna McPhee, who has fought passionately for the rights of her community in Scotland, makes an emotional journey to Kosovo to examine the plight of the Roma people in Mitrovica.

Having been forced to flee from their homes during the war 10 years ago, many of them were placed in temporary camps near Mitrovica, but the camps were built on land contaminated by what was Europe's largest lead mine. Most are still there and much of the population suffer from chronic lead poisoning, particularly the children.

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