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Europe's gypsies - Romania

A report on the Roma of Romania, and their lives in a post-communist country

A report on the Roma of Romania, and their lives in a post-communist country. A programme from Bucharest, Romania, which has the highest population of Roma in Europe an estimated 2 million people. Often shunned by the rest of society, and seen as part of a criminal class or part of a mafia; but many live an impoverished life having lost links with their cultural past.

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主播大秀 World Service Archive

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