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Is there any evidence that this Roam tribe "left" migrated from India to Europe. Or are they called and attributed to this origin for want of a better story. What is the difference of the Roma Tribe and the Gypsies of Europe? Thanks and Kind regards. GL -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Frederick Noronha Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 10:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [GOANET] NEWS-INDIA: Roma, the lost Indians, face starvation in Europe ---------------------------------------------------------- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ ---------------------------------------------------------- Roma, the lost Indians, face starvation in Europe By Sanjay Suri, Indo-Asian News Service London, Jan 17 (IANS) The Roma tribe, which migrated from present-day northern India and Pakistan to Europe centuries ago, faces conditions there as bad as those in sub-Saharan Africa, says a new report. The report released by the United Nations Development Programme has covered about 4 to 5 million Roma -- of the estimated eight million in Europe -- in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. The report says one out of every two Roma goes hungry at least a few days every year. One out of six is "constantly starving". Many among them live in conditions "closer to those of sub-Saharan Africa than to Europe". "Health in Roma communities sharply deteriorated in the last decade," the report says. Infant mortality was found to be three times higher than the national average in the five countries. Life expectancy was on an average seven years less. Unemployment among the Roma is as high as 64 percent in Slovakia. Their gross domestic product (GDP) in the five countries is estimated to be a third of the national average. The majority of Roma still speak languages that arose from the India of yore. That makes them weak in modern European languages. A third of Roma failed to complete primary education, and more than two-thirds in a survey of over 5,000 were found not to have completed secondary education. Many go to Roma schools where they are taught in languages that arose from the India of the days of the Maurya and Gupta dynasties. Eight out of 10 Roma think respect for human rights means finding a job and living free from hunger. The survey shows that 61 percent of Roma voted in the last general elections, but that 86 percent think their interests are not well represented at the national level, and 76 percent think they are not well represented at the local community level. The survey shows that 79 percent of the Roma are not aware of any Roma aid programmes, and 91 percent cannot name an NGO they can trust. The report says at present 70 percent of Roma live on money provided by the state. This makes them "active regarding benefits, limited regarding contributions", the report says. "This asymmetry can further promote exclusion and ethnic intolerance." --Indo-Asian News Service
