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Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) to develop a report on the housing conditions of Roma and Travellers in the EU. The evidence in this report has been collected across the European Union, covering the years 2000 – 2009. There are several international instruments setting out the contours and content of the right to adequate housing. It is clear from this report that large numbers of Roma and Travellers in the EU do not enjoy equal treatment in this respect living in substandard conditions which fall far below even the minimum criteria of adequate housing. Sometimes Roma live in squalid shanty-towns and temporary camps, often in segregated and environmentally hazardous areas. Very often Roma housing areas have poor access to public services, employment and schools, and are without adequate access to public utilities such as water, electricity or gas. Many Roma and Travellers live in overcrowded conditions, with considerably less space per person than national averages, where many dwellings are in a state of considerable disrepair.

 

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