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'Where Is This Going To Lead?': Roma People In Europe Face Coronavirus Disaster

Many in Europe's largest ethnic minority group live in poor, marginalized communities where conditions could lead to a swift outbreak, say researchers and activists.
A Roma family rides a horse-drawn cart carrying scrap metal out of Romania's Pata-Rât city dump.

The Roma are Europe's largest ethnic minority — and among the most marginalized European citizens, excluded from society for decades. With the coronavirus pandemic, now they're facing a potential humanitarian disaster.

Many of the estimated 12 million Roma in Europe live

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