As I said earlier "It's one thing to explain the complexities of the situation in Bulgaria, I always find that makes issues more interesting and it's one of the reasons I read your diary in the first place, but it's an entirely different approach to make one blanket statement after the other about the Roma."
I'm interested in a discussion if we can move it away from blanket statements that don't help us find solutions and, despite your desire not to move the discussion in that direction, only sound like prejudices.
So what's your solution to the problems you perceive: wait for EU membership and hope the Roma leave Bulgaria and Romania and "move to big European countries"? Somehow mass migration seems quite unlikely to me despite the fears of the polish plumber invasions some Western European politicians would like voters to believe. What are your suggestions?
...despite your desire not to move the discussion in that direction, only sound like prejudices.
Read what pavlovska said near the end of the discussion - I like how the gypsy population is helping itself in Macedonia - they have the desire to integrate.
About "hordes" of gypsies invading Europe - my personal bet will be that about a third of the Roma population will directly move out. Be careful! Is it classified?
I am presenting the point of view of most of the East Europeans. ... my personal bet will be that about a third of the Roma population will directly move out.
Aid workers estimate that 90-95 percent of Roma in Bulgaria are chronically unemployed, hampered by illiteracy and prejudice, and the overall economic slump. There are some Roma "barons," flashy dressers in shining luxury sedans, scorned by their kin for their aloofness. And about 117 Roma non-governmental organizations distribute international aid, often to little effect. Nor are Roma political leaders setting a good example, engaged as they are in ego-polishing and personal wars.
