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Press Release: Embargoed Friday, April 8th 2005

Roma and Travellers in the EU
still face discrimination

Roma and Travellers still face widespread discrimination in the European Union despite recent legal developments. This was the central message coming out of a seminar that took place on International Roma Day (April 8th).

The seminar, which was held at the European Parliament Office in Molesworth Street, was hosted by Proinsias de Rossa and featured speakers from the European Roma Rights Centre, the Irish Traveller Movement in Britain, Pavee Point, and the Roma Support Group Ireland.

A spokesperson of ENAR Ireland, the organisation organising this seminar, stated: "Considering the continued discrimination of Travellers in Ireland, it should come as no surprise that Roma are subjected to the same discrimination."

"As Ireland had just presented its first report under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, this seminar is very timely", the spokesperson continued. "In particular, the viewpoint of the Irish government regarding the recognition of Travellers as an ethnic group was challenged by the CERD and we certainly hope that the government will reconsider its position."

ENAR Ireland is a national network of 12 organisations working on racism and related issues. It aims to highlight particularly developments at European level and how they relate to the Irish context.

For further information contact
 Cathryn Mannion, National Traveller Women¹s Forum, at 091 771509
Martin Collins, Pavee Point, at 01 8780255

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