Položaj Roma u Međimurju i varaždinsko-koprivničkoj Podravini i usporedba s položajem Roma u slovenskom Prekomurju i Mađarskoj
Situation of the Romani in Medjimurje and the region of Varaždinsko-koprivnička Podravina and comparison with their situation in Prekmurje (Slovenia) and Hungary

Author(s): Filip Škiljan
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences
Published by: Етнографски институт САНУ
Keywords: Croatia; Medjimurje; Podravina; Romani; discrimination; segregation; Prekmurje; Hungary
Summary/Abstract: In this paper, author presents information on the situation of the Romani in the area of Medjimurje and the region of Varaždinsko-koprivnička Podravina, and compares them with the situation of the Romani in Hungary and the Slovenian region of Prekmurje. Methodology of research of the Roma population in Medjimurje and Podravina is based on in-depth interviews with several representatives of Roma settlements. Along with the statistical data on the number of the Romani in all three countries and respective regions, author discusses issues of discrimination and segregation of the Roma minority in north-eastern Croatia, and compares data obtained from in-depth interviews with data from literature dealing with the Roma of Slovenia and Hungary.

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