Vilnius Gypsies to be re-settled... again

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Vilnius Gypsies to be re-settled... again

Apr 23, 2008
By Yuri Sugis

Roma, also known as Gypsies, face well-documented discrimination

VILNIUS - An influential Vilnius City Council member has called on parliament to put Vilnius Gypsies in trailer homes and move them out of the nation’s capital to various regions around the country. City Council member and chairman of the parliamentary environment committee Audrius Butkiavicius said the Gypsy settlement in Vilnius is “the largest drug market in the country.” The politician wants to create a public fund to finance the purchase of trailer homes for Gypsies that would serve as a f ...

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