Roma Balkans and Italy exhibition
15 images Created 28 Sep 2009
A selection of photographs of Roma refugees of the Balkan Wars charting their journey from Kosovo, across the Adriatic to Europe.
Roma Gypsies living in no-mans land, between enemy lines. They are neither welcome by the Serbs, Croats or Muslims. Sometimes they would earn money burying the dead. The road from Travnik to Vitez, Bosnia. Spring 1994. The Roma homes in the Park District were destroyed by Albanians returning to Kosovo. They accused the Roma Gypsies as being accomplices to the Serbs. In fear of their lives, tens of thousands of Roma fled Kosovo for other Balkan States. Pristina, Kosovo. August 1999.
Roma Kosovar refugees, escorted by Carabinieri and Customs police, set foot on dry land after a gruelling 40 hour voyage by Mafia boat across the Adriatic from Montenegro to Italy. They are the luckier ones, who have a new life ahead of them in Western Europe, they were lucky not to have drowned en route, like many of their compatriots, Brindisi, Italy. Summer 1999. Roma Gypsy Kosovar refugees arrive at Bari Red Cross camp. These Roma braved the adriatic crossing by Mafia boat and are their first step towards a better life in western Europe. Italy 1999. Roma Gypsies waiting to be processed to get their obligatory Roma ID cards from the Red Cross, Castel Romano, near Rome, Italy October 2008.
Kosovar Roma girl plays near the railway track on the outskirts of Belgrade. These same lines took Gypsies off the concentration camps like Jasenovic, during the 2nd World War, where millions where exterminated. Belgrade, Serbia. January 2004
Roma Gypsies living in no-mans land, between enemy lines. They are neither welcome by the Serbs, Croats or Muslims. Sometimes they would earn money burying the dead. The road from Travnik to Vitez, Bosnia. Spring 1994. The Roma homes in the Park District were destroyed by Albanians returning to Kosovo. They accused the Roma Gypsies as being accomplices to the Serbs. In fear of their lives, tens of thousands of Roma fled Kosovo for other Balkan States. Pristina, Kosovo. August 1999.
Roma Kosovar refugees, escorted by Carabinieri and Customs police, set foot on dry land after a gruelling 40 hour voyage by Mafia boat across the Adriatic from Montenegro to Italy. They are the luckier ones, who have a new life ahead of them in Western Europe, they were lucky not to have drowned en route, like many of their compatriots, Brindisi, Italy. Summer 1999. Roma Gypsy Kosovar refugees arrive at Bari Red Cross camp. These Roma braved the adriatic crossing by Mafia boat and are their first step towards a better life in western Europe. Italy 1999. Roma Gypsies waiting to be processed to get their obligatory Roma ID cards from the Red Cross, Castel Romano, near Rome, Italy October 2008.
Kosovar Roma girl plays near the railway track on the outskirts of Belgrade. These same lines took Gypsies off the concentration camps like Jasenovic, during the 2nd World War, where millions where exterminated. Belgrade, Serbia. January 2004