Roma Diaspora Kosovo Balkans
63 images Created 29 Oct 2013
Roma Refugees in no-mans land between Travnik and Vitez during the Bosnia war in1994. Later Kosovar Roma Gypsy refugees in 1999, kicked out of Kosovo by the returning Albanians, after Nato bombardment of Belgrade. Some are not wealthy enough to pay the Mafia boat crossing were stranded in the Balkans during the wars, others more fortunate, made the way across the Adriatic with Mafia boats, and faced hardship living in Italian Red Cross Camps before making their way elsewhere in Italy or Europe.
Roma Gypsy refugees who came to Italy via Mafia boats from Montenegro after the Kosovo war in 1999 have lived for years in UNHCR refugee camps, then Red Cross sorting camps. They live with racism, prejudice and forced evictions from their homes. Many came to Italy from the Balkans in search of a new life after the violent disintegration of ex-Yugoslavia. Since then they have been forced from their urban camps to live in Container camps outside cities. 1994-1999
Roma Gypsy refugees who came to Italy via Mafia boats from Montenegro after the Kosovo war in 1999 have lived for years in UNHCR refugee camps, then Red Cross sorting camps. They live with racism, prejudice and forced evictions from their homes. Many came to Italy from the Balkans in search of a new life after the violent disintegration of ex-Yugoslavia. Since then they have been forced from their urban camps to live in Container camps outside cities. 1994-1999
