Advancing the Situation of Romani Children in State Care in Bulgaria

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In cooperation with the European Roma Rights Center, the Equal Opportunities Initiative Association started work on a project

“Advancing the Situation of Romani Children in State Care in Bulgaria”,

supported by Tanya’s Dream Fund

The over-representation of Roma children in state institutions, not only in Bulgaria, but also throughout Europe, is a significant social problem, included in a number of studies implemented by the European Center for Roma Rights and confirmed by independent studies.

Despite efforts aimed at deinstitutionalization in Bulgaria, the process fails to meet expectations. It is difficult to ascertain the exact number of Roma children in institutional, state and alternative care institutions, as the authorities claim that they do not collect data by ethnicity; in the absence of clear statistical information, the number of Roma children separated from their biological families and placed in institutional, state and alternative care institutions can only be estimated from information collected by social workers, public mediators and non-governmental organizations working in the field of children's rights.

 

Отнемането на деца от ромски семейства с ниски доходи поражда сериозни опасения за правата на човека в българската система за закрила на детето  От Юдит Игнац (Judit Ignac)