Europe’s Roma Face ‘Witch-Hunt’ After Reports of Child-Snatching

A recent spate of cases involving members of the Roma community and
allegations of child-snatching has shone an uncomfortable spotlight on Europe’s
attitudes and treatment of the Roma, and what some are calling a “witch-hunt”
against one of Europe’s largest ethnic minorities.

Last week the story broke of a blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl found in a Roma
camp near the town of Larissa, Greece. Authorities had raided the camp in search
of evidence of drugs and guns. It was during this raid that they found the four-year-old,
named Maria, whose appearance did not match her parents.

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