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THE SITUATION OF ROMA IN EUROPE

  • Only 53% of young Roma children attend early childhood education.
  • 63% of Roma aged 16-24 are not employed, in education or training.
  • Only 18% of Roma completed higher secondary education or higher.
  • One in three Roma children attends classes where most classmates are Roma.
  • Only 39% of non-Roma would feel comfortable if their children had Roma classmates.
  • Two thirds of Roma and Travellers aged 18–24 leave school early with at most only lower secondary education.
  • The figures for Roma and Travellers aged 30–34 achieving tertiary education in 2019 are close to zero.