Naturligvis gør dette det så meget desto værre, at tilværelsen for romaer i EU som altid er kendetegnet af arbejdsløshed, et uddannelsesniveau, der ligger et godt stykke under gennemsnittet, organiseret kriminalitet og prostitution samt tilbagetrækning til et parallelsamfund.
Of course, this makes it all the worse that the life of the Roma in the EU is characterised, as it always has been, by unemployment, a level of education that is well below average, organised crime and prostitution, as well as a retreat into a parallel society.