{"id":470054,"date":"2026-11-03T18:14:36","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T17:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/11\/03\/migliorano-i-diritti-dei-rom-nellue-ma-serve-altro-lavoro-in-italia-calo-significativo-di-chi-vive-nei-campi-nomadi\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T18:55:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T17:55:26","slug":"roma-rights-improve-across-eu-but-challenges-remain-italy-sees-significant-decline-in-nomad-camp-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/11\/03\/roma-rights-improve-across-eu-but-challenges-remain-italy-sees-significant-decline-in-nomad-camp-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Roma rights improve across EU, but challenges remain; Italy sees “significant” decline in nomad camp residents"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 Progress in the areas of employment, education, and early childhood care: the European Commission published today (3 November) the Third report on implementation<\/a> of the
\nEU Roma strategic framework<\/a>
\n \u2013 the EU\u2019s policy and coordination instrument designed to promote the social, economic, and cultural inclusion of the Roma and Sinti communities \u2013 covering the period from June 2023 to March 2025. The text sets out how the document advances equality, inclusion, and participation for the minority<\/strong>, while also outlining \u201cthe remaining challenges.\u201d According to a press release<\/a> by the European Commission, in addition to employment, education, and early childhood care, progress has also been made in terms of equality and inclusion policies, as well as \u201cgreater political recognition of anti-Gypsyism\u201d \u2013 the widespread prejudice and hatred towards the Romani, Sinti, and other groups. <\/p>\n

The report highlights that \u201csevere material deprivation amongst the Roma has fallen significantly, from 62 per cent in 2016 to 37 per cent in 2024,\u201d while the proportion of young people in work, education or training has risen from 38 per cent to 53 per cent. As regards housing deprivation, a decline was recorded, falling from 61 per cent to 47 per cent. The proportion of Roma in paid employment has risen from 43 to 54 per cent<\/strong>, and \u201cit is expected that most of the employment-related targets will be met by 2030.\u201d <\/p>\n

The report states that \u201caround half of the Member States reported having adopted measures to improve Roma people\u2019s access to adequate, non-segregated housing and essential services, using a combination of targeted interventions and general schemes supplemented by specific safeguards for Roma people.\u201d It also states that \u201cprogress is being made in the transition towards different housing solutions.\u201d Furthermore, \u201cin Italy, the number of people living in segregated settlements has fallen significantly.<\/strong>\u201d <\/p>\n

In particular, \u201cthe survey indicates that almost all the employment targets set out in the EU\u2019s strategic framework for the Roma can be achieved by 2030, thanks to significant progress made in Bulgaria, Hungary, Italy, and Spain,\u201d it states. And it is precisely in Spain and Italy that \u201ca noteworthy aspect\u201d is observed, namely \u201cthe emphasis placed on digital inclusion and future-oriented skills, with the aim of facilitating Roma access to the service and digital sectors,\u201d writes the European Commission. <\/p>\n

The Berlaymont Building points out, however, that progress remains uneven and that \u201cobstacles to true equality remain.\u201d <\/strong>For example, only around a third of young Roma complete upper secondary education, and 31 per cent are still victims of ethnic discrimination. Furthermore, poverty and social exclusion are deeply entrenched: 77 per cent of children are at risk of poverty, and 40 per cent of households live \u201cin conditions of severe material deprivation\u201d. The Commission has therefore called on Member States to support and step up the efforts needed to achieve the 2030 targets set out in the Framework.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 Progress in the areas of employment, education, and early childhood care: the European Commission published today (3 November) the Third report on implementation of the EU Roma strategic framework \u2013 the EU\u2019s policy and coordination instrument designed to promote the social, economic, and cultural inclusion of the Roma and Sinti communities \u2013 covering […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7908,"featured_media":470007,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25774,29788],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-470054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-brief","category-diritti-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7908"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470054"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":470055,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470054\/revisions\/470055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}