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Roma students in the Czech Republic were 27 times more likely than similarly situated non-Roma to be placed in special schools.

— Council of Europe

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Gypsies in Canada: The Promised Land?
http://www.cbc.ca/newsinreview/dec97/gypsies/index.html
On August 6, 1997, a television documentary with implications for Canada aired in the Czech Republic. The program suggested that for refugees, entering Canada was not difficult, and that, in fact, assisted settlement costs, such as housing and access to employment, would be offered. The documentary was specifically aimed at the Gypsies living in the Czech Republic, an ethnic minority that prefers to be known as Roma.

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Roma Victims of the Holocaust
http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/people/victroma.htm
Romani were considered by the Nazis to be social outcasts. Under the Weimar Republic--the German government from 1918 to 1933--anti-Romani laws became widespread. These laws required them to register with officials, prohibited them from traveling freely, and sent them to forced-labor camps. When the Nazis came to power, those laws remained in effect--and were expanded.

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