The Roma from Romania want to be officially recognized by India as an ethnic minority in the diaspora / “We will send an ultimatum to the government of India (…) We will address an international tribunal”
The Roma from Romania want to be officially recognized by India as an ethnic minority in the diaspora / “We will send an ultimatum to the government of India (…) We will address an international tribunal”
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Roma in Romania want to be officially recognised by India as an ethnic minority in the diaspora / “We will send an ultimatum to the Indian government (…) We will go to an international tribunal”
Dorin Cioaba, the self-proclaimed international “king” of the Roma, is running for a new term as executive head of the International Roma Union (IRU). From this position he announces that he wants India to recognise the Roma minority, writes Turnul Sfatului.
“We will send an ultimatum to the government of India to recognise us as a nation living in the diaspora, and if they don’t, as they have promised for decades, we will go to an international tribunal, because we want to have official recognition: that we are part of the Indian people. We don’t want to go to India, we don’t want to put pressure on the Indian government to help us, but we want to have a recognition, not to be a people of nobody: the Romanians tell us that we are not theirs, the English – that we are not theirs. When we are good, everyone says we are theirs, when we are bad, everyone chases us away”, said Dorin Cioaba.
Six years ago, India’s foreign minister declared that the Roma were “the children of India” and that some 20 million Roma needed to be documented.
“He told us then that they would recognise us, but nothing concrete is being done, they are postponing I don’t know why,” Cioaba points out.
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Ultimatum implies they have leverage. Which they don’t.
Does that mean they’ll go to India?
I don’t get it, you are the people of whatever country you are the citizen of
I can easily see India replying with: “You passed through the territory of Pakistan to get to Europe, so ask their government”.
Ummmm are we sure this is the right photo for this article?
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The Roma left India a thousand years ago, might be a bit late.
Wait, does this mean they do not consider themselves Europeans, despite the fact that they lived here for centuries?
Does it also mean that Hungarians are not Europeans?
Actually, now that I think about it, Hungary **is** part of Organization of Turkic States.🤔
In a federal Europe, would Romani, Hungarians and Basques be considered national minorities?
So many questions sparked by a single headline!
By that logic, can be expect Hungarians to get claimed as part of the diaspora of Central Asia?
finally, ive heard that india is pretty this year