Document #1297791
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Information on the above-mentioned topic
could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research
Directorate.
However, for detailed information on the
treatment of Roma in general in Austria, with a special focus on
Roma who are not recognized as "autochthon" ( i.e. as members of an
Austrian "ethnic group" (Cahn Sept. 1996, 13-16), please see the
attached document. The author expresses the opinion that the
percentage of Roma among refugee claimants ("asylum seekers") in
Austria from certain eastern European countries is higher than the
percentage of Roma in the general populations of those countries,
and Romania is mentioned, among other countries (ibid., 48,
51).
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is
not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any
particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the
list of sources consulted in researching this Information
Request.
Reference
Cahn, Claude. September 1996. Divide
and Deport: Roma and Sinti in Austria. Budapest: European Roma
Rights Center.
Attachment
Cahn, Claude. September 1996. Divide
and Deport: Roma and Sinti in Austria. Budapest: European Roma
Rights Center, pp. 4-7, 12-17, 42-55.
Additional Sources Consulted
Council of Europe Activities
Concerning Roma/Gypsies and Travellers. 4 March 1996.
Strasbourg: Council of Europe.
Displaced Romanies (Gypsies) Within
the New Europe. 1993. Bucharest: International Romani
Union.
European Committee on Migration. 1
August 1995. The Situation of Gypsies (Roma and Sinti) in
Europe. Strasbourg: Council of Europe.
Liègeois, Jean-Pierre. 1994.
Roma, Gypsies, Travellers. Strasbourg: Council of
Europe.
Minority Rights Group International.
September 1995. No. 95/4. Roma/Gypsies: A European
Minority. London: Minority Rights Group.
Electronic sources: IRB databases,
Global News Bank, FBIS, LEXIS/NEXIS, REFWORLD (UNHCR database),
World News Connection (WNC).