Roma from Ukraine fled to Hungary because of the war, but not because of poverty. Rozina is 38 years old Romni and is one of several thousand refugees from Ukraine who fled to Hungary after the Russian invasion in February 2022.

She sits at a table and practices writing her name at a school in the eighth district of the Hungarian capital. She has freckles on her face, a bright smile, and struggles with the letter “k” when writing the surname Farkaš. The classes are run by Taleta, a non-governmental organization founded by two Hungarian women, Silvija Moldovan (Szilvia) and Agnes Pletser, immediately after the war began, with the aim of helping to educate young Roma refugees from the western Ukrainian Transcarpathian region.

• Romi iz Ukrajine pobjegli u Mađarsku od rata ali ne od siromaštva. In: Slobodna Evropa. 05.06.2023. https://www.slobodnaevropa.org/a/madjarska-ukrajinski-romi-izbjeglice-siromastvo/32444055.html

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