According to this article in the Bulgarian press, about half of the Roma in the Ukraine are currently refugees and about a quarter of them have a relative fighting on the front. This statement was made by Ned’s Korunovska, of the European Institute for Art and Culture.

These numbers seem somewhat stretched. We doubt that many of the Roma from Transcarpathian Ukraine and Bessarabia fled. Some did, we can testify to this. This will need to be followed up.

• Неда Коруновска (ЕРИИК): Една четвърт от ромите в Украйна, с които сме говорили, имат близък, който се бие на фронта. In: BNR.11.04.2023. https://bnr.bg/varna/post/101808136/neda-korunovska-evropeiskia-romski-institut-za-izkustvo-i-kultura-edna-chetvart-ot-romite-v-ukraina-s-koito-sme-govorili-imat-blizak-koito-se-bie-na-fronta

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