Czech Republic: 84 % say coexistence between Roma and others is "bad" [View all]

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Source: Romea


The Center for Public Opinion Research (Centrum pro výzkum veřejného mínění - CVVM) reports that coexistence between Romani people and others living in the Czech Republic is perceived by the vast majority of the public as problematic. In a recent survey, 45 % said coexistence with Roma is "bad", while 39 % described it as "very bad".

The survey, conducted in April, found only 12 % of respondents consider coexistence with Roma to be "good". Compared to this time last year, evaluations of coexistence between non-Romani and Romani people in the Czech Republic have slightly improved.

Last year, 9 % of respondents evaluated coexistence with Roma as "good" and 87 % evaluated it as "bad", while this year the combined responses of "bad" and "very bad" constituted 84 % of those surveyed. The authors of the survey said there are no significant differences among various population groups when it comes to evaluating overall coexistence with Romani people.

"Only people who have Romani acquaintances or friends evaluated coexistence between the majority society and the Romani population as 'good' with any significant frequency, as did respondents who evaluate coexistence with Romani people in their own neighborhoods positively," CVVM said. The coexistence between the non-Romani population and Romani people in places where Romani people actually live is evaluated somewhat more positively than is the overall evaluation for the Czech Republic as a whole.

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