Published on 24/10/2008
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There are 12,346 Roma people – including 5,436 minors – living in camps around Rome, Naples and Milan, according to a controversial census that ended on 15 October. The breakdown of results per city has not yet been made known. The government also estimates that 12,000 Roma, mostly from Romania, have left the country independently since the start of June.
In total, 167 camps were included in the census, which was carried out by the Italian Red Cross under the auspices of the interior ministry and the local prefecture. Of the camps surveyed, 43 were authorised by the city authorities and 124 were illegal.
Interior minister Roberto Maroni has announced measures to begin clearing out the illegal camps and improve conditions at the legal ones. New sites will also be identified for authorised camps, which will take the form of “villages” equipped to house large numbers of people and where children will have access to schooling.
The census got underway in July as part of the government’s tough public safety programme aimed at clamping down on illegal immigration in particular. However, it drew immediate criticism from the opposition, religious and human rights groups for discriminating on the basis of ethnicity.
Estimates prior to the census put the number of Roma in Italy at around 150,000 with 20,000 living in Rome.
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