migration and statelessness are added to structural discrimination against Romani people in Ukraine and Russia. Because of these problems, natives of Ukraine’s Zakarpattia Oblast Anna Lakatosh and Aladar Forkosh, whose story began this report, ended up in Russia in an “illegal situation,” without documents or access to basic rights. Their salvation requires not just general measures, but transborder cooperation between the governments of both countries. 49

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