SECTION 1 – COI Findings Romani people Number of Romani people in Ukraine Human Rights Watch, Moldova: Romani Refugees from Ukraine Face Segregation, 25 May 2022 "The estimated 400,000 Roma in Ukraine before the Russian invasion..." CARE International, Rapid Gender Analysis Ukraine, Brief report on gender issues and current humanitarian operations, 1 March 2022 "The Roma population faces ongoing discrimination. Even data on the Roma population in Ukraine is contested. The last Census took place in 2001. It put the number of Romani in Ukraine at 47,600. However, according to various estimates, the Roma community comprises between 200,000 and 400,000 people living in all regions of the country (Council of Europe, 2021). […] In 2013, Ukraine adopted a Strategy and Plan of Action for the Protection and Integration of the Roma National Minority into Ukrainian Society, neither of which address gender issues or the needs of Roma women and girls. A 2019, a report by Minority Rights Group Europe on the Roma in Ukraine noted the continuing discrimination and violence against the group. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Roma communities were affected in distinct ways: the majority lack civil status documents, creating difficulties in accessing education, employment and health services. In addition, about 55.6% of internally displaced Roma interviewed by the Roma Women Fund, Chiricli, were not registered, which limits their access to humanitarian assistance. […]” GPC – Global Protection Cluster, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: Gender-Based Violence; Secondary Data Review, 27 April 2022 “The vast majority of refugees fleeing the country are women and children - believed to be 90% (UN website) - including minoritized women and children such as Roma (Deutsche Welle, 2022).” Livelihood and living conditions ADC Memorial, Roma activist’s story about life in occupied Kherson is published by RomaUa, 23 June 2022 "The war and the occupation of Kherson hit especially hard the most vulnerable sections of the Roma population. For example, in one of the Roma communities before the war, the main way to earn money was to work in the fields. They harvested, peeled onions, and so on. For a day of work, they could earn about 400-500 hryvnia, which was enough for them for several days. And then they had to go back to the field. Now these people are left without any income. Many Roma come to our and neighboring cities – basically, these are people from territories where active hostilities took place. They lost their homes and all their property. I am aware of cases of looting of Roma houses by Russian soldiers in neighboring villages. They took out all the valuable things they found: carpets, appliances, and so on. And in one yard they even removed the gate. It’s hard for me to imagine why they needed them, perhaps to create some fortifications. Mostly they robbed abandoned houses, but also those where the inhabitants remained. Cars were often taken away from them. One of the local Roma even said that he had prepared for this, and that “Kadyrovtsy” could not take his car, because he had disabled it in advance and it simply would not start. But most are far less fortunate. The same man told me that many simply fled their villages on foot to save their lives." 4