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SECTION 1 – COI Findings ............................................................................................................................. 4
Romani people ......................................................................................................................................... 4
Number of Romani people in Ukraine ................................................................................................... 4
Livelihood and living conditions ............................................................................................................ 4
Education ............................................................................................................................................ 10
Persecution (attacks, violence, killings) .............................................................................................. 13
Trafficking and smuggling................................................................................................................... 20
Discrimination, hate speech, racism and intolerance ......................................................................... 21
Law, justice, and order ........................................................................................................................ 31
Targeting of human rights defenders, lawyers, activists representing Romani people ...................... 35
Political participation, voting, representation .................................................................................... 36
Targeted humanitarian aid and/or funding ........................................................................................ 36
Access to medical and/or mental health care..................................................................................... 38
COVID-19 ............................................................................................................................................. 39
Disabled people ................................................................................................................................... 41
(Romani) children and unaccompanied minors .................................................................................. 42
Social services, child protection services, shelters .............................................................................. 43
Violence against (Romani) women and girls....................................................................................... 44
Early or forced marriage ..................................................................................................................... 47
(Romani) internally displaced people (IDPs) ....................................................................................... 47
Documentation ................................................................................................................................... 49
Freedom of movement ........................................................................................................................ 59
Roma human rights activist(s) and organisations .............................................................................. 60
Stateless people ..................................................................................................................................... 61
Number of stateless people in Ukraine ............................................................................................... 61
Stateless people: military service, conscription, mobilization, evasion .............................................. 66
Statelessness in Russian and Ukraine ................................................................................................. 68
Barriers to protection in Ukraine and/or in neighbouring countries .................................................. 68
Undocumented people .......................................................................................................................... 73
Foreign nationals .................................................................................................................................... 77
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