Gypsy, Roma and Travellers suffer ‘persistent’ discrimination in UK
by Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6BWZZ)
Council of Europe finds shocking' levels of bullying in education system and threats to legal status and rights
There is troublingly persistent" levels of discrimination against Gypsy, Roma and Travellers (GRT) in the UK, an expert group from Europe's leading human rights body has found.
The Council of Europe committee said the GRT community suffer shocking" amounts of bullying in the education system, prejudiced reporting in the media and threats to their legal status and rights, including as a result of recent legislative changes.
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