Stories, Roma people
Caracal

Her name is Maria Patriche. She came across my photographs by chance and first wrote to me in late November 2013, telling me about the Roma community in Caracal. First of all, she offered to help me find a story that might be of interest to me, but she quickly realised that it would be better if she told me herself about the problems people face and in that way I might be able to help them, by making their sufferings known.

In the beginning, I answered her that my time and resources were limited, and so if I were to travel to Caracal, the situation there would have to go beyond just poverty. And so we decided together that if an obvious case of abuse on the part of the authorities came to light or any other infringement of human rights, she would contact me and I would come straight away.

In February, the members of an entire community of Roma on Negru Voda Street were notified that on 15 March they would have to vacate their flats, which they were supposedly occupying illegally. Around seventy people were living in that social housing.

Most of them had been living in the buildings for more than thirty years. They all had rental contracts with Caracal Town Hall. Most of the contracts expired during the course of 2013 and although the tenants had tried to renew them, the representatives of the town hall would not hear of it. Even when the contracts were still valid, the tenants were not allowed to make any improvements to their homes and over the course of time they were continually told not to bother, as it would not be long before they were evicted.

It is hard to imagine how a person can live in such stressful conditions.

As soon as I arrived there, I realised what was going on in fact and I contacted Amnesty International and via them the ERRC. Two days later, Amnesty International sent letters to the town hall, the prefect, the Public Ombudsman, and representatives of CNCD, demanding explanations and a firm stance. Less than a week later, a lawyer from the ERRC arrived in the community and signed contracts to represent all the people affected in court.

It is hard to say what will happen in the end, given the incompetence and racism of the authorities, but any proactive initiative is better than the inaction of the Roma NGOs…

I dream of the day when the situation of the land on which the Roma built houses decades ago with the permission of the authorities will be resolved, at least by granting them the right to use the land for a period of between fifty and a hundred years, thereby putting a stop to these barbaric practices, which are ultimately what turn the Roma into nomads.

Caracal
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General view of the entrance to the Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street, as seen in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Roma people, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 13, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Olteanu Cristian (L), Georgeta (M) and Gratiela, Romanian kids of Roma origins playing inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street, as seen in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Cobzaru Doina (L) and Cobzaru Pompilica, Roma parents of nine children, living out of collecting scrap metal, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 13, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Paun Marcel, holding his daughter Paun Alexandra and other Roma people taking by the fire about the incertitude regarding their housing status as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Predescu Olguta, a Romanian woman of Roma origins, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 13, 2014. On March 13, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Truta Paul Alexandru (L) and Olteanu Florina, Romanians of of Roma origins, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Vladutoaia AnaMAria, Vladutoaia Cristina and Gheorghe Ionela, Romanians of Roma origins, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Gheorghe Artenia (L), Gratiela, Zamfir Sanda, Zamfir Laurentiu, Zamfir Cristiana, Vladutoaia Cristina and Vladutoaia Florin, Romanians of Roma origins, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Old toys, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Roma kids playing, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 13, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 13, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Roma kid standing on his had, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 13, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Zamfir Laurentiu, a Romanian boy of Roma origins, preparing french fries for lunch, with the help of his smaller sister (not seen in the picture), while their mother is away doing community service, part of her social assistance program, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 14, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Cobzaru Florin Elvis, a Roma man, currently unemployed as seen inside his one room apartment in a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Cobzaru Andrei (L), Olteanu Georgeta and Vladutoaia Florin (R), Romanian kids of Roma origins playing inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street, as seen in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Vladutoaia Daniela, a Romanian woman of Roma origins, under treatment for tuberculosis as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Cobzaru Pompilica (up) and Negru Marius, Roma people, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 13, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Vladutoaia Ionela, a Romanian girl of Roma origins, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 13, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Laundry hanging to dry, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 13, 2014. On March 12, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Roma girl, Cobzaru Cami, looks out the window as her grandfather Cobzaru Pompilica talks about the difficulties of raising nine children, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 13, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Cobzaru Cami, a Romanian girl of Roma origins celebrating her birthday plays inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street, as seen in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Olteanu Georgeta, Vasile Somna Gratiela and Vladutoaia Radu Cristian, Romanian kids of Roma origins playing inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street, as seen in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Vladutoaia Daniela, a Roma woman, under treatment for tuberculosis as seen by the window of her one room apartment inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Zamfir Laurentiu, a Romanian boy of Roma origins, eating french fries for lunch he prepared with the help of his smaller sister, Vasile Somna Gratiela (R), while their mother is away doing community service, part of her social assistance program, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 14, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Cobzaru Cami (L) and Vladutoaia Ionela, Roma girls playing, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 13, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.s
Paun Alexandra (L) and Gurita Cosmin Florin (R), Roma kids, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 13, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Olteanu Catalin, Cobzaru Cami, Vladutoaia Radu Cristina Olteanu Cristian and Olteanu Georgeta, Romanian kids of Roma origins playing inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street, as seen in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Cobzaru Cosmin Petrisor, a Romanian kid of Roma origins, doing his homework, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 12, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Ghorghe Artenia, a Romanian woman of Roma origins, abandoned by her children lives in extreme poverty with a nephew she raised from birth, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 14, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Farmer watches as the plane dispersed fertilizer on his crops as seen on March 14, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Wall carpet depicting The Last Supper, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 14, 2014. On March 13, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Roma people cooking dinner as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Cobzaru Pompilica and Cobzaru Doina, Roma parents of nine children, living out of collecting scrap metal, preparing dinner, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 13, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Improvised kitchen, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 13, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Cobzaru Camelia, a Roma girl eating a homemade cake leftovers from the celebration of her 5 years birthday, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 13, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Shadows of Roma kids playing, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 13, 2014. On March 13, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Roma people, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Rooster, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Cobzaru Florin (L), Vladutoaia Cristina, Cobzaru Angelica and Cobzaru Alexandru, Romanians of Roma origins, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Roma people, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Roma kids playing, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 13, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Paun Marcel (L), Glisca Tudor, Cobzaru Florin and Cobzaru Angelica holding her daughter Cobzaru Florina, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 13, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Paun Denisa, a Romanian girl of Roma origins looking for her socks while waiting for her uncle to pick her up and take her for a walk in the city's central park, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 13, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Ghorghe Artenia, a Romanian woman of Roma origins, abandoned by her children lives in extreme poverty with a nephew she raised from birth, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 14, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Cobzaru Camelia, Roma girl playing with her cat on her 5 years birthday, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Olteanu Georgeta, Olteanu Cristian and Olteanu Catalin, Romanian kids of Roma origins playing inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street, as seen in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Paun Denisa, a Roma girl waiting for her uncle to pick her up and take her for a walk in the city's central park, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 13, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Cobzaru Alexandru (L) a Roma teenager talking to Negrila Eugenia, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 13, 2014. On March 12, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Zamfira Sanda, a Romanian woman of Roma origins talking about the way local authorities treated her when she asked them where she is supposed to live with her two children after the eviction, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 13, 2014. On March 12, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Vasile Somna Gratiela (L) and Olteanu Georgeta, Roma girls walking by, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 13, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Cobzaru Cami, a Romanian girl of Roma origins playing with a balloon inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street, as seen in Caracal on March 13, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Cobzaru Cami (L) and Vladutoaia Ionela (R), Romanian girls of Roma origins playing with a lipstick they found in the trash, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 14, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Marin Toni Florin, a Romanian of Roma origins holding his non-Roma girlfriend as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street, in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Vasile Somna Gratiela and Zamfir Laurentiu, Roma siblings watching Disney Channel, while their mother is away doing community service, part of her social assistance program, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 14, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Cobzaru Cosmin Petrisor, Cobzaru Doina, Marghiolu Niculina, Vladutoaia Ionela, Vladutoaia Daniela, Gheorghe Artenia, Romanians of Roma origins, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 13, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Olteanu Catalin (L), Olteanu Cristian and Olteanu Georgeta, Roma kids playing with a wrecked Disney truck, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 13, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Vladutoaia Ionela, Vladutoaia Florin and Olteanu Cristian, Romanian kids of Roma origins playing as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 13, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Cobzaru Cosmin Petrisor, a Romanian kid of Roma origins, doing his homework under his mother supervision, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 12, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Gurita Cosmin and Olteanu Cristian (R), Romanian kids of Roma origins, fueling the fire, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 13, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Paun Denisa (L), Paun Alexandra, Paun Marcel and Patru Ana, Romanians of Roma origins, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Abandoned factory in Maldaieni as seen on March 14, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Cobzaru Florin, a Roma man, father of one and recently released from prison for attempted murder, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Cobzaru Cosmin Petrisor and Cobzaru Florentina, Romanian kids of Roma origins, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 13, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Gheorghe Ionela, a Romanian woman of Roma origins getting water in a plastic container from the only available source of water, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 13, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Roma kids playing, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 13, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Roma people, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
Vladutoaia Ionela, Paun Ion Romeo, Caldararu Florica, Gurita Camelia, Paun Marcel, Patru Ana and Negrila Eugenia (non-roma), Romanians of Roma origins, as seen inside a Roma social housing complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal on March 12, 2014. On March 15, given the eviction notification received from the local authorities in Caracal, approximatively seventy Roma people where suppose to evict the apartments they occupied in a social complex on Negru Voda Street in Caracal, most of them for more than thirty years. By issuing the eviction notice, local authorities didn't consider any alternatives nor the right to adequate housing.
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