Maria, a Roma woman seen cooking on Craica after being interviewed by AI representatives. Some of these settlements, like the one on Craica, date back to early 90’s. They where always tolerated by the authorities who verbally encouraged Roma to build in the area while giving reassurance that nothing bad would ever happen to them. Yet, today, while campaigning on a hate ticket, the same authorities started forced evictions without other reasons than ethnic cleansing of the cities.

Romanians of Roma origins as seen on Pata Rat, near Cluj-Napoca, where AI research team conducted interviews. The settlement on Pata Rat was created mid December 2010, after Roma people where forcibly evicted from their informal settlement in downtown Cluj-Napoca.

Romanian man of Roma origins seen preparing dinner in a Roma ghetto in Piatra Neamt on October 9, 2012 during research interviews conducted by AI team members. The two time evicted community had no electricity at the time the interviews where conducted.

Roma people seen at Cuprom through the glass near the entrance to the third building. Most of the people at Cuprom where forcibly evicted from Craica, an informal Roma settlement in Baia Mare. Some of these settlements, like the one on Craica, date back to early 90's. They where always tolerated by the authorities who verbally encouraged Roma to build in the area while giving reassurance that nothing bad would ever happen to them. Yet, today, while campaigning on a hate ticket, the same authorities started forced evictions without other reasons than ethnic cleansing of the cities.