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róisín_dubh

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3. There's a lot of tensions in parts of the UK...
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 03:33 AM
Jun 2025

between the local Romanian Roma community and non-Roma people. They are blamed for every perceived issue that goes wrong under the sun, which then kicks up a fuss over immigration in general. My town has a very high concentration of Roma and they are neither well liked nor well treated by locals and are viewed with a ton of suspicion. This is nothing shocking, as it's baked into their history, unfortunately.

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