The population of African and Roma are discriminated against more often than minorities from the Balkans or Eastern Europe, according to a report released Wednesday by the Agency of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (FRA). The document notes that persons belonging to “visible minorities”, ie those who generally have a different appearance from the rest of the population feel discriminated against more often and for a greater number of reasons compared to other minorities. In particular, the Roma and African Americans have “more likely” to suffer discrimination that people from the former Yugoslavia, Russian-born and native of Central and Eastern Europe. In addition, people of “visible minorities” are more often subject to acts of “multiplediscrimination ” (for various reasons), such as age, sex and religion. For example, young men of immigrant origin tend to have higher levels of discriminatory treatment, according to survey conducted by the FRA.
The results show that one in four respondents from ethnic minorities or immigrants in the EU states have felt discriminated against by two or more grounds for the 12 months preceding the survey. 28% of North Africans claimed to have experienced discrimination on multiple grounds in recent months, compared with 18% of sub-Saharan Africans, 16% of Roma and 15% of Turks. In the case of immigrants from theBalkans or Central European countries, the figures are below 9%. Belonging to an ethnic minority or being an immigrant was the most common reason for multiple discrimination among respondents (93% for both men and women), followed by religion (72% for men and 56% among women ) and sex (24% and 44% respectively). Next, put the old (30 and 29%), other reasons (21% and 15%), disability (13% and 9%) and sexual orientation (11% and 9%).
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