Due to a government decree only those Ukrainian refugees receive state support, who arrive from "conflict zone". This makes the living conditions of Transcarpathian Roma families unbearable in Hungary.
Among the refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, there is a group that is stigmatized in every way, for whom an independent life in Hungary is virtually impossible without targeted assistance. The third part of our series of articles is about the challenges faced by Hungarian-speaking Roma in Transcarpathia.
The war-rhetoric of the Hungarian government is always directed at Ukraine, never at the refugees from there. But what is the state's attitude towards Ukrainians who have started a new life in Hungary? What opportunities do they have, what challenges do they face? Part two of our series of articles.