Roma & Travellers' population

Code:: B9
Key Area:: Migration & Minority Demographics/Statistics
Strand(s):: Demographics & Economics

12/01/2012 - 19:39

Short Answer

There is no concrete data available in 2011.

According to the Romeurope NGO information, in 2008 there were 10 000 - 15 000 of Roma.

Qualitative Info

There is no concrete data available in 2011.

According to the Romeurope NGO information, in 2008 there were 10 000 - 15 000 of Roma.

Number

% of country population

Official or estimates

main ethnic groups

Groups affected/interested

Roma & Travelers

Type (R/D)

Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas

Daily life

External Url

http://www.dei-france.org/lettres_divers/2010/Collectif%20enf%20rom%20educ.pdf

Situation(s)

Library

04/12/2012 - 17:41

Short Answer

There is not any official ethnic statistics in France. According to the Romeurope NGO information, in 2008 there were 10 000 - 15 000 of Roma. Data concerning Travellers' population is varying.

Qualitative Info

Roma population.

There is not any official ethnic statistics in France. According to the Romeurope NGO information, in 2008 there were 10 000 - 15 000 of Roma.

Travellers' population

Based on data from surveys conducted in the years 1960, 1970 and 1980, the report by the prefect Delamon on the situation of Travellers in 1990 [1] estimated that their total number was 220 000 – 250 000 people. According to the report presented to the Prime Minister in 2011, the number of Travellers was between 240 000 and 300 000 people. [2]

According to the associations that take into account semi-sedentary and settled Travellers, their number is 250 000- 500 000 people [3].

The number of persons holding the specific title for circulation was approximately 174 000 at the end of 2011 (excluding Travellers over 80 years and children under 16 years who don’t have any obligation to hold this title, as well as Travellers who own or rent their primary residence). Amongst 30 000 people living on the reception areas on December, 15, 2010, nearly 14 000 were children under 18 years old (46%) [4].

Sources:

Prefect Delamon’s report submitted to the Prime Minister, 13.07.1990, The situation of Travellers and measures proposed to improve it, http://fnasat.centredoc.fr/opac/doc_num.php?explnum_id=194, Accessed on 04.12.2012
Parliamentarian Hérisson’s report submitted to the Prime Minister, 01.07.2011, Travellers, towards a status similar to the common law, http://www.agv35.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Rapport-GdV-P-HERISSON-juillet-2011-Version-finale.pdf, Accessed on 04.12.2012
Amnesty International, 01.11.2012, Chased away. Forced evictions of Roma in Ile-de-France, http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/EUR21/012/2012/en/ef5c3d8e-27df-4963-9b98-3b6209a1bf26/eur210122012en.pdf, Accessed on 04.12.2012
Court of Auditors, 01.10.2012, The reception and support of Travellers, http://www.ccomptes.fr/Publications/Publications/L-accueil-et-l-accompagnement-des-gens-du-voyage, Accessed on 04.12.2012