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Is there evidence of majority driven segregation ("white flight" phenomenon)?

Code:
RED68
Key Area:
Housing & Segregation
Strand(s):
Discrimination
14/12/2011 - 15:36
Short Answer

Yes, according to research results.

Qualitative Info

According to a resarch report from 2010[1], which is cited by the new national strategy for Roma inclusion[2], approx. 60% of the Roma population lives in the rural regions of the country, most of them in segregated residential areas, among inferior housing conditions. The estimated number of "ghettoized" settlements with Roma population is 100, while there are another 200 settlements where  "ghettoizing" processes seem to be irreversible. Most of the disadvantaged, ghettoized-ghettoizing settlements with Roma population are located in the North-Eastern and the South-Western regions of Hungary.

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[1] Havas, Gábor – Zolnay, János: Az integrációs oktatáspolitika hatásvizsgálata. Kutatási beszámoló (Inpact assessment of integratie educational policies. Reseach report). Budapest, Európai Összehasonlító Kisebbségkutatásokért Közalapítvány, 2010. p. 4.

[2] Nemzeti Társadalmi Felzárkózási Stratégia - mélyszegénység, gyermekszegénység, romák, 2011–2020, 1. sz. melléklet: Helyzetelemzés (National Strtegy for Social Inclusion - Deep poverty, child poverty and the Roma, 2011-2020, Annex 1, Status Analysis) p. 12., available at: http://romagov.kormany.hu/download/9/e3/20000/Strat%C3%A9gia_1sz_mell%C3%A9klet_Helyzetelemz%C3%A9s.pdf (Last accessed: 13.03.2012.)

Groups affected/interested
Type (R/D) Anti-roma/zinghanophobia
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas Housing, Education
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