The Roma, COVID-19, and Lockdown impact

Activity: Public Engagement and OutreachMedia Participation

Description

The Roma community in Glasgow, Scotland, has been hit hard by the pandemic. Many people left and of those that decided to stay, many suffered additional economic hardship. Many Roma families typically rely on the grey economy for basic income due to racism in society. Many Roma people do a lot of manual work which includes cash-in-hand work for local businesses and landlords. Romanian Roma families also rely on street performances and begging. Throughout the pandemic, and most remarkably at the beginning of it, all that was gone, and there was no centrally regulated immediate support provided by the government that would replace this kind of income from the grey economy and casual work. Using qualitative research methods (interviews) and training the Roma people as researchers, this report brings forth experiences of the Roma throughout the Covid Lockdown.
Period13 Jul 2021
Held atAndo Glaso SCIO, United Kingdom
Degree of RecognitionRegional

Keywords

  • Roma
  • Lockdown
  • Covid
  • Discrimination
  • Injustice