Yes its crazy because a lot of ROMA arrive in England say they are persecuted and seeking ASYLUM, then they get a free house, gas, electricity, money for food, free television, education for there children, then after fighting deportation in the courts for 2 years, they disappear into the black economy of london, with the other 1 million illegal immigrants, and my taxes pay for this. :roll:
Don't call them ROMA, that's a made up word...intended to spread confusion so that by association...'roma' to be taken for 'romanian' or the other way around.Etymologically...the word 'roma' has no bearing on this ethnic group...GYPSIES..that's the proper word...carries stigma...if you know what I mean...when you say 'gypsy' our mind springs to 'dirty', 'smelling','thieves','beggars','criminals'...a stigma created by their way of life...they are immune to work and carry the criminal gene, there isn't much to do...we've tried..., they won't change! foreign NGOs have given them a new name 'roma' or 'romany'(you see how close that is to 'romanian')and are trying to have 'gypsy' classified as politically incorrect. Funny thing...over 90% of our gypsies...never use 'roma' or 'romany'...they haven't got used to it
and freely admit that they are called gypsies. But thanks to 'roma' and 'romany'...all gypsies in europe are said to come from Romania...though they may come from at least 10 different countries....and us...romanians, sometimes, are discriminantly treated
because of this unlawful word game.
In romanian the word for GYPSY is TIGAN... TIGAN is derived from the indian(some dialect out of hundreds) 'ti gange' meaning 'from beyond the river Gange'...this particular tribe migrated to europe many centuries ago.
Life isn't that bad in this country as income figures give the impression, when you come to bucharest you'll see what I mean. God knows how much tax we pay to support these gypsies who refuse to work but rake in benefits for the many offsprings they have. Living off benefits is a problem in your country too, I know because I lived there for two years...unfortunately the number of benefits rippers is going up...it's damn easy when all you have to do is get pregnant at 14(or younger) and get everything you want.