Kosovo Serbs, Roma live in "horrible conditions"
Tanjug - 12 October 2007 (17:38 CET)

BRUSSELS - A European Parliament group has conclude that non-Albanians in Kosovo still live under appalling conditions.

Serbs, Roma and other non-Albanian population in Kosovo continue to live in horrible conditions, eight years after the arrival of international administration in Serbia's southern province, participants of the session on "Multi-ethnicity, KFOR and UNMIK in Kosovo," organized by the Independence and Democracy group in the European Parliament, have concluded.

Member of the European Parliament from France Patrick Luis, who is also the organizer and moderator of the meeting, opposed Kosovo's independence, saying that it would "open Pandora's Box of secessionism and might have serious consequences for Europe."

Members of the Paris-based Civic Collective for Peace in Kosovo also addressed European Parliament representatives.

Representative of the Roma community in France Nedžmedin Meziri said that the status of the Roma in Kosovo is catastrophic, giving a number of examples of discrimination and limited movement of the Roma.

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