Discrimination against Roma, gay and lesbian is common in Romania

«Hate crime is a daily reality throughout the European Union,» says the EU's Agency for Fundamental Rights. Recent research by the agency is of particular interest to Romania and Romanians, with discrimination against Roma and the Lesbian Gay Transgender community commonplace at home and Romanians living abroad, along with other Central and Eastern European citizens, the victims of racial prejudice.

According to FRA, greater political will from Europe's decision makers is needed to tackle «pervasive prejudice against certain groups and compensate for the damage». The FRA also believe that at both an EU and a national level, legislation should be passed that makes collecting and publishing data on hate crime obligatory. This is of particular relevance to Romania, the only EU state where no official data on hate crime is either collected or published.

Adapted from Romania-insider