Roma minority situation during the long years of Albanian transition

Historically, the Albanian population has been characterized by a harmonious relationship between the minorities and the remaining part of the society. The Roma minority is considered a language minority. The difficult situation of the Roma minority is of a complex nature.  This situation cannot be simplified into a poverty issue or as an issue of minority policies. It is evident that in practice, there are cases of exclusion and of self-exclusion due to circumstances, economic, sociologic or physiologic. A considerable part of this minority faces serious difficulties in terms of sheltering, education, employment – therefore, it does not have a sustainable socio-economic status. This changeability has an impact on long-term solutions.