"We ask the media to act responsibly in reporting this"

From the Travellers' Times

THE European Roma Rights Centre has urged the media to consider its responsibilities as the hysteria over Romani people, blonde children and abduction continues to grow out of control.

In a statement issued yesterday, the ERRC said that it was"concerned by increasing reports of children being removed from Roma families, following reports about a child taken from her home in a Romani settlement in Greece. Another child has since been removed from her home in Ireland, according to media reports.

"We ask the media to act responsibly in reporting the situation, especially as the full facts of the original case have still not been established," they added.

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