Many attacks against gypsies go unreported because the victims distrust or fear the police.
Solihull Council says it intends to provide 31 permanent pitches for Gypsies and travellers by 2027.
Pogroms came and went across Europe until the Holocaust, which Gypsies call Porramous, the devouring.
Several groups singled out for murder by Albanians in Kosovo for being Gypsies reject the appellation.
But, fearful of a stampede of benefit-seeking Roma (Gypsies), Britain is toughening eligibility rules for benefits.
Even when decisions go the gypsies' way, they turn out to have limited application.
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The eviction of 40 Gypsies living on land in Berkshire has been suspended by the High Court.
Noah Burton, who has led the Gypsies' planning applications, has said it was "dropped because of money".
This sluggishness has left about a fifth of all gypsies and travellers with nowhere legal to live.
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But not all Gypsies are dark-skinned and only about 4m, at most, speak some kind of Romany.
He turned to the world stage and claimed to be the United Nations spokesman for gypsies everywhere.
There are at least 6m Gypsies, or Roma, in Europe, of whom more than two-fifths are children.
Many gypsies (or Roma, as some prefer to be called) do indeed struggle to meet the rent.
Residents Against Inappropriate Development (Raid) has maintained a vigil against Gypsies on greenbelt land in Meriden since 2010.
Banned from entering towns, Gypsies found employment on the margins of society as metal workers, entertainers and thieves.
Gypsies traditionally do not marry non-gypsies and they avoid inessential dealings with them, preferring to work for themselves.
An earlier Cecil County law required fortune-tellers to be property-owners and long-time residents, which kept out itinerant gypsies.
In total around 500, 000 gypsies, in addition to six million Jews, were killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust.
Solihull Council unveiled plans to provide 31 permanent pitches for Gypsies and travellers by 2027 earlier this month.
Gypsies and travellers are the largest ethnic minority group in south Cambridgeshire, making up about 1% of the population.
About 40 Gypsies living on land in Berkshire have been told to leave.
Gypsies in Meriden have dropped a legal appeal in an ongoing planning row.
Gypsies moved on to greenbelt land in Eaves Green Lane in March 2010.
In Basildon Mr Ball says that he sympathises with the gypsies but all avenues except eviction have been exhausted.
ECONOMIST: Conflicts are growing between gypsies and residents
For every company that discriminates against Gypsies, others are trying out job preferment.
To be credible, Bulgaria must be friendly with all its neighbours and treat its ethnic Turks (and gypsies) decently.
Analysts say that previous efforts to strengthen the gypsies' position have failed because of a lack of organised leadership.
The Gypsies were refused planning permission for eight pitches on the Kites Lane site and an appeal has been lodged.
In her international best-seller, "Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey, " she chronicled the plight of the Romanian gypsies.
He said there was still an outstanding application submitted to the council for the Gypsies "to stay where they are".
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