The Roma people have long been excluded from European society, consistently segregated and discriminated against by whichever European country they happen to reside in. "Faced with stubbornly high unemployment and strained budgets, some European Union members are finding it easier to stigmatize and expel Roma than to provide them with the education, housing and employment they seek."
As Acemoglu and Robinson explain, a sedentary lifestyle is the key to establishing institutions to promote economic growth. With nowhere to settle, the Roma cannot develop their own educational and vocational institutions, and thus are dependent on eventual integration into European society to have access to education and employment. As long as the EU continues to segregate and deport the Roma, the Roma people will be trapped in nomadic life and unable to become successful participants in European society.
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