00:00A special police unit is carrying out regular petrols in Athens-Roma settlements.
00:04Police say the increased petrols are designed to combat crime.
00:13Police carry out random checks, sometimes without a specific reason.
00:17A practice many Roman residents say unfairly targets their community.
00:30That's what I'll tell you. It's a disaster for us.
00:33According to the official police figures for 2024, people of Roma background were responsible for 53% of all burglaries
00:40and theft reported in Greece.
00:43Authorities say crime including car theft, burglaries and fraud has fallen by around 15% since the patrols were introduced
00:50in Athens.
00:50It's the prediction of the increased energy and the transmission of the Greek security with Rome.
00:57But rights activists argue that policing will not solve the deeper problems of poverty, unemployment and exclusion facing many Roma
01:05communities.
01:06I don't think that the measures of disaster can be built in a space that has been created by the
01:14danger of the police at least 25 years now.
01:20As patrols continue in Roma settlements, the debate remains over whether the strategy improves safety or fuels discrimination.
01:26I don't think that they're based on the same number.
01:26I don't think our brain has been
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