[2][3][4] The Romani people originate from the Northern India,[5][6][7][8][9][10] presumably from the northwestern Indian states Rajasthan[9][10] and Punjab.
The conference ended with a recommendation to the Government of India to recognize the Roma community spread across 30 countries as a part of the Indian diaspora.
The protesters were charged with promoting hatred, and the case, R. v. Krymowski, reached the Supreme Court of Canada in 2005.
[16] Following the influx of over 3,000 Czech Romani refugees to Canada in 1997 a community center was opened in Toronto, Ontario.
The centre has also provided assistance to Romani refugees from the former Yugoslavia (Serbia, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Slovenia, Kosovo), Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Ukraine, Poland, Portugal, Greece, Ireland, Bulgaria, and other countries with Roma populations.
[18] Canadian government reacted on the influx of Roma population by imposing visa requirements on all Czech citizens in 1997.
In December 2012, Hungary was added to a list of "Safe Countries", which would make refugee claims harder.
The phrase gypsy and cheater have been so interchangeable historically that the word has entered the English language as a verb: he gypped me.