The 'Roma Problem' in the EU: Nomadism, (In)Visible Architectures and Violence (Special Issue: Ambivalent Architectures) (Report‪)‬

Introduction This article seeks to address the so-called 'Roma problem' in the EU by looking at the ways in which what is ultimately an economic and legal discrimination problem gets translated into a 'space' problem: expulsion from 'camps', rejection of 'nomadism' and the Roma's right to free movement as EU citizens and, more recently, increased fetishization of Roma palaces throughout Romania. By targeting the very 'space' that the Roma occupy--whether it be the camps that they live in 'abroad', their movement across borders or their homes and palaces--the more recent policies of expulsion in France and Italy, but also continued policies of discrimination throughout the EU, are in fact targeting the Roma's right to settle, anywhere. If Romanians and Bulgarians were glad to see the Roma move abroad, their host countries are equally anxious to see them go 'home'.