The Roma have been in the news recently. It started in France with the deportation/expulsion of more than 1000 Roma living in France. Most of the major news media groups jumped on the bandwagon reporting on the issue.
<ul>
	<li><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/expulsion-of-roma-from-france-a-disgrace-2078929.html" target="_blank">The Independent</a> article from Sept 14th</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11323053" target="_blank">The BBC</a> was right in the thick of things with a slew of articles around the issue.</li>
	<li>The New York Times was not to be left out.</li>
</ul>
The claim seems to be that Romanian and Bulgarian Roma are living illegally in France and as such can be sent back to their home country.

Back on Bulgarian soil, there's been some discussion of the issue but I haven't heard much of it. Then this article came out yesterday in the <a href="http://sofiaecho.com/2010/09/22/964004_parents-pull-children-out-of-school-because-of-roma-classmates" target="_blank">Sofia Echo</a> with the wordy if not telling headline: Prents pull children out of school because of Roma classmates.