Svinia

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Svinia is a village of some 1,200 people in eastern Slovakia near Prešov. It consists of two settlements of similar size, one inhabitated by white Slovaks and the other by Roma. The Svinia Roma settlement was visited and "discovered" by Canadian anthropologists in 1993, who were shocked at the appalling and insanitary living conditions, the 100% unemployment, and the deep racial divide between "white Svinia" and "Roma Svinia". Svinia has since become infamous in Europe and has been the subject of studies, books and films. International projects to improve life for the Roma in Svinia have been ongoing since the 1990s. [1]

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