The Roma Civic Association also invites Roma to join as enumerators. The extended deadline for recruiting enumerators expires on November 16.
In 2011, the real number of Roma in Bulgaria was not adequately reflected in the census, explained in the program "Before All" Miglena Mihajlova from the movement "Permanent Conference for Roma". Among the reasons, she stressed the fear of free expression of ethnic origin. "This is the so-called stigmatization in our society towards the Roma community ”. The data collected influences the planning and financing of various public services, such as health and education. The state needs them for proper allocation of public resources, Mihajlova claims.
According to the lawyer, the Roma community as part of Bulgarian society should participate and get involved "in this difficult process for the state". Data are being collected that can improve the situation in the Roma community and in the whole society in the coming years, said Miglena Mihajlova for BNR. According to Mihajlova, the financial argument leads us to those who have expressed a desire to include representatives of the Roma community.
