Ukraine’s Roma refugees are being locked out of Hungary’s healthcare system

Roma refugee women and girls fleeing the war in Ukraine face significant and discriminatory barriers in accessing sexual and reproductive health and rights in Hungary, a new report has found. 

Published by Emma Association, a national organisation working for women’s fundamental rights and social equality, the report’s researchers interviewed 21 women, ranging from age 16 to 46 and found multiple cases of treatment being denied and verbal abuse. 

Of the 21 interviewed, 15 were Ukrainian citizens while six held Ukrainian-Hungarian dual citizenship. Often, the latter proved more…