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Andrei Popoviciu

Ukraine’s Roma refugees recount discrimination en route to safety

Cristina (L) and Larisa (R), Roma refugees, speak to Al Jazeera at the Manej Sport Arena that serves as a refugee centre in Chisinau, Moldova [Andrei Popoviciu/Al Jazeera]

Chisinau, Moldova – Concentric lines trace the indoor running track at the Manej Sport Arena in Moldova’s capital Chisinau. Athletes used to compete and train here. Now, the track is home to some 800 Roma people who fled from Ukraine after the Russian invasion.

Cristina, 41, is one of them. She lost everything she owned after Russia bombed her house in Ukraine’s eastern city of Kharkiv.

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