Gypsies?..........................
Yes, they changed to the more PC term “Roma”.
Now people think Roma are all Romanians.
“Gypsies?..........................”
Yes, they are. “Roma” is the term they use for themselves. Originally a tribe that migrated from probably India about the time of Alexander the Great, they have remained pretty much a closed society, surviving by their wits and by sometimes illegal means, earning themselves a reputation that has lasted and even been reinforced down through the centuries.
Darned right they are persecuted almost everywhere. For good reason. But it is still persecution. And therefore a very good excuse to ask for “asylum”.
Joining the tramps and thieves to validate the 1971 racist xenophobic prediction by that great sage, Cher.
Yes, gypsies. Watch out for ROOFERS and PICKPOCKETS!