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===Balkan people and Romanians===
Sterilization measures taken by Scandinavian countries ([[Norway]], [[Sweden]]) as well as Central European countries ([[Czech Republic]], [[Slovakia]]) in the mid to late 20th century led to decreasing the number of Roma belonging to those countries.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sterilization in Norway - a dark chapter? |url= https://www.eurozine.com/sterilization-in-norway-a-dark-chapter/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Racism's cruelest cut: coercive sterilisation of Romani women and their fight for justice in the Czech Republic (1966-2016) |url= https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europe-make-it/racisms-cruelest-cut-coercive-sterilization-of-roman/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Body and Soul: Forced Sterilization and Other Assaults on Roma Reproductive Freedom |url= https://reproductiverights.org/body-and-soul-forced-sterilization-and-other-assaults-on-roma-reproductive-freedom/}}</ref> The countries in [[Southeast Europe|South Eastern Europe]] (Balkans) that hadn't taken those sterilization measures (mainly because of communist policies) especially [[Romania]] and [[Bulgaria]], experienced steady increases of ethnic Roma birth rates during the 20th century that continue to this day, mainly because of the Roma tradition to [[Child marriage|marry young]] (in their early teens).<ref>{{Cite news |date=2003-10-02 |title=Gypsy child couple separated |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3159818.stm |access-date=2022-08-08}}</ref> Once [[Revolutions of 1989|communism fell in Eastern Europe]] and travel restrictions were lifted as well as Eastern European countries [[Enlargement of the European Union|joining the European Union in the 2000's]], it was easier for the Eastern European Roma to [[Mass migration|mass migrate]] to Western Europe. Often, Romania is wrongly identified as the place of origin of the Roma because of the similar name Roma/Romani and Romanians. Romanians derive their name from the [[Latin]] [[wikt:romanus|''romanus'']], meaning "[[Roman people|Roman]]",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dexonline.ro/search.php?cuv=rom%C3%A2n |title=''Explanatory Dictionary of the Romanian Language'', 1998; ''New Explanatory Dictionary of the Romanian Language'', 2002 |publisher=Dexonline.ro |access-date=25 September 2010 |language=ro |url-status=live |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160517200517/http://dexonline.ro/search.php?cuv%3Drom%25C3%25A2n |archive-date=17 May 2016 }}</ref> referencing the [[Roman Dacia|Roman conquest of Dacia]] (the [[Dacians]] were a sub-group of the [[Thracians]]). The plural "Romani" in the [[Romanian language]] means [[Roman people]], citizens of the ancient [[Roman Republic]]
== History ==
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