“Few, if any, crises since the Second World War have had such a global impact as the Covid-19 pandemic” on the sectors covered by the Council of Europe’s European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), said its chairwoman, Maria Daniella Marouda, as she presented its 2020 annual report, published on Thursday.
This health crisis has particularly affected marginalised groups, she points out, with the Romani at the forefront of these groups, often confined to overcrowded...