Romanians fear that the British mistake them for the Roma and that inevitably leads to discrimination. Caroline Bannock, coordinator of the project "What is Romania like? "said, adding that one of the tasks of the Guardian campaign is that people in the UK should have the opportunity to learn more about Romanians and thus eliminate this confusion.
Since the beginning of the campaign, thousands of Romanians have sent photos to the British magazine that demonstrate Romanians have every reason to be proud of their country.
"From the comments received it comes out that Romanians fear that Britons mistake them for the Roma. This leads to racism. Yeah, the Roma are discriminated against, but because of this confusion, some Romanian have the wrong attitude towards the Roma in their home country”.
"Knowledge always change attitudes. If you know more about the people, if we learn more about Romanians, this could reduce the British prejudices when Romanians come here. I believe we also had the Roma mission and we hope that when people find out more about the Roma they will realize that some are good and some are bad, they are not all the same, "she said.