Scores of Roma have fled from a southern Ukrainian village after residents torched one Romany home and demanded authorities evict all Romany families from the area following the killing of a 9-year-old girl.
Amid soaring tensions, residents and local officials said they would provide a “safe corridor” on August 29 for Romany families to leave the village of Loshchynivka, near Odesa. However, the eviction operation was called off after some 40 of the village’s total population of 50 Roma left on their own overnight, carrying only essential items and leaving most of their belongings behind.
