Overview

• Reported incidents rose from 113 in 2023 to 159 in 2024, according to the MIA’s second annual report presented in Wiesbaden.
• Verbal insults and stereotyping made up 57% of cases, making them the predominant form of discrimination.
• The MIA cautioned that a substantial dark figure suggests many anti-Gypsyism incidents go unreported.
• Discriminations were most frequent in housing and school settings, with teachers often implicated through biased remarks or inadequate intervention.
• Grünen lawmaker Martina Feldmayer and MIA project leader Rinaldo Strauß urged Hesse to secure permanent funding for the local reporting center and mandate education on Sinti and Roma persecution in school and university curricula.