Civil Guard Association: Roma

Paramilitary Group Dept: On March 1, 2011, at least 2,000 members of a right-wing paramilitary group called the Civil Guard Association for a Better Future rolled into this sleepy former coal-mining village 80 kilometres east of Budapest, according to The Star. About 450 of Gyongyospata s 2,800 residents are Roma, members of a nomadic tribe believed to have immigrated to Europe from northern India perhaps a thousand years ago. With their dark skin and cloistered culture, Roma have struggled to fit in across the continent and gYONGYOSPATA, HUNGARY They called themselves a neighbourhood watch. Wearing black uniforms and hats, they pledged to help police maintain law and order and stamp out Gypsy criminality. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.