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The results of this major survey will be released throughout 2009 and 2010 in a series of “Data in Focus Reports” on different minority groups and key issues examined in the survey. The results will also be discussed at the FRA Fundamental Rights Conference in December 2009 in Stockholm, held under the auspices of the Swedish Presidency of the EU. Of all the groups surveyed by the FRA, the Roma emerged as the group most vulnerable to discrimination and crime. The FRA has therefore analysed their situation in a ‘data in focus’ report, the first in a series of reports on minority groups and issues covered by the survey. The report on the Roma reveals a bleak picture for the estimated 12 million Roma in the EU. Roma reported the highest overall levels of discrimination across all areas surveyed. 66-92 per cent of Roma (depending on the country) did not report their most recent experience of discrimination to any competent authority. 65-100 per cent of the Roma respondents reported lack of confidence in law enforcement and justice structures. Further information