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ANALYSIS OF THE POLANSKY SURVEY DATA
In the first section of this analysis, the data20 is examined quantitatively by means of five charts which compare the situations of the Roma of Kosovo before and after the NATO intervention in Spring 1999 and their plight as of Summer 2001. These charts depict the following:
Figure 1
: Shifts in the total Romani population over a two-year period, showing a decrease of 75% of the prewar population.
Figures 2 and 3:
A map of Kosovo and two charts indicating decreases in the Romani occupation of houses and destruction of houses by municipality/geographic location, as well as the miniscule number of Romani houses rebuilt in the past two years.
Figures 4 and 5
: Percentages of prewar Romani population displaced, missing, or killed, and decreases in the Romani occupancy of houses by ethnic subgroup.
In the second section, examples from Polansky’s survey notes are used to illustrate qualitatively the three categories of obstacles to stability and the reasons why Roma are not returning to Kosovo:
- Lack of security, safety and freedom of movement
- Lack of housing and means of livelihood
- Lack of access to food aid, medical services and schools
Figure 1: ROMANI POPULATION SHIFTS IN KOSOVO 1999-2001
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20 The complete table of raw data on the 267 villages with Romani populations prior to March 1999 surveyed by Paul Polansky is provided as an attached spreadsheet, labeled Appendix X.
