Seventeen years after adoption of EU laws that forbid discrimination, immigrants, descendants of immigrants, and minority ethnic groups continue to face widespread discrimination across the EU and in all areas of life – most often when seeking employment. For many, discrimination is a recurring experience. This is just one of the findings of FRA’s second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey (EU-MIDIS II), which collected information from over 25,500 respondents with different ethnic minority and immigrant backgrounds across all 28 EU Member States.

Media content and political discourse in EU Member States, whether online or
offline, show incitement to discrimination, hatred or violence on different
grounds, as evidence collected by FRA reveals. The growing reliance on the internet as the main source of
information for many enables the fast spread of often unverified statements
that could also incite to hatred.

Regardless of ethnic origin, religion or belief, everyone living in the Union has a fundamental right to be treated equally, to be respected and to be protected from violence. This contribution paper to the Annual Colloquium
on Fundamental Rights provides evidence of the fact that such respect is lacking, and suggests ways in which governments can ensure they fulfil their duty to safeguard this right for everyone living in the EU.

This thematic situation report examines the effectiveness of responses by public authorities, civil society organisations and others to counter racism, discrimination, intolerance and extremism in Greece and Hungary. The report goes on to make proposals for fighting racist crime, increasing trust in the police, and combating extremism throughout the EU.

Dieses Gutachten beleuchtet die Auswirkgungen des Rahmenbeschlusses über Rassismus und Fremdenfeindlichkeit unter besondererBerücksichtigung der Rechte von Opfern von Straftaten.

The Opinion assesses the impact of the Framework Decision on the rights of the victims of crimes motivated by hatred and prejudice, including racism and xenophobia.

Le' avis évalue brièvement l’impact de la décision-cadre sur le racisme et la xénophobie et plus particulièrement les droits des victimes de la criminalité

FRA unterbreitet eine Reihe von Stellungnahmen, die sich auf in Untersuchungen und Berichten gesammelte Beweise stützen, um den Schutzes gegen Diskriminierung zu verbessern.  Diese können bei der Umsetzung und einer möglichen Reform des EU Rechtsrahmens zum Schutz gegen Diskriminierung berücksichtigt werden.

Drawing on evidence gathered in its surveys and reports, FRA submits a set of opinions aimed at improving the protection against discrimination. These could be taken into account in the implementation and the eventual reform of the EU legal framework on the protection against discrimination.

S'appuyant sur les éléments de preuve recueillis et analysés par la FRA, l’agence présente un ensemble d'avis visant à améliorer la protection contre la discrimination. Ceux-ci pourraient être pris en compte dans la mise en œuvre et l'éventuelle réforme du cadre juridique de l'UE sur la protection contre la discrimination.

In 2009, the FRA conducted the first EU-wide study of the role that European memorial sites, museums and exhibitions play with respect to educating young Europeans about the Holocaust and human rights. The findings of the study were presented at a Conference in Auschwitz on the 27 January bringing together Education Ministers from across Europe.

Certain people are seen as particularly vulnerable to unequal treatment, because they share a combination of characteristics that may trigger discrimination. A Roma woman sterilised without her informed consent, for example, has suffered discrimination not just because of her sex, as all women do not face this treatment, nor just because she is Roma, as Roma men may not face this treatment. The discriminatory treatment is based specifically on the intersection of her sex and ethnic origin.

The FRA report 'Inequalities and multiple discrimination in access to and quality of healthcare' examines experiences of unequal treatment on more than one ground in healthcare, providing evidence of discrimination or unfair treatment.

Ungeachtet intensiver Bemühungen der Mitgliedstaaten der Europäischen Union (EU) ist es bisher nicht gelungen, Diskriminierung und Intoleranz wirksam zu bekämpfen, wie die Forschungsarbeiten der FRA belegen. Durch Vorurteile motivierte Beschimpfungen, körperliche Angriffe und Morde treffen die europäische Gesellschaft in all ihrer Vielfalt – von sichtbaren Minderheiten bis hin zu Menschen mit Behinderungen. Dieser FRA-Bericht soll die EU und ihre Mitgliedstaaten dabei unterstützen, gegen diese Grundrechtsverletzungen vorzugehen. Zu diesem Zweck müssen Hassdelikte verstärkt sichtbar gemacht und die Täterinnen und Täter zur Rechenschaft gezogen werden.