In her paper entitled “Persistence of Discrimination against the Roma, with reference to Racially Motivated Violence, and Discrimination in Access to Justice, Education, Housing, Health Care and Employment” (HR/WSW/SEM.2/2000/BP.5), Ms. Petrova stated that the Roma had come to Europe from India around the tenth century AD and had been living in various parts of the continent ever since.
En su ponencia titulada "Persistence of Discrimination against the Roma, with Reference to Racially Motivated Violence, and Discrimination in Access to Justice, Education, Housing, Health Care and Employment" (La persistencia de la discriminación contra los romaníes, con referencia a la violencia por motivos raciales y la discriminación en el acceso a la justicia, la educación, la vivienda, la atención de la salud y el empleo) (HR/WSW/SEM.2/2000/BP.5), la Sra. Petrova afirmó que los romaníes llegaron a Europa desde la India, aproximadamente en el siglo X, y desde entonces han vivido en diversas partes del continente.