A year after a succession of countries in Europe began breaking up Roma encampments and expelling hundreds of EU citizens back mainly to Romania, the European commission has claimed it is winning the battle to protect citizens' right to free movement across the bloc.

But advocates of Roma rights have warned Brussels that it is not doing enough to protect Europe's largest minority ethnic group, and that evictions and deportations continue to be carried out, primarily by France and Italy.

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