One reason for this is because countries like Romania, the Czech and Slovak republics, Hungary, and Bulgaria ban Romani students from many of their schools. Since they receive an education of such poor quality, many Roma are not literate, and therefore cannot apply for a driver's license or a well-paying job and can't legally drive. The schools that do allow Roma students are most always segregated from non-Roma. Also, many children do not attend school because their parents cannot afford to clothe them properly or they fall behind because very few teachers speak Romani. The students that can show up to school are exposed to discrimination by non-Roma students and even the teachers.
Unemployment is common in Roma communities.
Countries like Hungary and Bulgaria have set up a system of social welfare payments to jobless Roma, but there is the dilemma of who gets how much. The distribution of provisions and payments is not balanced, and many needy Roma get little or no help because the government is so corrupt. An excellent example of government corruption would be the Prime Minister Vladimir Merciar of Slovakia. In two Czech towns, the local officials are discussing the creation of ghettos, complete with walls of 4 meters and police guards. Gypsy ghettos are not just an idea or a proposal, several actually exist today.