translate English to French: It was pointed out that that had been and continued to be a difficult problem to address because the Roma were at once isolated and often themselves limited their contacts with society as well.
Le problème avait été, et continuait d'être, difficile à résoudre parce que, d'une part, les Roms constituaient un groupe isolé et, d'autre part, ils limitaient eux-mêmes leurs contacts avec la société.