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Gabor Varadi, the Roma politician who organized the community meeting, in a moment of frustration. The families faced with eviction are divided over whether to accept help from a Hungarian charity that has offered to pay some moving costs for some of the families. On one hand, they need all the help they can get. On the other, they worry that taking the money will create the impression that they are being evicted because of debts. “We are letting them say it’s about poverty,” one man yelled. “It’s not. It’s about ethnic cleansing.” Continue reading photo 2-2