MumsnetGuestBlogs (MNHQ) Thu 31-Oct-13 11:13:08  Filip Borev:
Ben Needham and Maria - why are Roma people still seen as ‘baby
snatching gypsies’?  This week, two cases of suspected child
abduction have made headlines - and central to both stories was
the role of Roma communities in the alleged crimes. Blonde-
haired, blue-eyed Maria was removed from her adoptive Roma
parents by police, who suspected them of stealing her. In
Cyprus, DNA tests were carried out on a 22-year-old Roma man
living in Cyprus - authorities suspected he could be Briton Ben
Needham, who disappeared on the island of Kos at the age of two.
In this blog, 18-year-old writer and British Romani Filip Borev
– who blogs at Pipopotamus - examines what the media reaction to
these stories reveals about public prejudice towards Roma
people.   Filip Borev   Posted on: Thu 31-Oct-13 11:13:08   Lead
photo  Maria with Hristos Salis and Eleftheria Dimopoulou, who
she'd been living with.  Since Maria was discovered living in a
Roma neighbourhood in Greec