discrimination against them. In 2011, under the EU framework for national integration strategies up to 2020, they called upon each EU member state to produce a concrete plan to improve the situation of the marginalised Roma specifically focusing on the areas of housing, education, healthcare, and employment. Under this framework for inclusion up until 2020 the EU has established the following goals stated in their 2012 communication Housing: minimise the gap between the Roma access to housing and utilities and the rest of the population. And promote desegregation of the Roma Education: To ensure that Roma children complete at minimum quality primary education Employment: To minimise the employment difference between the Roma and the rest of the EU population Healthcare: Improve access to healthcare for Roma people, closing the gap between the Roma and the rest of the population Discrimination: The EU has also called upon member states to take positive steps to ensure the Roma are not subject to discrimination but are treated equally and given access to all the rights afforded them under the EU Charter of fundamental rights Under the EU integration strategy, EU member states produce yearly reports detailing the progress they have made toward meeting their responsibilities towards Roma integration. This allows the EU to provide accountability and ongoing support to member states as they jointly work towards the goal of integration. The European Union also provides funding either directly to member states, or through the European Commission, to help implement policies of Roma Inclusion within the EU. Statelessness and Use of Refugee Status Many Roma children within the EU are not registered at birth. This is for a variety of reasons ranging from mistrust of public institutions preventing Roma from accessing hospital birthing care, through to lack of funds needed to register, or a general unawareness of some Roma to the need to register a child This lack of registration can oftentimes leave a child stateless. It can prevent them from gaining citizenship and in many cases denies them access to education, healthcare, and protection under state laws In many non-EU countries where rights such as birth registration, education, healthcare, and legal protection are violated, discrimination and social marginalisation persist for the Roma. Many later enter the EU as a means of escaping these conditions, but the standards of recognising the Roma as a persecuted group due to their country of origin varies. As