BODVASZILAS – Mihaly Horvath, a 12-year-old in a village in northeastern Hungary, can't wait for his school to reopen.
As a devastating COVID-19 surge swept Hungary in the spring, classes were suspended and students were ordered to study online.
But Mihaly's family, part of Hungary's large Roma minority, doesn't have a computer or internet access at their home in Bodvaszilas, and he says he's falling behind in his lessons as a result. “Some students have telephones, some have computers.
But there are others like me who don’t have either,” he said from the yard of a dilapidated house where he lives with nine other family members. “It’s more difficult for Gypsy kids like us.