Immigration was a major hot-button issue in Greece throughout 2007. Debate raged over whether the Greek-born children of immigrants should be given birth certificates and wage rates for illegal migrant workers. A snapshot of the year
This is from an article in Spero News by Kathy Tzilivakis who regularly writes for the Athens News. It looks at immigration issues month by month. Here’s something from March that I completely missed.
Reckless driving, possession of small quantities of illegal drugs or other misdemeanour offences that carry a conviction of at least one year became grounds for deportation, under new legislation passed by parliament. The amendment to immigration law 3386/2005 was approved, even though all opposition lawmakers voted against it
Read the full article here
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Oops ! Doing too many things at the same time. Thanks for pointing that out.
What do children of immigrants in Greece who turn 18 do to enter tertiary institutions, or enter the workforce, especially Public, if they are not issued Birth certificates, and/or automatic citizenship, or ID cards. Has Greece educated them for nothing ie. primary and secondary school. Is this waste of talent going down the drain. What is going to happen when hundreds of thousands of Children born in Greece from immigrant parents going to do ie eventually get deported? Successive Greek Governments have tried to sweep this under the carpet for too long and now this has caught up with them. They can no longer turn a blind eye! They need get off their lazy incompetant a**s and offer these kids automatic citizenship! and allow them to bear the Greek flag in parades. Make this law! Forgive me but I am really agro about this. Children born in Greece, raised in Greece, educated in Greece, who have known no other country except Greece, should become automatic citizens from the second they are born! with equal opportunites like native Greeks’ children.