[...] via devious diva Following the revelation in Kathimerini earlier this month of the degrading living conditions being experienced by foreign workers in Arta and their exploitation by human traffickers and some citrus farmers, as local residents and authorities appeared to be indifferent, state doctors were dispatched on Tuesday to help the immigrants, most of whom are suffering from pulmonary disease, including tuberculosis, parasitic infections, symptoms of septicemia and, above all, an absolute lack of hygiene. [...]

and you still don’t get it…

Ok Stop right there. It seems I can’t post anything about CURRENT issues without you (you know who you are) bringing up something that has NOTHING to do with the post.

Μακριά από ‘μας (κι όπου θεν ας πάνε)…

This thread is not about 1923 and we are not interested in your nationalist obsessions. The link you provide cites no scholarly sources, and is therefore a political pressure group. End of discussion.

It looks very much like clear exploitation of vulnerable foreign workers, in a sector of the economy which is very doing very badly. However, there is even evidence in the 2001 Census data that Arta was a bad area of Greece for immigrant workers. Instead of any research or discussion on such issues of contemporary reality in Greece, we are treated to speeches by blog contributors about how badly Greeks were allegedly treated in 1923.

“words” I meant.

“After the first story in Kathimerini, there was an uproar in the area,” he said. “The immigrants were told to leave for Arta or Athens, so as to move the problem away from this area. No one cared where these people were to go, or whether they died on the way, given their destitute condition. As long as the problem was removed. That is Greece,” he said.