From The News A grenade was thrown at a facility of an immigrant support network in Athens, causing material damage to the building, police said Wednesday. A bar and nearby building also suffered damage in the late Tuesday attack, which did not cause any injuries, police said. The assailants fled and no one immediately claimed [...]
A disturbing report from Nicole Itano for Al Jazeera on the refugee situation in Greece. The comments that follow on the YouTube page are a typical mix of racism and xenophobia with some outrageous stupidity thrown in. Technorati Tags: greece, refugee, asylum, iraq, youtube Tweet
Via Russia Today Hard life for immigrants to Greece Fearing immigration, Greece nonetheless has become an entry point for thousands aiming to escape their troubled homes in eastern countries on their way to Europe in search of a better life. In the middle of the prosperous port of Patras there is a refugee camp. No [...]
The Greek Helsinki Monitor (GHM) highlights today’s article in “Eleftheros Typos” focused on a Greek Romani doctor who speaks with harsh words for the living conditions of Roma in Greece. The Roma of Aghia Varvara [a Greater Athens municipality, with a substantial presence of Roma] call him “the example of the race”. He grew up [...]
An article in Al Jazeera English highlights unemployment here in Greece. Marios Kokkoris is 28 years old. He said “The market in Greece is small, and closed; if you don’t know someone, it’s hard, and it’s the same in the public and private sector.” Marios, who has undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in environmental sciences from [...]
Via Organic Magazine The Greek opposition party Pasok has complained about the government abandoning agriculture as it is destined to be. A parliamentary interrogation has recently been held by 47 members of Pasok, which has called for a response from Sotiris Hatzigakis, the Minister for Agricultural Development and Food. The opposition has complained about the [...]
Tomorrow I will become the mum of a teenager. Yes, my valentine baby turns thirteen. He is now taller than me and has feet the size of small boats. I will have a houseful of boys to feed seeing as the girls got overlooked this time. Healthy food takes a back seat. It’ll be pizza, [...]
The Athens News has several articles about immigration this week. No migrant child left behind THE EUROPEAN Union could take legal action against Greece if the ruling New Democracy government does not scrap a new law banning the children of undocumented immigrants from applying for the coveted EU-wide longterm resident status – a permanent form [...]
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Via the Financial Times Greece’s asylum-seekers’ policy under fire By Kerin Hope The Council of Europe’s senior human rights official has sharply criticised Greece over its policy towards asylum-seekers amid a surge in arrivals of illegal immigrants from Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan. A report by the Council published on Wednesday says there are “serious deficiencies” [...]
OK. I’ll bite because I’m in a good mood… via EllasDevil 1. Number of daylight hours in your neck of the woods? – Sunrise at 07:31, Sunset 17:47 (it will be 1 minute, 56 seconds longer than yesterday). Answer directly stolen from ED because I have no clue. 2. Food you eat this time of [...]
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