A new report published by Amnesty International on Tuesday, slams Greece for its treatment of migrants and asylum seekers. Greece must stop treating migrants as criminals 27 July 2010 The Greek authorities should immediately review their policy of locking up irregular migrants and asylum-seekers, including many unaccompanied children, Amnesty International said in a new report [...]
via Kathimerini NEW Democracy leader Antonis Samaras (L) announced his party’s intention to completely overhaul ruling Pasok’s latest immigration law as soon as his party comes to power. Pasok’s law in March of this year opened a path to the automatic acquisition of citizenship for a child born in Greece whose parents have been legally [...]
Via the Athens News THE GOVERNMENT announced the immediate closure of the Hellenic Migration Policy Institute (IMEPO) – the country’s only government-sponsored think tank on immigration. The reasoning behind the decision, according to an interior ministry press release issued on May 13, is that the institute was spending too much money. IMEPO was created in [...]
Via the Athens News IMMIGRANT issues in Greece soon will be moving to a new venue – the campaign trail. For the first time, immigrants in Greece will be able to vote in municipal elections. Up to now, the ballot box was open only to Greek citizens and other European Union nationals residing permanently in [...]
I find it problematic that the journalist has chosen to highlight an ex-Taliban fighter at the beginning of the article but I wanted to share it because it does give a picture of the situation here in Greece. Via truthout Racial Tensions Mount in Greece Iason Athanasiadis Athens, Greece — When he was still a [...]
Via the Athens News Ombudsman defends immigrants’ rights GREEK Ombudsman George Kaminis’ 2009 annual report, which was tabled in parliament last week, highlights the notorious bureaucracy and overlong delays involved in the issuing and renewal of residence permits. According to Kaminis, these two problems continue to impede the integration of immigrants into Greek society. The [...]
Via the Athens News A SHOWDOWN is looming over a historic overhaul of Greece’s decades-old system of citizenship rules on the naturalisation of immigrants and their children. Ruling socialist Pasok on February 8 tabled a watered-down version of a bill aimed at putting most children of immigrants who were born and raised in Greece on [...]
Via Neoskosmos Walking on Thessaloniki’s Aristotelous square some leaflets draw my attention. “You are born Greek, you don’t become Greek” it was the slogan on them, while they were calling people to condemn government’s proposal for granting Greek citizenship to immigrants. A few meters away, in the wall you could clearly see the graffiti-written message [...]
I am intrigued to know which people were living in trees while Greeks were building the Parthenon ? Via Kathimerini A bid to grant citizenship to thousands of second-generation immigrants caused more intense debate over the weekend as the right-wing nationalist Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS) claimed it has the Church of Greece’s support in opposing [...]
A positive article from Athens Plus The government’s decision to grant citizenship to immigrants and their children makes sense on so many levels that it is difficult to see why it is the subject of such virulent opposition. It is reasonable to expect a lively and informed debate on an issue that will change the [...]
Via the Athens News AFTER visiting one of the country’s most criticised migrant detention centres, Spyros Vouyias, the new deputy minister for the protection of the citizen, condemned the state of the overcrowded facility using language surprisingly harsh for a government minister. “I apologise for the lack of humanity in this warehouse of souls where [...]
Via Kathimerini Deputy Citizens’ Protection Minister Spyros Vougias yesterday heralded an investigation into the fate of several hundred thousand euros in European Union funding released to the previous conservative government for the purpose of accommodating a relentless influx of illegal immigrants into Greece from neighboring Turkey. “We are going to look at where this money [...]
Is this a change of heart from this previous attitude ? Via Kathimerini Migrants to join police Minister wants foreigners on the force, orders probe into Pakistani death Citizens’ Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis yesterday said he was determined to integrate immigrants into the police force following talks with members of the Pakistani community regarding the [...]
The BBC’s Europe editor Gavin Hewitt has an article up at his blog called Greece’s Immigrants in Limbo On a hill above the town of Samos in eastern Greece are a series of long buildings with grey walls and red roofs. They could be a barracks but this is a detention centre for immigrants. It [...]
The Human Rights Watch has released a report on Greece saying that The European Union should press the newly elected Greek government to end the abusive detention and summary expulsions of migrants, including unaccompanied children, and to reform the country’s broken asylum system You can read the full report here Also, see the latest news [...]
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