After years and years of ignoring immigrants in Greece, they are now being used as political pawns in the run-up to the next elections. I don’t believe any of the main parties care about the people themselves. They are making immigration the hot issue for their own ends.The ruling party New Democracy (ND) are responding [...]
UPDATE:
Via Kathimerini
Two farmers from the Peloponnesian town of Nea Manolada, alleged to have tied two Bangladeshi immigrants to a motorcycle last Thursday and to have dragged them through a central square, were yesterday released on bail of 3,000 euros each. The two suspects, who are alleged to have assaulted the migrants in order to [...]
Today from CNN. A report on the situation for Afghan refugees in Patras.
Embedded video from CNN Video
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UPDATE: From the Gulf Times. Marginalised Muslims in Greece are a ‘timebomb’
Also this via the SE Times
Muslim associations in Athens have filed a lawsuit against a policeman who allegedly desecrated a copy of the Koran last week, media reported on Monday (May 25th). Last Thursday, the policeman allegedly took a Koran from a customer during [...]
Via the Athens News
SMART cards could help ease bureaucracy and make life a whole lot easier for hundreds of thousands of non-European Union nationals living and working in Greece.
The cards will begin replacing the current residence permits as early as 2011, says Sotiris Dimopoulos, an interior ministry advisor on immigration issues
Yeah right! (Sarcasm intended)
Read the [...]
Via the Athens News
WHILE Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos put a positive spin on what he saw as ruling New Democracy’s achievements in integrating immigrants, critics lambasted the government’s efforts as an utter disappointment.
“The government has done absolutely nothing in terms of integrating the hundreds of thousands of immigrants living, working and paying taxes in Greece,” [...]
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 responsibility [...]
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.
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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 one knows how [...]
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 of residence
Public [...]
I still find it surprising but not shocking that this article passes for journalism. The “Non-Greek recruits” that they are talking about will be Greek citizens. You have to be Greek to get into the police force here right ? What I think they mean is that they might be people of colour or that [...]
This week.
Two years ago.
It’s not funny.
Two posts.
It’s not funny.
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Via the Athens News
IT IS a sign of the times: a four-digit number scrawled on a marble offcut leaning against a wooden stake. In front of it lies a mixture of earth and rubble, the odd cigarette butt and an upturned censer - its incense long since burned out and, most likely, belonging to the [...]
I am promoting this article from the comments because it’s scandalous and we should know about it.
ATHENS, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Hundreds of illegal immigrants held in a detention centre on the Greek island of Lesbos have fallen ill after drinking contaminated water from rusty and mouldy pipes, police said on Wednesday.
Police said hospital staff [...]
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