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Immigrants in Europe complaining about nationalism

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“If they had killed me that night at Acharnon, nobody would do a thing”

“I remember them entering our house and all the screaming. They would kill us all but didn’t have the time” says Aziz* from Afghanistan, who was 10 when he witnessed his father getting killed over an...

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Immigrants, racism and the new xenophobia of Greece’s immigration policy

A long-run history of migration and Greece since independence (1832) can be characterized as predominantly one of emigration – of Greeks for economic reasons, and of ethnic and other minorities for...

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Greek Court Orders Detention of Far Right Golden Dawn Politician

ATHENS-A Greek court Thursday ordered the detention of another politician from Greece’s far right party Golden Dawn, raising the total number of party representatives now in pretrial detention to...

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Eleftheria Arvanitaki: “We like to forget…”

A favorite song of hers, “Meno Ektos” (“I Still Remain an Outcast”) with lyrics by Lina Nikolakopoulou and music by Ara Dinkjian which “talks of lost homelands, of people who were uprooted, who lost...

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Maria Giannakaki, General rapporteur on combating racism and intolerance

Since April 2014, Maria Giannakaki (Greece, SOC) has been General rapporteur on combating racism and intolerance. The General rapporteur, appointed by the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination,...

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Ten theses on the far right in Europe by Michael Löwy

I. The European elections confirmed a tendency that has been apparent for some years across most of the continent: the spectacular rise of the far right. This is a phenomenon without precedent since...

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Sweden Plans to Thwart Racism By Eliminating the Mention of Race From Its Laws

Sweden’s government is pushing a new measure to tackle racism issues in the country — it plans to completely remove the word “race” from all legislative documents. Shortly after Sweden was recognized...

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Italy embroiled in race rows over African migrant slurs

Italy was mired in a racism row on Tuesday after the Italian football federation elected as its new president an executive who called African soccer players “banana-eaters”. Politicians and equal...

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Greece: Strengthen Anti-Racism Bill

Parliamentary review of a draft anti-racism law in Greece, which began in November 2013, has resumed following a nine-month interruption and is expected to be debated in parliament’s recess section on...

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They want to be Greek – but Greece doesn’t want them

There are tears in their eyes and the last hugs are achingly long. No one wants to let another smart young person leave Greece for Germany. Edlira had been giving up her Sundays to teach Greek to...

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