Foreign field workers subject to exploitation and violence in Manolada, Kourtesi and Preveza

Alert DateApril 26, 2011 Country: Greece Address: Manolada General Type: Racist violence Racism and discrimination phenomena: Anti-migrant/xenophobia
Groups affected / Interested in: Migrants Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Employment - labour market
Victims Data
Victims Nationality/Ethnic Origin Iraqi, Pakistani, Romanian
Victims Gender Male
Victims Age <17, 18-25
Victims Number 3
Fatalities - deaths N/A
Perpetrators Data
Perpetrators Nationality/Ethnic Origin Greek, Romanian
Perpetrator Gender Male
Perpetrator Age N/A
Perpetrators Number 8
Extremist/Organised Group Violence No

A local resident of Manolada (Peloponnesus) is suspect of having tied with a rope a 17 year-old Romanian field worker because he suspected the field worker for stealing. In the same region, a unit of Attica Police arrested one (1) Greek and four (4) Romanian citizens who were forcing Romanian strawberry fields workers to work under the threat of guns. Earlier this year in Preveza and Igoumenitsa (North-Western Greece) a Pakistani field worker was injured by two persons with an air gun and an Iraqi migrant was seriously injured in his eye when he was shot with an air gun on his face from a passing vehicle with foreign plates.

Source:

Proto Thema, 12.01.2011, http://www.protothema.gr/greece/article/?aid=99599

Proto Thema, 13.01.2011, http://www.protothema.gr/greece/article/?aid=99792

To Vima, 23.04.2011, http://www.tovima.gr/society/article/?aid=397224

Eleftherotypia, 28.04.2011, http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=270934