2012
Is there evidence of significant disparities between the number of racist incidents and crimes reported and the numbers of racist incidents and crimes recorded by police authorities?
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Austria
It appears that the number of officially recorded incidents is lower than the number of incidents based on unofficial sources.
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Bulgaria
No.
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Cyprus
No, because there is no mechanism collecting data other than that of the police
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Denmark
No.
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Finland
No, there are no evidence of these issues.
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France
There is no data available concerning racist incidents and crimes.
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Germany
Yes, there are disparities between the number of racist incidents and crimes reported and the numbers of racist incidents and crimes recorded by police authorities.
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Greece
Racist incidents and crimes were not recorded by the police authorities until December 2012, when a network of 68 competent Police directorates throughout the country and 2 central Departments are assigned the task of collecting data and reporting on racist violence.
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Hungary
No.
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Ireland
Evidence exists of significant underreporting of instances of racist incidents and crimes.
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Italy
Probably, according to victimisation surveys.
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Poland
Yes.
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Portugal
Yes, there is evidence of significant disparities between the number of racist incidents and crimes reported by UAVIDRE [1] (the institution empowered by the state to support victims of racial and ethnic discrimination) and the numbers of racist incidents and crimes recorded by police authorities [2]. It is impossible however to produce a detailed figure of these differences since the data collected by these entities is not categorised the same way, making impossible direct comparisons.
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Romania
The comparison cannot be made for lack of statistical data from the police.
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Slovenia
The data on racist incidents are very limited in scope, however, there is some information indicating disparities.
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Spain
No data.
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Sweden
Yes. There is evidence of significant disparities between the number of racist incidents and crimes reported and the numbers of racist incidents and crimes recorded by police authorities.