Greece - 2012
Is there evidence or indication that the police force engages in ethnic profiling?
- Code:
- RED47
- Key Area:
- Policing - Law Enforcement - Justice
- Strand(s):
- Racism, Discrimination
| Short Answer |
Yes |
| Qualitative Info |
According to 2009-2010 ENAR Shadow Report on Greece, "Policing and ethnic profiling is a frequent occurrence in Greece, especially on people who appear to be immigrants or refugees and those belonging to the Roma community. Most often this is done without a particular reason, such as a crime was committed and the police are searching for the suspects in the area. The Greek Roma community are the most heavily policed group." According to 2010 EU-MIDIS research by FRA (Data in Focus Report: Police Stops and Minorities), "Roma respondents in Greece are also heavily policed – 56% of all respondents from this group were stopped in the last 12 months; 39% of all Roma interviewed in Greece said they were stopped specifically because of their ethnicity, and only 17% indicated that their experiences of police stops were not connected with their ethnicity." |
| Data | No data available |
| Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Refugees, Roma & Travelers, Ethnic minorities |
| Type (R/D) | Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Anti-roma/zinghanophobia |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Policing - law enforcement |
| External Url | http://cms.horus.be/files/99935/MediaArchive/Greece.pdf; http://fra.europa.eu/fraWebsite/attachments/EU-MIDIS-police.pdf |
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