Greece - 2012
Is there evidence that areas containing significant numbers migrants and minorities are policed in different ways than others?
- Code:
- RED50
- Key Area:
- Policing - Law Enforcement - Justice
- Strand(s):
- Racism, Discrimination
| Short Answer |
There is no official data or evidence on this issue, although in certain areas with high concentration of migrants Police operates in a differentiated way than in others. |
| Qualitative Info |
As it is reported in Pavlou M., Prearis K. (2010), RAXEN Thematic Study: Racist and related hate crimes in the EU - Greece, "in the occasion of anti-racist protests and marches they attacked protesters under the tolerance of the riot police (MAT). Video and photos published showed armed ‘Golden Dawn’ members throwing Molotov bombs and attacking protesters side by side with police officers."[1]
See also RED Early Warning system for updated relevant info in Greece.
[1] TV Horis Sinora, Κρανοφόροι με ρόπαλα μαζί με τα ΜΑΤ στην αντιρατσιστική, (08.07.2009) http://www.tvxs.gr/v15958 TV Horis Sinora, Η κυβέρνηση, η Χρυσή Αυγή και το παρακρατικό DNA, (08.07.2009) TV Horis Sinora, Εκκαθαριστική επιχείρηση της Χρυσής Αυγής στην πλατεία Αττικής, (15.07.2009) http://www.tvxs.gr/v16454, A relevant parliamentary question has been submitted by MPs of the left party Syriza: TV Horis Sinora, Ερώτηση στη Βουλή για τη μολότοφ των... ΜΑΤ (13.07.2009). http://www.tvxs.gr/v16302 TV Horis Sinora, Εθνικιστές και αστυνομικοί εναντίον αντιρατσιστικής διαδήλωσης (07.07.2009), http://www.tvxs.gr/v15908
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| Data | |
| Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Ethnic minorities |
| Type (R/D) | Extremism - organised Racist Violence, Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Islamophobia |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Policing - law enforcement |
| External Url | http://www.i-red.eu/resources/publications-files/raxen-ts-2010_racist-hate-crimes-in-greece.pdf |
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