Greece, Turkey and the EU

Fri, 15 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0000

This article was originally written on 15 April 2005 and published on blog.luxzenburg.org. It is republished here as a historical document and reflects the author’s ideas at the time of writing.

The BBC reports that the treatment of minorities and foreigners attempting to enter Greece has been sharply condemned by human rights organisation Amnesty International.

According to Amnesty researcher Olga Demetriou:

“People at the margins of society — asylum seekers, migrants, Roma and members of other minorities — are most likely to be victims of discrimination in all its forms. Usually their attackers are representatives of the state.”

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Greece, Turkey and the EU