March in Greece against racism

[cratehorus]

Greece is a major gateway for mostly Asian and African migrants trying to enter the European Union. They face increased hostility as the country struggles through its deepest post- World War Two recession and record unemployment, propelling the ultra-nationalist Golden Dawn party to parliament for the first time since the fall of a military junta in 1974.

About 5,000 protesters marched to parliament holding banners reading "No Islamophobia" and "Neo Nazis out!" in one of the biggest anti-racism marches in Athens in recent years.

Tensions between immigrants and Greeks have risen sharply in recent months and the demonstration was held a day after police detained hundreds of undocumented immigrants in the western city of Corinth as part of a nationwide sweep and held them in a former army camp.

The move enraged local authorities and residents who rallied outside the army camp to protest against its conversion into an immigrant detention center.

"We will do everything possible to prevent such a disaster," Corinth's mayor Alexandros Pnevmatikos told Skai TV. "We don't want the camp, which is in the centre of the city, close to densely populated neighborhoods, to become a holding center".

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-...-army-camp

[Welsh cake]

Okay.

Now how is hating an immigrant for taking your job opportunities away from you, racist? Greeks have to work for a living too right?

Why do idiots keep pulling that r word out of their arse all the damn time?

*sigh* Well the human race is so fucked up I don't even bother. Its not worth trying and failing to fix its failures. The real problem here though is a lack of birth control. Anyone who tries to stop us idiots from breeding is doomed to fail also.

Let's just spread to other places and use up all our natural resources? Pollute the fuck out of our planet? That's always worked before right?

[Minimalist]

The Greeks only expelled Ottoman rule in the 1830's after centuries of occupation. I can see where they might be very sensitive to waves of islamic immigrants.

[Tobie]

It's their government's fault their economy is in the shitter (rediculous bonuses - 2 months extra pay in some cases - leading to early retirement. Not to mention they didn't seem to give a shit about tax dodging or the limits of their budget) not the immigrants. The attitude the Greeks have isn't good - destroy things when you don't like what the gov't is doing (all the riots against austerity) and try and scare off the hard working immigrants.

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

How is hating an immigrant for taking your job opportunities away from you, racist?

"Migrants take our jobs" is a common xenophobic cri de coeur not supported by the evidence.Migrants CREATE jobs.,by increasing demand across the economic spectrum.

[Welsh cake]

Migrants CREATE jobs

How?

[Minimalist]

Over here?

Guarding them after they are arrested by our douchebag of a sheriff.

[kılıç_mehmet]

The Greeks only expelled Ottoman rule in the 1830's after centuries of occupation. I can see where they might be very sensitive to waves of islamic immigrants.

It's not an issue of immigrants, it's an issue of Albanians.
Besides, the Greeks are expecting to be lazy, being paid, and then rejecting immigrants who actually work? Nice.