Racist Attacks: Migrants

Migrants Dept: Racist attacks hit alarming levels:UN, according to The Star. The country has also seen a rise in popularity of the extreme nationalist Golden Dawn party, which went from a fringe group in 2009 elections to win nearly 7 per cent of the vote and 18 seats in the 300-member Parliament in June. The party advocates that all immigrants should be expelled, but denies its members have been involved in racist attacks and aTHENS, GREECE The U.S. Embassy in Athens updated its travel advice Friday for American citizens visiting Greek cities, warning them to beware of the possibility of unprovoked harassment and violent attacks against people who could be mistaken for foreign migrants. Greece has seen an increase in racist violence over the past year, with dark-skinned migrants attacked by groups of men armed with metal bars, knives and wooden bats. Tens of thousands of migrants have also been rounded up by police in a government crackdown on illegal immigration. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.