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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Seeking Refuge: Greece, long hostile to migrants, turns hospitable under Syriza

The last few years in Greece have not been easy for immigrants like John. Far-right, anti-immigration party Golden Dawn grew in popularity, and racist attacks on migrants in the street became common. As Greece's economic crisis helped fan the flames of xenophobia, the police launched an operation to round up undocumented migrants, which meant often abusive police stops of anyone in the street who looked foreign.


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