Often the hardest thing is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn – David Russel
Posted in Immigration on Jan 9th, 2009
“My journey to Nigeria began about five years ago on an invitation by senior officials to manage project development and financing in various sectors,” says Greek-born photographer Victor Politis, “My first visits were to Port Harcourt, Lagos and Abuja. Trips to all three places told a common story: the people of Nigeria have nothing to […]
Posted in Immigration on Dec 17th, 2008
In their desperate bid to leave Nigeria, four youths jumped on a vessel whose destination they knew nothing about. They were well prepared for the journey, armed with enough provisions, they thought. Some nautical miles into the ill-fated journey, they ran out of provisions and had to give themselves up to the vessel’s crew. Joseph […]
Posted in Immigration on Feb 27th, 2008
Greece recently suffered a major blow with the news that Norway has suspended the return of asylum seekers to the country on grounds that their rights may be violated.
Norway’s unprecedented decision was recently announced by Terge Sjeggestad, the director of the Norwegian Immigration Appeals Board (UNE) a quasi-judicial body under Norway’s ministry of local government […]
Posted in Immigration on Jan 17th, 2008
Nikitas Kaklamanis was born in the Cycladic island of Andros 52 years ago. A medical doctor,former European parliamentarian and government minister. He became mayor of Athens in 2007. Three weeks after taking office, he joined the mayors of Rome and Paris to call for a world wide abolition of the death penalty.
What is it like […]
Posted in Immigration on Oct 24th, 2007
The European Union is set to unveil a Blue Card for skilled immigrants, based on the Green card in the United States.
The EU has said that it needs 20 million skilled immigrants over the next 20 years
Telmo Baltazar, a spokesperson for EU’S Vice president, Commissioner Franco Franttini explained, that the proposal will help tackle […]
Posted in Immigration on Oct 23rd, 2007
Football’s biggest campaign against racism and related discrimination kicked off today in Athens.
The Fare action week will be hosted for the first time jointly by the Athens Municipality and the Super League.
In Athens, the event will begin with players parading around the Stadium with the FARE Flag and banners Against Racism in Europe, […]
Posted in Immigration on Oct 17th, 2007
The recent EU research shows that Sweden is doing the most to help Immigrants settle, whereas Latvia is doing the least.
Greece is the last on the Index of countries concerning immigration, meaning that the policies for integration of legal immigrants in
Greece are not really as good as other countries.
An interesting conclusion indicates […]
Posted in Immigration on Sep 26th, 2007
The far right Orthodox Rally party, or Laos, gained enough votes to enter parliament for the first time after breaking the required three percent threshold and collecting 3.7% of the vote, or ten parliamentary seats. In the last elections they had 2.04%. This marked a significant change in the country’s politics as it is the […]
Posted in Immigration on Aug 8th, 2007
The idea of integration is a very controversial one, in a sense because one is not sure exactly what should obtain in any country. Some people have argued that immigrants can never be integrated until the second generation. In other words if you migrate to a country, it’s very difficult to be fully integrated but […]
Posted in Immigration on Aug 7th, 2007
Immigrant children in Greece are faced with the problem of having no birth certificates to officially prove their residence in Greece, their country of birth. The children have no legal status making it impossible to fully integrate. Racism from the cradle is a campaign led by the mothers to press for their acceptance, integration […]
