ANNUAL POLICY REPORT 2012
“- Establish human and decent open and public temporary reception and
accommodation areas for migrants-refugees and not concentration camps.
There would be provision for healthcare, free feeding and accommodation,
translation, legal aid. Special care from state actors for minors refugees and
migrants, mothers and children, human trafficking victims.
- Granting the status of refugee or temporary humanitarian protection to
refugees and those coming from countries undergoing imperialist regimes or
civil wars.
- Grant travel documents to those wishing to go to another EU member state;
non-compliance with Schengen and Dublin II regulation.
- Legalize migrants living and working in Greece and grant full labor, social and
democratic rights.
- Stop new containment measures against migrants at the borders and assign
partly border control to EU mechanisms (Frontex, EUROSUR).»14
A noteworthy development for the political landscape, especially with respect to
the migration and asylum policy issues, has been the election of the extreme
right party of Golden Dawn (Chryssi Avgi) (6,9%/18 seats) in the Hellenic
Parliament at both elections, with a minor variation in its percentage. According
to its statute, Golden Dawn is a populist, ideological, nationalist movement,
that does not adopt the views either of liberalism or marxism, irrespective new
or old. Dominant feature is the idea of the Nation and the Race15. Golden Dawn
emerged in the 1980s and in 1994 took part for the first time in the elections
for the European Parliament. Its appeal was apparent already at the elections
at municipal level in 2010. Its viewpoints on migration and asylum policy are
very specific16. Inherent is the distinction between Greek citizens and third
country nationals legally residing in Greece and 'illegal migrants- intruders'.
According to the Golden Dawn, the latter distort the national identity, dissolve
social structure and should be arrested and deported. In general, the Golden
Dawn, besides the rhetoric against the Memorandum and the aggressive
attitude of its members, is also characterized by its extreme rhetoric and
attitude in migration and asylum policy issues17. A sample of the latter may be
found in the content of relevant parliamentary control (e.g. scrutiny on the cost
of covering socio-psychological needs of migrants in detention centers),
arbitrary actions of its members regarding education in public schools and
combating illegal trade, public warning statements addressed to political
14
All the views of the KKE are set out in detail in the newspaper Rizospastis', 26.04.2012, expressed
by Lina Krokides, responsible of KKE' section for Democratic Liberties, Justice and Migrants Rights
(http://www.rizospastis.gr/story.do?id=6819820)
15
http://www.xryshaygh.com/assets/files/ideologia.pdf
16
http://www.xryshaygh.com/assets/files/politikes-theseis.pdf
17
Ε. Ζaroulia, wife of the founder of Golden Dawn, also elected MP, while speaking in the Hellenic
Parliament, called the illegal migrants “subhumans bearing all kinds of diseases”. See the Minutes of
Hellenic Parliament's Plenary Session NA', Thursday, 18th October 2012.
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