Commentary 99 policy agenda. In responding to these issues, Greece appears to be at the same stage that some other European countries were at thirty years ago and, perhaps, should now look at how other countries, with a greater experience of these issues, have dealt with them. Among the first steps that should be taken is the public recognition that Greece, like other countries, suffers from racism, both overt and latent. Georgios A. Antonopoulos is lecturer in criminology at the University of Teesside in the UK. His research interests include the relationship between minority ethnic groups, crime and justice, and organised crime. He can be contacted by email at <G.Antonopoulos@tees.ac.uk>. References 1 European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia, Racist Violence in Fifteen EU Member States (Vienna, European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia, 2005). 2 ‘Racism and anti-racism – the state of play’, European Race Bulletin (No. 37, 2001), pp. 20–1. 3 Youth Against Racism – Greece, To Imerologio tou Ratsismou stin Ellada: Theseis kai Protaseis gia tous Metanastes (Athens, Youth Against Racism – Greece, 1999). 4 Ibid. 5 ‘Albanian pupil denied right to carry Greek national flag’, European Race Bulletin (No. 45/46, January 2004), p. 28. 6 ‘Piraeus: Pakistanis attacked’, European Race Bulletin (No. 45/46, January 2004), p. 28. 7 ‘Gypsies attacked in Athens’, European Race Bulletin (No. 48, July 2004), p. 28. 8 Eleftherotypia (6 September 2004). 9 Kathimerini (3 January 2006). 10 ‘AI cites cases of police violence towards Albanians’, European Race Bulletin (No. 39, January 2002), p. 16. 11 ‘Police brutality against Afghans in Athens’, European Race Bulletin (No. 50, Winter 2005), p. 18. 12 ‘Police officers convicted of Roma manslaughter’, European Race Bulletin (No. 44, July 2003), p. 19. 13 ‘Zefyri: Rom dies in police custody’, European Race Bulletin (No. 39, January 2002), pp. 15–16. 14 ‘5,432 immigrants questioned in massive security sweep in July–August 2005 at request of MI6’, Statewatch (25 January 2006), <http://www.statewatch.org/ news/2006/jan/08greece-security-sweep.htm>. 15 Interview 21:2–3. The phrase ‘fenceless vineyard’ is metaphorically used by the Greek people to refer to a situation conducive to lawlessness and disorder. This phrase is sentimentally much more ‘charged’ in Greek than its English translation. 16 J. Lea, ‘Police Racism: some theories and their policy implications’, in R. Matthews and J. Young (eds), Confronting Crime (London, Sage Publications, 1986), p. 163. 17 Interview 14:5. 18 R. King, T. Iosifides and L. Myrivili, ‘A Migrant’s Story: from Albania to Athens’, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (Vol. 24, 1998), pp. 159–175. 19 Interview 1:9. 20 Interview 18:1. 21 Interview 10:3. Downloaded from http://rac.sagepub.com at Athens Univ. of Economics on June 25, 2007 © 2006 Institute of Race Relations. All rights reserved. Not for commercial use or unauthorized distribution.