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. 16

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