Extreme-right party's anti-immigration poster

Alert DateSeptember 30, 2008 Country: Portugal Address: Marquês de Pombal, Lisboa General Type: Racist discourse Racism and discrimination phenomena: Anti-migrant/xenophobia
Groups affected / Interested in: Migrants Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Employment - labour market Hate speech/Racist Discourse Medium: Other

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The extreme-right party, Partido Nacional Renovador [National Renewal Party] (PNR) placed an outdoor on one of the most frequented squares of Lisbon, in September of 2008, with the message “Immigration? We say no!”. In the poster, a white sheep, representing the PNR is seen kicking out of Portugal several black sheep, the latter inscribed with the words “criminality”, “unemployment”, “low salaries”, “multiculturalism”, open borders” and “welfare dependence”. This fact prompted the High Commission for Equality and Intercultural Dialogue to issue a press release on the situation and is referred in Amnesty International's Annual Report, as well as the ensuing controversy.

Source:
ACIDI, I.P. - High Commission for Equality and Intercultural Dialogue http://www.acidi.gov.pt/noticias/visualizar-noticia/4cdbf6ba0ef0e/institucional_book.pdf, Date of access: 30.10.2011

Amnesty International 2009 Annual Report http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/portugal/report-2009  http://www.dn.pt/inicio/interior.aspx?content_id=1130565&page=-1, Date of access: 30.10.2011
Jornal Diário de Notícias, 01.10.2008, http://www.dn.pt/inicio/interior.aspx?content_id=1130565
Jornal Sol, 30.09.2008, http://canais.sol.pt/paginainicial/sociedade/interior.aspx?content_id=111243