2012
Sport: Effective participation of migrants in sport
- Austria
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Bulgaria
In amateur or professional sport there are no practical obstacles for migrants in participating, excluding to some extent the professional football.
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Cyprus
Although no systematic data is collected, there are institutional barriers in the effective participation of migrants in sports.
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Denmark
Yes.
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Finland
No statistical data available.
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France
Yes, migrants participate effectively in sport
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Germany
Despite the lack of official statistics, there is a broad consensus that migrants are underrepresented in organised amateur sport.
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Greece
Disproportionate under-representation of migrants in all sports.
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Hungary
No data.
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Ireland
In May 2008 the Office of the Minister for Integration published a statement entitled ‘Migration Nation, a statement on integration strategy and diversity management’ which, in part, deals with participation of migrants in sport and assesses strategies for further integration.
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Italy
Yes, but with limitations.
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Poland
It is difficult to assess effective participation of migrants in sport activities as only few migrants permanently reside in Poland.There are no studies or reports devoted to the issue of effective participation of migrants in sport.
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Portugal
There are no important legal restrictions preventing migrants to effectively participate in sport. At professional level and in some sports there may be some limitations in the total number of foreigners per team.
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Romania
No data as to effective participation could be found. There are certain restrictions connected to quotas for extra-community players.
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Slovenia
There are certain restrictions in Slovenia for foreign nationals for participating at certain level of competition on national level in certain sports or to gain certain status in sports.
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Spain
Yes.yesYes.
Law 19/2007 states in Article 16, which is devoted to measures to promote integration through sport, that measures will be taken “for obstacles and barriers hampering equality of treatment and the participation without any discrimination of migrants involved in non-professional sport activities to be removed
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Sweden
Yes. Migrants in Sweden face legal and practical obstacles in participating in sport. Problems with Immigration status, national athletes min quotas are frequently encountered limitations/obstacles.