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Sport: Effective participation of migrants in sport

Code:
RED122
Key Area:
Public Life, Culture, Sport & Media
Strand(s):
Discrimination, Equality
24/02/2012 - 23:03
Short Answer

Disproportionate under-representation of migrants in all sports.

Qualitative Info

"The extremely low participation of migrants in sport, both as athletes and fans and even lower as officials or administrative staff and media is due to:
a) de jure limitation to participate on the basis of regulations in force restricting participation of non-Greek athletes.
b) de facto limitation to participate on the basis of their administrative and residence status, related to a dysfunctional migration legislation and lack of a naturalisation/citizenship path for second and third generation of immigrants.
c) de facto limitation to participate on the basis of racist attitudes and fear of victimisation. A striking example is the racist violence against migrants (Albanians, Africans, Asians) in summer 2004, when they tried to celebrate the Greek National Football team success in winning the Euro2004.
d) a de jure and de facto limitation to participate in athletes’ unions resulting from their statutes’ clear orientation in representing and protecting interests of Greek athletes, according to the interviewed representatives of athletes."

Source: Pavlou M.(ed.) authors: Pavlou M.-Parsanoglou D. - Djordjevic O. (2009), Racism in sport in Greece: Preventing racism, xenophobia & related intolerance in sport across the European Union, RAXEN: HLHR-KEMO/i-RED

Groups affected/interested Migrants
Type (R/D) Anti-migrant/xenophobia
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas Sport
External Url http://www.i-red.eu/?i=institute.en.publications.206
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