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Greece - 2012

Is there an estimate or evidence that hate crime cases/incidents are under-reported disproportionately in relation to other crimes?

Code:
RED26
Key Area:
Anti-racist Crime Legislation & Implementation
Strand(s):
Racism
24/02/2013 - 17:08
Short Answer

Yes
Qualitative Info

As reported by NGOs and organisation providing support to victims, racially motivated crime is rarely reported to the authorities.

This is no surprise given that it is reported that public officials, police officers, coast guards, are among the most frequently reported alleged perpetrator groups throughout the years 2007-2010. Almost for half of the unofficially reported hate crimes perpetrators are allegedly public officers [1].

Additionally, according to EU MIDIS Roma Greek Roma top the table regarding underreporting and ignorance of the right to appeal to an equality body against discrimination [2].

Source:

  1. Pavlou M & Prearis K, 2010, RAXEN Thematic Study: Racist and related hate crimes in the EU - Greece, ?i=red-network.en.library.195, Accessed on 24.2.2013.
  2. FRA, 2009, EU-MIDIS - Data in Focus Roma, http://fra.europa.eu/fraWebsite/attachments/EU-MIDIS_ROMA_EN.pdf, Accessed o 24.2.2013.

 
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Groups affected/interested Migrants, Refugees, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Linguistic minorities, Majority, Asylum seekers, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender, Persons with disability, Africans/black people, National minorities
Type (R/D) Extremism - organised Racist Violence, Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Anti-semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia, Arabophobia, Anti-roma/zinghanophobia, Religious intolerance, Inter-ethnic, Intra-ethnic, Nationalism, Homophobia, On grounds of disability, On grounds of other belief, Anti-roma/ romaphobia, Xenophobia
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas Anti-discrimination, Anti-racism
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