Greece - 2012
Is there evidence that migrant/minority groups face especially serious problems in accessing housing of an acceptable quality?
- Code:
- RED70
- Key Area:
- Housing & Segregation
- Strand(s):
- Discrimination
| Short Answer |
Yes. |
| Qualitative Info |
Regarding the Roma housing issue, the ECRI in its fourth report on Greece noted that ‘the living conditions of some Roma continue to fall unacceptably below international standards’, while ‘some Roma settlements are in complete isolation from the rest of the population, without running water or electricity and without a sewage system or access to public transport’. As ECRI emphasizes ‘Roma living in those settlements also face at best indifference and at worst hostility (as noted in Aspropyrgos) on the part of some local authorities and non-Roma’. Many migrants also live in deplorable conditions, especially in the centre of Athens in certain areas, such as around Omonia square, Metaxourghio and Aghios Panteleimonas. |
| Data | |
| Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Roma & Travelers, Asylum seekers |
| Type (R/D) | Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Anti-roma/ romaphobia |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Housing |
| External Url | http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/ecri/Country-by-country/Greece/GRC-CbC-IV-2009-031-ENG.pdf |
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