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Victimisation in schools (bullying/harassment/racist violence) ?

Code:
RED80
Key Area:
Education
Strand(s):
Discrimination, Equality
22/02/2012 - 14:51
Short Answer

Bullying and harassment are wide-spread phenomena; only partially vistims concern migrants and minorities.

Qualitative Info

Although epidemiological studies in Greece have shown that 1 in 10 school-age children have been exposed systematically to bullying acts (Deligianni-Kouimtzi, 2005, Gender identities, national identities and school violence-investigating the violence and victimization in the school setting. Intermediate report of the Pythagras Program, Period 1/3/2004-31/3/2005), ethnic or religious background does not seem to be a significant factor of victimisation in schools.

Nevertheless, local and national media reported a low number of cases of discrimination and intolerance of Greek pupils’ parents against school children of migrant parents. One case regarded the refusal of Greek parents to accept that an Albanian pupil carried the Greek flag at the school parade in the occasion of the national festivity of March 2009.[1] Another case concerned a violent incident against migrant children in the classroom of the 1st Elementary chool of Agios Stefanos (Attica, wider Athens area). According to the Association of Teachers of Eastern Attica ‘Socrates’ on 6.2.2009 Greek parents have assaulted and beaten migrant children threatining and insulting teachers who tried to intervene defending them. The aggressors returned to the school in the afternoon of the same day accompanied by self-identified police officer demanding from the school director access to personal data of the victims. The teacher’s association filed a lawsuit.[2]

For more, see Pavlou M. - Prearis K. (2010), RAXEN Thematic Study: Racist and related hate crimes in the EU - Greece



[1] Eleftherotipia, Παρέλαση, Λάβαρα και τερτίπια, (11.03.2009), http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=24835 , respentza blogspot (04.03.2009), http://respentza.blogspot.com/2009/03/blog-post_9528.html

[2] Rizospastis, Γονείς ξυλοκόπησαν παιδιά μεταναστών! (11.03.2009), http://www1.rizospastis.gr/story.do?id=4988837&text

 

Groups affected/interested Migrants, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities
Type (R/D) Anti-migrant/xenophobia
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas Education
External Url http://www.i-red.eu/resources/publications-files/raxen-ts-2010_racist-hate-crimes-in-greece.pdf
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