Racism,
discrimination, intolerance and
extremism: Learning from experiences in
Greece
and Hungary
December
2013
This thematic situation report
examines the effectiveness of responses by public authorities, civil society
organisations and others to counter racism, discrimination, intolerance and
extremism in Greece and Hungary. The report goes on to make proposals for
fighting racist crime, increasing trust in the police, and combating extremism
throughout the EU.
Crimes motivated by racism,
xenophobia and related intolerances, the mainstreaming of elements of extremist
ideology in political and public discourse, and ethnic discrimination all
persist throughout the European Union. Growing alarm has been expressed at the
national, EU and international levels with regard to manifestations of violent
racism and other forms of intolerance especially in two EU Member States:
Greece and Hungary. An additional important concern is the substantial
parliamentary representation of parties that use paramilitary tactics or are closely
associated with paramilitary groups and use extremist rhetoric to target
irregular migrants in Greece, and the Roma and Jews in Hungary.
In this context, FRA took the
initiative to collect data and compile the present thematic situation report.
It examines the effectiveness of responses by public authorities, statutory
human rights bodies, and civil society organisations to racism, discrimination,
intolerance and extremism in these two EU Member States.
Despite the fact that this report
focuses on two countries, the identification of barriers to counter such
phenomena is of relevance to the EU as a whole. The proposals contained in the
report on issues such as tackling racist and related crime, increasing trust in
the police, and countering extremism could therefore be considered for use in
all EU Member States.
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