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Slide 2 Law 3386/2005: Foreigner: a person who does not hold the Greek Nationality or has no nationality. Third Country National: a person who has neither the Greek Nationality nor the Nationality of any EU member state. (according to Article 17, paragraph 1 of EC Treaty) Slide 3 Year1.01.2006 Total Population11.125.179 Greeks10.127.694 Third Country Nationals692.380 EU24 Nationals3.599 Illegal Migrants estimation224.835 Source: Hellenic Migration Policy Institute, Estimate of Illegal immigrant population in Greece, Athens, April 2008 Almost half of Greeces Immigrants live in the Metropolis of Athens Slide 4 Residence Permit Holders in Greece in 2003-2004 Source: Hellenic Migration Policy Institute Slide 5 Geographical proximity with the neighboring countries in the north First entrance to Europe from the East Its located at the South-East corner of Europe Its a peninsula surrounded by the sea, with complex mountainous frontiers in the North, almost impossible to be guarded It has tens of islands extending close to the Turkish coasts Source: IOSIFIDES, T. and KING, R. (1999), Socio-Spatial Dynamics and Exclusion of Three Immigrant Groups in the Athens Conurbation Slide 6 There is a sectoral breakdown of foreign workers: AlbaniansConstruction/ Agriculture Africans and ArabsPetty Trading Eastern European & Balkanian Households AsiansTechnicians Slide 7 Illegality Poverty Discrimination Ghettos Criminality Drug use Health Issues Trafficking for labour and sexual exploitation Prostitution Slide 8 Integration is impeded by discrimination against immigrants in the following fields: Cultural exclusion by non being accepted by the society since the society is afraid of the different, the unknown The society feels threatened from the difference in model of life, history, religious, etc Educational exclusion since the educational system is made by and for the Greeks Labour Market exclusion since the jobs they do are lower paid, illegal and not insured Slide 9 Sexism since migrant women are not only migrants but also women and they are oppressed both by men of the dominant group as also from men of their country Communicative exclusion since their Greek language knowledge is limited Social exclusion that arise feelings like insecurity, isolation, stigmatisation, marginalisation, identity crisis, low self- confidence Slide 10 Actions towards Integration: Social Policy Educational Programs Athens International Radio Slide 11 Social Policy Information and advice City of Athens Shelter For Abused Women Meal provision programme for the homeless Municipal health clinics Events held in cooperation with state and non- governmental organisations, migrant communities and embassies. Source: www.cityofathens.gr Slide 12 Educational Programs Greek-language learning programmes o Adult migrants Basic computer skills programmes o Women (unemployed, single parents, etc) o Long-term unemployed o Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers Source: www.cityofathens.gr Slide 13 Athens International Radio broadcasts 24 hours a day. It has opened a channel of communication, informing and entertaining migrant residents, migrant communities and visitors to the city in their native tongue. broadcasts news in English, French, German, Albanian and Russian broadcast news through collaboration with the BBC, French radio RFI and German radio Deutsche Welle Source: www.cityofathens.gr Slide 14 Any questions.? Slide 15 Thank You!!!