Turkophagos
01-25-2011, 06:43 PM
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About 250 immigrants who had arrived from Crete came into the Law Faculty in Athens and went on hunger strike, requesting documents to be given to all illegal immigrants in the country. "These unfortunate people have not gone there by accident - they have been targeted and taken there. It is disgraceful how political parties use human pain in a challenging manner to serve their partisan goals," said the Minister of Education Anna Diamandopoulou.
Immigrants come mostly from countries in North Africa but they have been working on the island of Crete for years. They had arrived in Athens on Sunday night and then were taken by human rights activists to the Faculty of Law in Athens, reported Kathimerini newspaper. They announced that they go on a hunger strike today and will drink only water and sugar until their requests to obtain documents to stay and work in the country are fulfilled. Supported by leftist parties and anti-racist organizations, the immigrants will jeopardize their lives to compel the government to "provide documents" to all illegal immigrants in the country. 50 more immigrants from Thessaloniki joined them and started a hunger strike on the seventh floor in the headquarters of the Workers Center in the second largest city in Greece.
"Laws must be applied by all government bodies so that to end this unacceptable situation," said the Minister of Education Anna Diamandopoulou. "Turning the Faculty of Law into a migrant camp goes beyond all bounds," added Diamandopoulou. The Dean of the Faculty of Law said for his part that the building has been freshly renovated but has no finished plumbing and electricity installations. He said for Sky radio they were not permitted to enter it but in Greece "all people do what they want to do without asking permission from anyone." The Minister of Citizen Protection said he had no reason to stop immigrants to enter the Faculty of Law because this means that all citizens walking down the streets should not be allowed to enter it. The university in Greece has the status of "asylum" which forbids the police to enter inside.
http://www.grreporter.info/en/illegal_immigrants_occupied_athens_law_school/3976
About 250 immigrants who had arrived from Crete came into the Law Faculty in Athens and went on hunger strike, requesting documents to be given to all illegal immigrants in the country. "These unfortunate people have not gone there by accident - they have been targeted and taken there. It is disgraceful how political parties use human pain in a challenging manner to serve their partisan goals," said the Minister of Education Anna Diamandopoulou.
Immigrants come mostly from countries in North Africa but they have been working on the island of Crete for years. They had arrived in Athens on Sunday night and then were taken by human rights activists to the Faculty of Law in Athens, reported Kathimerini newspaper. They announced that they go on a hunger strike today and will drink only water and sugar until their requests to obtain documents to stay and work in the country are fulfilled. Supported by leftist parties and anti-racist organizations, the immigrants will jeopardize their lives to compel the government to "provide documents" to all illegal immigrants in the country. 50 more immigrants from Thessaloniki joined them and started a hunger strike on the seventh floor in the headquarters of the Workers Center in the second largest city in Greece.
"Laws must be applied by all government bodies so that to end this unacceptable situation," said the Minister of Education Anna Diamandopoulou. "Turning the Faculty of Law into a migrant camp goes beyond all bounds," added Diamandopoulou. The Dean of the Faculty of Law said for his part that the building has been freshly renovated but has no finished plumbing and electricity installations. He said for Sky radio they were not permitted to enter it but in Greece "all people do what they want to do without asking permission from anyone." The Minister of Citizen Protection said he had no reason to stop immigrants to enter the Faculty of Law because this means that all citizens walking down the streets should not be allowed to enter it. The university in Greece has the status of "asylum" which forbids the police to enter inside.
http://www.grreporter.info/en/illegal_immigrants_occupied_athens_law_school/3976