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GREECE: Police crackdown on illegal migration in Athens is ‘abusive’ says report

20 June 2013

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"Police in Athens are conducting abusive stops and searches and have detained tens of thousands of people in a crackdown on illegal immigration, according to a Human Rights Watch report released on Wednesday."

- Full story (Ekathimerini, link)
- Full report: Unwelcome guests: Greek police abuses of migrants in Athens (pdf)

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