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From Beatings to Tweets, Racism on the Rise in Greece The population of Greece is 11 million. Of this 11 million, 1 million are immigrants, many of which are illegal. There has been a recent uprising of violent attacks of racism due to the increasing number of immigrants in Greece. A party known as the “Golden Dawn” has been behind many of these attacks. They were also said to be behind a tweet prejudicially referring to the African immigrants of Greece. Forwarding this tweet, triple jumper Paraskevi Papachristou was kicked off Greece’s Olympic team a little before the London Olympic Games. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras considers immigrants a “disease” and wants to remove all immigrants that do not belong in the country. Javied Aslam, one of the many assaulted immigrants in Greece said “These are fascist gangs and someone has to stop them.” If these issues do not stop, these ‘fascist gangs’ are going to take over Greece and rule and bring even more misery to the immigrants of Greece. Racism is a problem worldwide, in some places more than others. In Greece, racism has been increasing due to the number of immigrants there are. The number of illegal immigrants needs to be decreased in Greece, but at the same time the number of violent attacks made towards these immigrants needs to be diminished completely. The Golden Dawn is a political party that’s actions need to be stopped. Along with assaulting many immigrants, the Golden Dawn won 18 seats in parliament on a platform to remove immigrants in Greece. Groups such as the Athens-Based Campaign Against Racism and the Human Rights Watch have been trying to stop the brutal attacks amongst the people of Greece. If the rate of immigrants decreases along with ending attacks against them, Greece will be a better place. Not only has racism greatly affected Greece over the years, but the United States has been affected by racism throughout history. Although the problem is not what