Racist violence surges in Greece, report finds

Attacks against migrants, refugees and LGBT people in Greece surged to their highest level in nearly a decade last year, a report by the Athens-based Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN) found on Tuesday.

The network recorded 158 attacks in 2023, up from 74 in 2022. Of those, 89 targeted migrants, refugees or asylum seekers and 61 targeted LGBT people, it said.

Violence was at its highest reported levels since 2015, when Greece was on the frontline of Europe’s migration crisis.