Greece’s new conservative government is moving away from a once welcoming migration policy. But is increasing animosity to asylum-seekers giving cover to nationalists, like the organizers of a pork-and-alcohol barbecue? To outsiders, Diavata may seem like a sleepy village tucked in the rolling hills and bucolic landscape beyond Thessaloniki, Greece’s second-largest city. But it’s actually a flashpoint of nationalism, packed with far-right groups bent on keeping Greece for Greeks only. And what is wrong in that? And how has that feeling become far-right? A Migrant was shot and killed last month, it made all the papers and Greece was Condemned. But they are under Attack, it’s an Invasion! What are they supposed to do, ask the migrants politely to Go Away?
Migrant Invasion of Europe Part 3
