Nikitas Kanakis, president of the Greek section of Doctors of the World. ... more >Recent opinion polls have shown Golden Dawn’s support rising to between 9 and 12 percent.
In late August, the conservative-led coalition government began addressing the issue of illegal immigration by rounding up migrants.
By early November, the government had detained more than 48,480 people, arresting 3,672 of them for being in the country illegally.
Rights groups also warn that what started as xenophobic attacks now is spreading to include anyone who might disagree with the hard-right view.
Greek society must understand that the far-right rise doesn’t just concern migrants, said Dr. Kanakis.
“It has to do with all of us,” he said. “It’s a problem of everyday democracy.”
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