‘We’re afraid of terrorism, disease’
A potent mix of fear, ignorance and Islamophobia is fuelling widespread opposition in eastern Europe to taking in refugees. |||
Gabcikovo, Slovakia – A potent mix of fear, ignorance and Islamophobia is fuelling widespread opposition in eastern Europe to taking in refugees despite EU pressure for a new quota system.In Gabcikovo, a village on Slovakia’s southwestern border with Hungary, locals are on edge ahead of the arrival of about 500 migrants. The newcomers are refugees who applied for asylum in neighbouring Austria and who will only be staying temporarily in a bid to ease the …read more
Source: Independent Online
