Immigration to Greece, the Glossary
Immigration to Greece percentage of foreign populations in Greece is 7.1% in proportion to the total population of the country.[1]
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Afghans
Afghans (افغانها) also Afghanistanis (افغانستانیها), (افغانان) or Afghan people are nationals or citizens of Afghanistan, or people with ancestry from there.
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African immigration to Europe
African immigrants in Europe are individuals residing in Europe who were born in Africa.
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Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda is a pan-Islamist militant organization led by Sunni Jihadists who self-identify as a vanguard spearheading a global Islamist revolution to unite the Muslim world under a supra-national Islamic caliphate.
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Albania
Albania (Shqipëri or Shqipëria), officially the Republic of Albania (Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeast Europe.
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Albanian mafia
Albanian mafia or Albanian organized crime (Mafia Shqiptare) are the general terms used for criminal organizations based in Albania or composed of ethnic Albanians.
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Albanian nationalism
Albanian nationalism is a general grouping of nationalist ideas and concepts generated by ethnic Albanians that were first formed in the 19th century during the Albanian National Awakening (Rilindja).
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Albanians in Greece
Albanians in Greece (Shqiptarët në Greqi; translit) are people of Albanian ethnicity or ancestry who live in or originate from areas within modern Greece.
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Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece (Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity, that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically related city-states and other territories.
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Athens
Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
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Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.
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Balkans
The Balkans, corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions.
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Bangladesh
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia.
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Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.
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Bulgaria
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located west of the Black Sea and south of the Danube river, Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north. It covers a territory of and is the 16th largest country in Europe.
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Chain migration
Chain migration is the social process by which immigrants from a particular area follow others from that area to a particular destination.
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Consulate
A consulate is the office of a consul.
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Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe.
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Demography
Demography is the statistical study of human populations: their size, composition (e.g., ethnic group, age), and how they change through the interplay of fertility (births), mortality (deaths), and migration.
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Denmark
Denmark (Danmark) is a Nordic country in the south-central portion of Northern Europe.
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Deportation
Deportation is the expulsion of a person or group of people from a territory.
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Dissolution of the Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formally dissolved as a sovereign state and subject of international law on 26 December 1991 by Declaration № 142-Н of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
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Dublin Regulation
The Dublin Regulation (Regulation No. 604/2013; sometimes the Dublin III Regulation; previously the Dublin II Regulation and Dublin Convention) is a Regulation of the European Union that determines which EU member state is responsible for the examination of an application for asylum, submitted by persons seeking international protection under the Geneva Convention and the Qualification Directive, within the European Union.
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Eastern Bloc
The Eastern Bloc, also known as the Communist Bloc (Combloc), the Socialist Bloc, and the Soviet Bloc, was the unofficial coalition of communist states of Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America that were aligned with the Soviet Union and existed during the Cold War (1947–1991).
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Education in Greece
Education in Greece is centralized and governed by the Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs, and Sports (Greek: Υπουργείο Παιδείας, Θρησκευμάτων και Αθλητισμού, Υ.ΠΑΙ.Θ.Α.) at all grade levels in elementary, middle school, and high school.
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Eurobarometer
Eurobarometer is a series of public opinion surveys conducted regularly on behalf of the European Commission and other EU institutions since 1973.
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Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
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European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), also known as the Strasbourg Court, is an international court of the Council of Europe which interprets the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
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European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.
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Eurostat
Eurostat ('European Statistical Office'; DG ESTAT) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission located in the Kirchberg quarter of Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.
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Filipinos
Filipinos (Mga Pilipino) are citizens or people identified with the country of the Philippines.
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Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.
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France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
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Georgia (country)
Georgia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and West Asia.
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Georgian Civil War
The Georgian Civil War lasted from 1991 to 1993 in the South Caucasian country of Georgia.
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Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
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Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.
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Greek Civil War
The Greek Civil War (translit) took place from 1946 to 1949.
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Greek government-debt crisis
Greece faced a sovereign debt crisis in the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2007–2008.
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Greek junta
The Greek junta or Regime of the Colonels was a right-wing military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974.
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Greek language
Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Greek nationalism
Greek nationalism, otherwise referred to as Hellenic nationalism, refers to the nationalism of Greeks and Greek culture.
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Greek Orthodox Church
Greek Orthodox Church (Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία, Ellinorthódoxi Ekklisía) is a term that can refer to any one of three classes of Christian churches, each associated in some way with Greek Christianity, Levantine Arabic-speaking Christians or more broadly the rite used in the Eastern Roman Empire.
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Gross domestic product
Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced and rendered in a specific time period by a country or countries.
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Gulf War
The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States.
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Halabja massacre
The Halabja massacre (کیمیابارانی ھەڵەبجە Kêmyabarana Helebce), also known as the Halabja chemical attack, was a massacre of Kurdish people that took place on 16 March 1988 that was led by Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid, during the Iraqi–Kurdish conflict in the closing days of the Iran–Iraq War in Halabja, Iraq.
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Hellenization
Hellenization (also spelled Hellenisation) or Hellenism is the adoption of Greek culture, religion, language, and identity by non-Greeks.
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Human trafficking
Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation.
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Human trafficking in Greece
Greece is a transit, source and destination country for women and children who are subjected to human trafficking, specifically forced prostitution and conditions of forced labor for men, women, and children.
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Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe.
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Illegal immigration
Illegal immigration is the migration of people into a country in violation of that country's immigration laws, or the continuous residence in a country without the legal right to.
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Immigration Policy 2.0
Immigration Policy 2.0 is a European Union project that aims to facilitate the participation and involvement of immigrant citizens in immigration policies framed in the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Program (CIP) The EU government organizations are developing new ways to be more effective in the control of 27 member countries migration flows.
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Immigration reform
Immigration reform is change to the current immigration policy of a country.
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Immigration to Europe
Immigration to Europe has a long history, but increased substantially after World War II.
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Informal economy
An informal economy (informal sector or grey economy) is the part of any economy that is neither taxed nor monitored by any form of government.
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Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
The Iraqi–Kurdish conflict consists of a series of wars, rebellions and disputes between the Kurds and the central authority of Iraq starting in the 20th century shortly after the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I. Some put the marking point of the conflict beginning to the attempt by Mahmud Barzanji to establish an independent Kingdom of Kurdistan, while others relate to the conflict as only the post-1961 insurrection by the Barzanis.
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Iraqis
Iraqis (العراقيون) are people who originate from the country of Iraq.
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Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.
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John Winterdyk
John Winterdyk (born 1954) is a Canadian criminology professor at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta.
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Kathimerini
Kathimerini (Greek: Η Καθημερινή) is a daily, political and financial morning newspaper published in Piraeus, Athens.
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Kosovo War
The Kosovo War (Lufta e Kosovës; Kosovski rat) was an armed conflict in Kosovo that lasted from 28 February 1998 until 11 June 1999.
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Kurds
Kurds or Kurdish people (rtl, Kurd) are an Iranic ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northern Syria.
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List of countries by total fertility rate
This is a list of all sovereign states and dependencies by total fertility rate (TFR): the expected number of children born per woman in her child-bearing years.
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List of islands of Greece
Greece has many islands, with estimates ranging from somewhere around 1,200 to 6,000, depending on the minimum size to take into account.
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List of Nansen Refugee Award recipients
The Nansen Refugee Award is a medal issued annually by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to an individual, group, or organization in recognition of outstanding service to the cause of refugees, displaced, or stateless people.
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List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Europe
The list below includes all entities falling even partially under any of the various common definitions of Europe, geographical or political.
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List of sovereign states by immigrant and emigrant population
These are lists of countries by foreign-born population (immigrants) and lists of countries by number native-born persons living in a foreign country (emigrants).
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Macedonia naming dispute
The use of the country name "Macedonia" was disputed between Greece and the Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia) between 1991 and 2019.
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Ministry of Citizen Protection (Greece)
The Ministry of Citizen Protection (Υπουργείο Προστασίας τουΠολίτη) is the government department responsible for Greece's public security services, i.e.
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Minorities in Greece
Minorities in Greece are small in size compared to Balkan regional standards, and the country is largely ethnically homogeneous.
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Muslims
Muslims (God) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition.
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Netherlands
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
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North America
North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.
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North Macedonia
North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe.
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NPR
National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.
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Occupational segregation
Occupational segregation is the distribution of workers across and within occupations, based upon demographic characteristics, most often gender.
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Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.
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People smuggling
People smuggling (also called human smuggling), under U.S. law, is "the facilitation, transportation, attempted transportation or illegal entry of a person or persons across an international border, in violation of one or more countries' laws, either clandestinely or through deception, such as the use of fraudulent documents".
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Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.
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Politics of Greece
Greece is a parliamentary representative democratic republic, where the President of Greece is the head of state and the Prime Minister of Greece is the head of government within a multi-party system.
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Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.
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Republic of Ireland
Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland.
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Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe.
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Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.
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Schengen Area
The Schengen Area is an area encompassing European countries that have officially abolished border controls at their mutual borders.
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Sex industry
The sex industry (also called the sex trade) consists of businesses that either directly or indirectly provide sex-related products and services or adult entertainment.
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Sex worker
A sex worker is a person who provides sex work, either on a regular or occasional basis.
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Slovakia
Slovakia (Slovensko), officially the Slovak Republic (Slovenská republika), is a landlocked country in Central Europe.
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South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Spain
Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.
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Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.
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Syrian civil war
The Syrian civil war is an ongoing multi-sided conflict in Syria involving various state-sponsored and non-state actors.
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Syrians
Syrians (سوريون) are the majority inhabitants of Syria, indigenous to the Levant, who have Arabic, especially its Levantine dialect, as a mother tongue.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (Θεσσαλονίκη), also known as Thessalonica, Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece, with slightly over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of Macedonia, the administrative region of Central Macedonia and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace.
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Third Economic Adjustment Programme for Greece
The Third Economic Adjustment Programme for Greece, usually referred to as the third bailout package or the third memorandum, is a memorandum of understanding on financial assistance to the Hellenic Republic in order to cope with the Greek government-debt crisis.
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Third World
The term "Third World" arose during the Cold War to define countries that remained non-aligned with either NATO or the Warsaw Pact.
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Time (magazine)
Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.
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Tourism in Greece
Tourism in Greece has been a key element of the economic activity in the country, and is one of the country's most important sectors.
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Travel visa
A visa (lat. 'something seen', pl. visas) is a conditional authorization granted by a polity to a foreigner that allows them to enter, remain within, or leave its territory.
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Turgut Özal
Halil Turgut Özal (13 October 192717 April 1993) was a prominent Turkish politician, bureaucrat, engineer and statesman who served as the 8th President of Turkey from 1989 to 1993.
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Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.
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Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a United Nations agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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Women migrant workers from developing countries
Women migrant workers from developing countries engage in paid employment in countries where they are not citizens.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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Yugoslav Wars
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of separate but relatedNaimark (2003), p. xvii.
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2012 Paros beating and rape
The 2012 Paros beating and rape of a teenage girl on the island of Paros, Greece by Ahmed Waqas (alternate names reported including Ahmet Vaka, Ahmet Bakas, and Ahmet Vakash) The case attracted widespread attention due to the fact the victim, who was usually referred to in the Greek press solely by her first name "Myrto" (Μυρτώ), suffered substantial injuries resulting in permanent disability.
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2015 European migrant crisis
During 2015, there was a period of significantly increased movement of refugees and migrants into Europe.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Greece
Also known as Asylum in Greece, History of immigration to Greece, Illegal immigrants in Greece, Illegal immigration in Greece, Illegal immigration to Greece, Immigrants in Greece, Immigration history of Greece, Immigration policy of Greece, Public opinion in immigration in Greece, Public opinion on immigration in Greece, Refugees in Greece, Undocumented immigrants in Greece.
, Illegal immigration, Immigration Policy 2.0, Immigration reform, Immigration to Europe, Informal economy, Iraqi–Kurdish conflict, Iraqis, Italy, John Winterdyk, Kathimerini, Kosovo War, Kurds, List of countries by total fertility rate, List of islands of Greece, List of Nansen Refugee Award recipients, List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Europe, List of sovereign states by immigrant and emigrant population, Macedonia naming dispute, Ministry of Citizen Protection (Greece), Minorities in Greece, Muslims, Netherlands, North America, North Macedonia, NPR, Occupational segregation, Pakistan, People smuggling, Poland, Politics of Greece, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, Schengen Area, Sex industry, Sex worker, Slovakia, South America, Spain, Sweden, Syrian civil war, Syrians, The Guardian, The New York Times, Thessaloniki, Third Economic Adjustment Programme for Greece, Third World, Time (magazine), Tourism in Greece, Travel visa, Turgut Özal, Turkey, Ukraine, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, United States, Women migrant workers from developing countries, World War II, Yugoslav Wars, 2012 Paros beating and rape, 2015 European migrant crisis.