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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10607

4 May 2012
SECTORAL POLICY / (ae) jha
Council of Europe voices concern at rising racism

Brussels, 03/05/2012 (Agence Europe) - The economic crisis and gloom fuels racism and European governments must remedy this. This was the statement and request made on 3 May by the Council of Europe's European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI). In its annual report, ECRI also speaks of the speeches made after the events of the Arab Spring in 2011, relating to the need to recast the Schengen agreements and the possibility of bringing back internal border controls. Such...