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A BRITISH woman was “still shaking” days after she and her family were harassed and subjected to racist abuse by Greek police officers who mistook them for refugees.
Mina Farrokh (not her real name), who left Iran 30 years ago and now lives in Greece, says she, her husband and their baby son were asked for documents at the port in Lesbos when they passed through last weekend.
Detailing the racist incident in a now deleted Facebook post yesterday, Ms Farrokh said the officers did not believe she was British and told her to “stand with the rest of your people, the refugees.”
The hounding of the late Jason Arday is an all too familiar experience for many black people. ROGER McKENZIE calls for collective action to combat what can feel like personal isolation
Gisele Pelicot said ‘shame must change sides.’ We may think we agree, but, argues LOUISE RAW, society still has some way to go