Since Antiquity, Greece became known as the leader of democracy where government was responsible for putting laws and policies into place to promote fairness and equality. However, with Greece's entry into the European Economic Community in 1981 and with the peak of the economic recession in 2008, Greece has changed. The European borders opened up to allow for easier entrance into Greece and with this increase of immigration, there were fewer jobs for Greek citizens who were not willing to work for lower salaries. Economical hardships among Greek citizens, the government's mishandling and policing of the increased number of migrants entering Greece, extreme right-winged activists who spread and promote racism and xenophobia, as well as the Greek citizens who hate immigrants moving into their neighborhoods and taking over their jobs have influenced racism in Greece towards the immigrant and refugee population. An increase in immigration and illegal refugees entering Greece has caused unrest and economical chaos in the country. Greece's entry into the European Union in 1981, opened the door to immigration. Many analysts believe that over the course of two decades between 1 million and 1.3 million immigrants have arrived in Greece, making up as much as 10 percent of the population(footnote pg.6). According to the 2001 census, sixty percent of the foreign population is comprised from Albania , five percent from Bulgaria and three percent from Romania. (Ibid). Nineteen percent of immigrants in Greece were from other countries outside the fifteen countries in the European Union (Ibid). Central and Eastern European immigrants arrived from Georgia, Russia, Ukraine, Armenia and Moldova after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989. They comprised more than 10 percent of the foreign population (Ibid). Also, there are hundreds of thousands of unauthorized immigrants mainly from Asia, Africa and the Middle East who are unaccounted because they arrived into the country illegally (pg. 1). In 2010, 132,524 illegal immigrants entered Greece which was a sharp increase from 95,239 in 2006 (pg.4). Part of the problem lies in Greece's geography. Its extensive coastlines and unprotected borders make it a common transit country for those seeking asylum from war torn countries such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia (Footnote pg. 4). (Ibid). The main points of entry for illegal immigration to Greece include the Greek-Turkish sea border and the Greek-Turkish land border (Ibid). Once the illegal immigrants make it into Greece, the Greek authorities do not have the jurisdiction under the Dublin II Regulation to send them back to the country they came from until their cases are adjudicated (ibid). This creates a back log of paper work waiting for these cases to be heard. The Greek government was unprepared to receive such