Council of Europe’s Anti-Racism Commission publishes new report on Estonia

I made a search of these news through google and it looks like no major media, in Europe at least, felt it was worthy enough to report. So here it is...

The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) today published a new report on Estonia, examining racism, xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance in this country. ECRI’s Chair, Nils Muiznieks acknowledged that there had been improvements, but also expressed concern about the large number of stateless persons, the limited contact between Russian speakers and Estonians, high unemployment among minority groups and discrimination against Roma.

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The Estonian Integration Strategy 2008-2013 contains a number of valuable goals to address issues of concern to Russian-speaking minorities and stateless persons. These include providing Estonian language lessons, combating inequalities between Russians and Estonians in the employment sector, reducing the number of stateless persons as well as preserving the culture and identity of ethnic minorities.

Read the rest of the press release on COE website. The report is also available there.

Hat tip goes out to Barack Obmana's blog.