The BBC Panorama program this week has created a lot of controversy as it shows racism and ultra fans in Euro 2012 co-hosts Poland and the Ukraine just days before the tournament is set to kick-off on June 8 under the title “Euro 2012 – Stadiums Of Hate”. With just days to go before the kick-off of the Euro 2012 championships, Panorama reveals shocking new evidence of racist violence and anti-semitism at the heart of Polish and Ukrainian football, and asks whether tournament organisers UEFA should have chosen both nations to host the prestigious event.
Reporter Chris Rogers witnesses a group of Asian fans being attacked on the terraces of a Ukrainian Premier League match and hears anti-Semitic chanting at games in Poland. And with exclusive access to a far right group in Ukraine which recruits and trains football hooligans to attack foreigners, Panorama asks: how safe will travelling football teams and their supporters be at this summer’s European festival of football?
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