Migration

From Fortress Europe to Border-Filter: Vulnerability, Biopolitics, and the Management of Migration in Greece and the European Union after 2015

Following increased migration flows in 2015, the European Commission (EC) and the Greek government implemented new strategies and legislation to regulate mobility in the EU area. The impact of one of these strategies is especially important. The EC “European Agenda on Migration” was implemented by Greek Asylum Law 4375/2016 and followed up with subsequent legislation….

Civil Society in 21st Century Greece: Locating Challenges, Charting Opportunities, Assessing Developments

Civil society is commonly connected to the so-called “ third sector”, which is supposed to be differentiated from the state and the private, profit-oriented domain/market and is mainly associated with the existence and activities of various professional, welfare and religious non-profit organisations >>> Makrides, V. N. Contested Civic Spaces: A European Perspective, 22, 161 (2023)…

Tourism Destination Crisis Management: The case study of Lesvos island, Greece

Tourism industry, one of the most dynamic industries worldwide is also one of the most vulnerable to crisis and disaster. This is mainly due to the fact that tourism is closely related and influenced by many external factors such as exchange rates, the political and economic environment, climate, and weather conditions. Tourism success is directly…

From hardship to hope: A survivor’s harrowing journey to Europe

From hardship to hope: A survivor’s harrowing journey to Europe

When Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team member Ismail had to leave his home country, Eritrea, he faced a dangerous journey to reach safety, crossing multiple countries and the Mediterranean Sea. In the months that followed, he faced detention, sickness, violence, and kidnapping, and saw many people who did not make it. Now he…

For we were strangers ….

Paul Apostolidis, with roots from Lesvos, in his article in the New Lines Magazine describes how his recent ancestors arrived in America and draws parallels with the struggles of the so-called irregular immigrants and attitudes towards them. He also discusses the differences and how skin colour has facilitated the assimilation of Greek immigrants in contrast…