In the school of a mountainous village of Crete, in Patsideros, Heraklion, there are five Albanian and one Greek child. Xenophobia and racism appear inside and outside the school and concern the small village community. The teacher has just returned to his place of origin to offer his services to the school he himself attended. […]
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Lives in suspension: Letters to the world from Ritsona
The author, a girl from Afghanistan who lives in the Ritsona camp, writes about the refugee, living in (another) refugee camp – and even in the time of a pandemic. She gives voice to the migrant, the immigrant, the abused, the oppressed, the imprisoned, the exiled and other heroes, through stories of refugees in the […]
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From Camps to Schools: The Participation of Refugee Children in Greek Public Education
Based on an ethnographic fieldwork in Greece,, this study focuses on the government’s attempt to provide education for children living in Athens’s refugee camps, as well as the actors involved in this effort, interrogating the problematic phenomena and interconnectedness of crisis, hospitality, and solidarity. This article argues that refugee education cannot be understood solely on […]
Inventing “traffickers” – The second whip of Greek immigration policy
The article refers to the way the Greek state uses the term “trafficker” to justify stricter practices and restrictions in the management of migration. It analyses how Greek authorities and international organisations have targeted traffickers, creating an image of an enemy that negatively affects refugees and migrants. The Greek government celebrates its alleged war against […]
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Vasilis Kerasiotis
Vassilis Kerasiotis – Lawyer, Specialist in migration and asylum […]
Biorni Lekka
Biorni Lekka – Born in Albania and lives in Greece […]
Rena Souli
Rena Souli – Born in Albania and now lives in Greece […]