A report by Refugee Support in the Aegean (RSA) on the living conditions in the refugee camps in the hinterland, structures isolated from the local communities and now the only form of reception for asylum seekers in Greece. The findings are captured through interviews with people in camps such as Ritsona, Thebes, Malakasa and Korinthos, […]
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“Solidarity” and “indifference”: the auto-ethnography of a working teacher in refugee camps in Greece
Having worked for almost seven years as an educator for refugee children in various camps in geographically isolated industrial and rural areas of Greece, the author narrates his experience, exploring how this specific ideological and spatial framework shapes the subjectivity and actions of the workers. Using the method of auto-ethnography, he highlights the ways in […]
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 […]
My world is a camp | Rima Hassan |
In her TEDx talk titled “Mon monde est un camp”, Rima Hassan, born in the Neirab refugee camp in Syria, shares her experiences as a Palestinian refugee. Having lived in France since the age of ten, where she studied law and specialized in international law, she highlights the human dimension of refugee camps. Through her […]
Μonologues across the Aegean Sea – The journey and dreams of unaccompanied refugee children.
The content of this book is the result of a series of workshops that took place in accommodation centres for unaccompanied refugee children in the cities of Athens and Patras in Greece, from April to July 2016, in the framework of the action “Monologues across the Aegean Sea”. This action is part of the project […]