Dealing with a Humanitarian Crisis: Refugees on the Eastern EU Border of the Island of Lesvos

Afouxenidis, Alex; Petrou, Michalis; Kandylis, George; Tramountanis, Angelo; Giannaki, Dora

doi:10.1080/19361610.2017.1228023

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“…However, this transformation of the refugee into a risk and danger would not have been sufficient if without the investment of state sovereignty in border controls including 77 (Ansems de Vries et al 2016). 78 (Afouxenidis et al 2017). 79 (Bhatia 2018).…”

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International Law and European Migration Policy: Where Is the Terrorism Risk?

Bigo

Guild

2019

Laws

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This article examines how international law in form of treaties deals with the intersection of the three concepts. Our hypothesis is that international law, in the form of treaties, has been reluctant to engage with national security when dealing with migration, leaving this to national law. Instead, the intersection of national security—most commonly in the form of concerns about terrorism and migration—takes place in political discourse, which acts as a passerelle for various types of state violence against people classified or suspected of being migrants. We examine this mechanism that we call an insecurity continuum driven by the politics of fear in a European context. This is a politics that takes place outside of international law but has the effect of limiting access by individuals to international law protections, particularly in the case of people who claim international protection against persecution or torture.

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Section: Justifying the Unjustifiable?mentioning

confidence: 99%

International Law and European Migration Policy: Where Is the Terrorism Risk?

Bigo

Guild

2019

Laws

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“…According to Afouxenidis et al. (: 33) “the strategy of ‘securitization’ seems to produce top‐down offensive sorts of imageries and vocabularies which run opposite to the overall sympathetic nature provided by ordinary citizens, civil society organizations, and individual volunteers. Despite the fact that a language of protection was used by the EU and a few member countries, the strategies and mechanisms utilized were/are still informed by ideologies of fear as well as color and difference”.…”

Section: The Confusion: People's Safety or Border Security?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…On the other hand, Greek reception policies are often keen on making harder the life of those who intend to arrive and of those who have already arrived in Greece: detention is a collateral aim or a tool for the “irregularization” of refugees. “Crucially enough, the adoption of a detention strategy is reminiscent of the fact that closed facilities existed long before the recent ‘crisis’ and despite the relative reduction of the number of the detainees in early 2015, detention centers for ‘irregular’ migrants never ceased to exist” (Afouxenidis et al., : 33).…”

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Refugees in Greece: Facing a Multifaceted Labyrinth

Tsitselikis

2018

International Migration

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The years after 2015 were remarkable for the reception and accommodation schemes of refugees fleeing Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. The EU‐Turkey common statement of March 2016 and, most of all, the sealing of the Balkan corridor, blocked the flow of refugees towards central Europe through Greece, testing the readiness of the Greek authorities to take action to meet a series of urgent needs (accommodation, nutrition, asylum procedures, health) and social integration processes (education, training, access to labour). Approximately 45,000 refugees are settled in refugee camps or urban settlements all over the country. Those entrapped in the Eastern Aegean islands should be returned to Turkey, which is considered a “safe third country”. The purpose of this article is to shed light on a phenomenon that is ongoing and challenges a series of policies and legal principles both in Greece and the EU.

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“…The Syrian Civil war forced millions of people to seek asylum in neighboring and European countries. Thousands of them headed for the West and North European countries, especially Germany and Sweden, expecting to find there valuable support, protection, and a better future (Afouxenidis et al 2017). However, in 2015, a massive movement of refugees (initially mainly Syrian) was observed from the Eastern Mediterranean route along the Western Balkan route (Figure 1) (Streitwieser et al 2017).…”

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“…It is worth mentioning that in In 2015, the Greek government was unprepared to face the refugee influx in terms of both procedures and infrastructures. However, services were soon organized and coordinated by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and/or public authorities in order to cover basic needs such as provision of food, health, settlement in camps and private houses, and assistance with asylum applications (Afouxenidis et al 2017). Various refugee camps were set up on mainland Greece and on some Aegean Sea islands.…”

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A Descriptive Study of the Schooling and Higher Education Reforms in Response to the Refugees’ Influx into Greece

Tzoraki

2019

Social Sciences

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Since 2015, a large number of migrants (refugees and asylum seekers) from the Middle East, Asia, and Africa have arrived in Greece and continued their onward journey to western European countries where they settled. As various European Union (EU) countries have later blocked the flow of migrants from Greece to their final destination, thousands of them have been trapped in Greece, confined in overcrowded, temporary camps (known as “hot spots”) and awaiting the processing of their asylum application. The current article examines the response of the Greek educational institutes (primary, secondary and tertiary levels) to the recent migrant influx, with ultimate goals to integrate, educate, and assist them. The number of refugees and asylum seekers living in Greece is estimated to be 58,000 (2018 data) with 22,500 children among them. Their schooling inclusion follows the plan 111, “Refugee Education Host Structures (REHSs)”, as initiated by the Greek Ministry of Education in 2017. Students’ leakage range is still high (10–40% at elementary school and 45–56% at high School). The disruption in their life results in the lack of regular attendance. Greek universities responded to the challenge of the refugee influx, especially the University of the Aegean (UAeg), which is located on the eastern Mediterranean migration route. The UAeg’s response plan focuses on four areas: (a) to provide education to refugees; (b) to conduct research on the refugee phenomenon and migration processes; (c) to increase local citizens’ awareness and improve social inclusion toward the migrants; and (d) to develop technologies to improve daily life in the refugee camps. These actions are significant toward the social inclusion and cohesion of refugees and the further improvement of their daily life.

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Dealing with a Humanitarian Crisis: Refugees on the Eastern EU Border of the Island of Lesvos

Cited by 35 publications

References 15 publications

International Law and European Migration Policy: Where Is the Terrorism Risk?

International Law and European Migration Policy: Where Is the Terrorism Risk?

Refugees in Greece: Facing a Multifaceted Labyrinth

A Descriptive Study of the Schooling and Higher Education Reforms in Response to the Refugees’ Influx into Greece

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