Immigration control pathways: organisational culture and work values of Greek welfare officers

Psimmenos, Iordanis; Kassimati, Koula

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“…One can assume that the revised legal framework is also influenced by the current EU agenda, although from a more realistic perspective aiming at 'immigration management' and combining tight controls with integration measures. It has been argued that Greece's new ways of applying immigration control reflect broader trends of globalisation and restructuring (see Psimmenos & Kasimati 2003).…”

Section: Migration and Globalisation: Greece Southern Europe And Beyondmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Based on recent research, Psimmenos & Kasimati (2003) argue that as the legal framework develops, immigration control becomes largely the responsibility of individual public servants, who in most cases consider Greece as a culturally homogeneous country and migrants as 'foreign elements' that have to be 'assimilated' otherwise they constitute a 'danger'. Another recent survey recorded widespread xenophobic attitudes among public servants: further restrictions on the entry, residence and work of immigrants in Greece was supported by 90, 61 and 40 per cent respectively; 76 per cent think there are 'too many' immigrants, about 28 per cent consider them 'a threat to their personal security'…”

Section: Immigrants and The State: A Problematic And Controversial Rementioning

confidence: 99%

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Globalisation, Migration and Socio-Economic Change in Contemporary Greece : Processes of Social Incorporation of Balkan Immigrants in Thessaloniki

Hatziprokopiou¹

2006

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IMISCOE is a European Commission-funded Network of Excellence of more than 350 scientists from various research institutes that specialise in migration and integration issues in Europe. These researchers, who come from all branches of the economic and social sciences, the humanities and law, implement an integrated, multidisciplinary and internationally comparative research program that focuses on Europe's migration and integration challenges.Within the program, existing research is integrated and new research lines are developed that involve issues crucial to European-level policy-making and provide a theory-based design to implement new research.The publication program of IMISCOE is based on five distinct publication profiles, designed to make its research and results available to scientists, policymakers and the public at large. High-quality manuscripts written by IMISCOE members, or in cooperation with IMISCOE All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this book may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the written permission of both the copyright owner and the author of the book. Summary of thesisThe study examines issues surrounding the social incorporation of immigrants in Greece, focusing on a particular city, Thessaloniki, and on two migrant groups, Albanians and Bulgarians. The research is set within the debates about migration and globalisation, and more specifically within the regional context of Balkan transnational migration. The thesis is the outcome of fieldwork research that involved structured questionnaires, in-depth interviews, background sources and systematic observation. It addresses the factors shaping immigrants' lives through combined methodologies and an interdisciplinary approach that goes beyond oversimplifying accounts of exclusion-inclusion; rather, these are seen as dynamic processes connected to the wider social reality. The concept of incorporation is employed in order to analyse both the ways by which migrants organise their lives in the host society and the structural, institutional and cultural contexts that condition them. The analytical framework distinguishes between several interrelated modes of incorporation: social/political responses; labourmarket integration; living conditions and social space; coping strategies and community formation. A number of additional factors are also considered: the composition of the migrant populations; migratory patterns and dynamics; the role of social networks; issues of access; and questions of identity. The findings provide an empirical account of the immigrants' characteristics, uncovering a high degree of heterogeneity that unavoidably determines incorporation patterns. 'Immigrants' become a social category constructed on the basis of the exclusionary mechanisms: the restrictive immigration policy, the spread of xenophobic attitudes, and the par...

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Section: Migration and Globalisation: Greece Southern Europe And Beyondmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Immigrants and The State: A Problematic And Controversial Rementioning

confidence: 99%

Globalisation, Migration and Socio-Economic Change in Contemporary Greece : Processes of Social Incorporation of Balkan Immigrants in Thessaloniki

Hatziprokopiou¹

2006

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“…Recent work on the topic of migration in relation to Greece has focused on the new immigrants that have arrived in the country in the last 10Á 20 years (Fakiolas, 2003;Hatziprokopiou, 2003;Psimenos & Kassimati, 2003). This reflects the fact that Greece has been recently transformed from a country of emigration to a country of massive immigration, especially from Eastern Europe, South Asia and North Africa.…”

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Living and Caring Between Two Cultures

Evergeti¹

2006

Community, Work & Family

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The ethnic minority home has often been described as the starting point where the ethnic language, the cultural values and norms are initially passed on through the family hierarchy, gender relations and kinship networks. Indeed, many studies refer to the traditional family unit as the basic unit of support for Greek Diaspora communities around the world. The home has often been seen as the women's domain, with gender relations playing an important role in reproducing social capital, reinforcing the cultural norms of the historic 'homeland' and negotiating the provision of care. The aim of this paper is to provide a preliminary exploration of these issues in relation to Greek communities in Britain and their transnational family networks with particular emphasis on a GreekBritish family. Furthermore, I will examine the meanings attached to the notion of 'home' in a transnational context and the management and reproduction of ethnic identities between home and host constructions. Narrative life-story data of one female participant will form the empirical basis of this discussion.Le foyer de l'immigré a souvent été décrit comme le point de départ de transmission de la langue, des valeurs et des normes culturelles de sa minorité ethnique dès lors liée a`la hiérarchie familiale, aux roˆles féminins et masculins et aux réseaux de parenté. Beaucoup d'études font référence au noyau familial traditionnel en tant que référence première pour la Diaspora a`travers le monde. Le foyer est souvent vu comme le domaine d'action de la femme, les rapports homme/femme jouant un roˆle important dans la reproduction du capital social. Tous ces éléments renforcent les normes culturelles de la 'patrie' d'origine et fournissent l'essentiel des ressources affectives. Le projet de cet article est de donner une première approche de la question fondée sur l'approche des communautés grecques au Royaume Uni et celle de leurs réseaux familiaux transnationaux, le cas d'une famille ayant été plus particulièrement approfondie. L'article examine le sens attaché a`la référence au 'chez soi' dans un contexte transnational ainsi que la manière de gérer l'identité ethnique et de la reproduire entre construction du pays de départ et du pays d'accueil.

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“…7 This is not the case in the United Kingdom, where a lack of reflexive observation has been pointed out (Hatton 2004) despite the significant participation by researchers as actors in British policy making and implementation. 8 The only exception is the study carried out by Psimmenos & Kassimati (2003) on the implementation of the first regularisation law in Athens (see section 2.2). However, this study adopts a clear top-down approach, looking at how street-level bureaucrats conform to -or depart from -national directives.…”

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“…This is the approach adopted by a number of studies carried out in France (Spire 2003), Germany (Cyrus & Vogel 2003), Greece (Psimmenos & Kassimati 2003), Italy (Triandafyllidou 2003) and the United Kingdom (Düvell & Jordan 2003). These last four 23 were aimed at determining if street-level bureaucrats' behaviour and policy frames were influenced by the late-1990s EU-level institu-tions' more positive view of the economic advantages of immigration.…”

Section: The Local Level: Implementation Processes and Policy Networkmentioning

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The Dynamics of International Migration and Settlement in Europe : A State of the Art

Penninx¹,

Berger²,

Kraal³

2006

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Immigration control pathways: organisational culture and work values of Greek welfare officers

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Globalisation, Migration and Socio-Economic Change in Contemporary Greece : Processes of Social Incorporation of Balkan Immigrants in Thessaloniki

Globalisation, Migration and Socio-Economic Change in Contemporary Greece : Processes of Social Incorporation of Balkan Immigrants in Thessaloniki

Living and Caring Between Two Cultures

The Dynamics of International Migration and Settlement in Europe : A State of the Art

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