Posts tagged University of the Aegean
Integration Policies,Trends, Problems and Challenges: An Integrated Report of 9 Country Cases

Soner Barthoma, Önver Cetrez | Uppsala University - N. Ela Gökalp Aras, Zeynep Şahin Mencütek | Swedish research Institute Istanbul - Naures Atto | University of Cambridge

This report provides a snapshot for some of the primary findings, trends and challenges with regard to immigrant integration that have been studied in nine country cases, based on research conducted within the framework…

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Conflicting Conceptualisations of Europeanisation: GREECE Country Report

Evangelia Papatzani, Nadina Leivaditi, Aggelos Ilias, Electra Petracou | University of the Aegean

This report is part of the sixth work package of RESPOND (“Multilevel governance of mass migration in Europe and beyond”) and focuses on the question of Europeanisation. The main goal of this report is to examine how conflicting elite discourses of Europeanisation have emerged in the context of increasing migration in the period 2011-2019 in Greece.

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Refugee Protection Regimes: Comparative Report

Ela Gökalp Aras, Zeynep Şahin Mencütek - Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul | Evangelia Papatzani, Nadina Leivaditi, Electra Petracou - University of the Aegean

This comparative report is based on the RESPOND country reports [deliverable D3.1] that discusses the developments regarding legislation, policy measures and practices on refugee protection, but most importantly the implementation aspect in ten countries covered by the project (Austria, Germany, Greece, Iraq, Italy, Lebanon, Poland, Sweden, Turkey and the United Kingdom) for the 2011-2019 period. This report aims to provide a comparative analysis of refugee protection, emphasising the implementation aspect as drawn from the experiences and perceptions of meso and micro level actors. In doing so, the report offers analytical insights for evaluating the implications of the dynamics of refugee protection, which has undergone many changes since 2011.

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Integration Policies, Practices & Experiences: GREECE Country Report

Nadina Leivaditi, Evangelia Papatzani, Aggelos Ilias, Electra Petracou | University of the Aegean

This report is part of the fifth Work Package of RESPOND and deals with issues related to refugee integration, aiming to present and discuss legislative measures and policies, the integration practices followed by state and non-state actors and the experiences of asylum seekers and refugees with regards to integration in Greece in the period 2011-2019. The report draws from the EU principles and key policy priorities on integration as they are shaped through…

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Reception Policies, Practices & Responses: GREECE Country Report

Evangelia Papatzani, Nadina Leivaditi, Aggelos Ilias, Electra Petracou | University of the Aegean

This report is part of the fourth Work Package of RESPOND (WP4) and deals with the issues of refugee reception. The main goal of the report is to present and discuss the legislative measures and policies, the reception practices followed by state and non-state agencies and the experiences of asylum-seekers with regards to reception in Greece. The report focuses on refugee reception policies in the period 2011-2018 and on reception practices since 2015.

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Refugee Protection Regimes: GREECE Country Report

Nadina Leivaditi, Evangelia Papatzani, Aggelos Ilias, Electra Petracou | University of the Aegean

The main goal of this report is to present and discuss both the legal framework and the implementation of refugee protection and asylum procedures in Greece in a timeframe from 2011 to 2018, focusing on the example of the island of Lesvos. It draws from empirical research evidence on existing practices and responses at the grassroots level and reflects on the experiences, perceptions and actions of actors and refugees by highlighting the main problems and difficulties in the implementation of international protection policies.

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Border Management and Migration Controls in GREECE Report

Aggelos Ilias - Nadina Leivaditi - Evangelia Papatzani - Electra Petracou | University of the Aegean

This report presents and analyses the legal system, policies and practices regarding border management and migration control in Greece as a EU and Schengen member state. Since 2011, border management and migration control have significantly expanded in the country. A significant number of events and transformations formed the context of the period in question (2011-2018) such as:

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