Stevens, Dallal (2018) Greece as 'transit country' : the role of law and policy. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Greece is widely known as a “transit country”. It provides a particularly interesting case study with its eventful past and changing status for migrants and refugees. It has been both a source of large-scale emigration in the past and a destination country for immigrants in the 1980s and 1990s from Africa and Central and Eastern European states. More recently, in the 2000s, increasing numbers of Afghans reaching Greece, together with changes to Spanish and Italian migration policies and their implementation of agreements with African countries, have resulted in an adjustment to irregular migration routes towards Greece by both economic migrants and asylum seekers. Many new arrivals moved through Greece to other countries of Europe, but many have remained. After 2014, when thousands of people fleeing the consequences of war and conflict crossed the Eastern Mediterranean, it became evident that few intended to stay in Greece. This article explores the role of law and policy in creating a transit environment in Greece and, using case studies, discusses two different forms of transit migration, which have been termed “interrupted” and “uninterrupted” transit. It concludes with an analysis of the transformation of Greece from a country of transit to one of “warehousing” and “containment”.

Item Type:	Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration K Law [Moys] > KC International Law K Law [Moys] > KV Europe
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Immigrants -- Greece, Greece -- Emigration and immigration, Refugees -- Government policy -- Greece, Refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Greece, Emigration and immigration law -- Greece, Asylum, Right of -- Government policy -- Greece
Publisher:	University of Warwick
Place of Publication:	Coventry
Official Date:	30 October 2018
Dates:	Date Event 30 October 2018 Available
Institution:	University of Warwick
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Unpublished
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit:	8 November 2018

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