Netherlands Institute at Athens

In the last decade, the flows of refugees have been intensified as a result of the wider
political changes in the middle East, Asia and Africa while Europe is facing one of the
most challenging periods of its contemporary history. Wars and political changes in the
region have resulted in various humanitarian crises and populations affected by large
scale changes are being forced to leave their homes in order to survive. As the idea of
fortress Europe is becoming reinforced, “the entry points” in Greece have to share
disproportionally with all other Europeans the management and social policy of the
new flows. What are the foundational blocks of EU migration policy and how the
Eastern Mediterranean is affected by them? What is the future of migration and how
populations on the move adjust to the social, cultural and economic circumstances
they encounter? What can we learn from Athens, a city that has been receiving large
populations on the move?

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