https://toarcheio.org To Archeio project site Mon, 20 Apr 2020 12:32:38 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.1 https://toarcheio.org/items/the-rise-of-a-hesitant-eu-host-examining-the-greek-migrant-integration-policy-and-its-transformation-during-the-crisis/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:50 +0000 http://arc.local/items/the-rise-of-a-hesitant-eu-host-examining-the-greek-migrant-integration-policy-and-its-transformation-during-the-crisis/ Continued]]> Greece lately, as a result of the crisis, has been transformed from a migrant receiving (host) country to a simultaneously migrant sending and receiving one. At the same time, processes of migrant de-integration from the economy and society have been manifesting too. This paper attempts to draw light on Greek migrant integration policy, which through the years has been characterized by a contradiction between policy narratives and concrete actions on the ground. More specifically, this paper brings to the fore a policy change that occurred during the period 2012–2015 and possibly continues up to now. According to this policy shift, special emphasis was put on the acquisition of the European long-term resident status from the part of already settled migrants as a passport to their intra-European mobility. Politically speaking, such developments were heralded as a win–win situation for both migrants, but also, Greece as a host country. Nevertheless, this rise of a hesitant EU host, who turned its integration policy into a managing migration endeavour, might be indicative of broader tendencies and trends within an expanded EU migratory landscape that includes both migration, but lately most importantly, asylum too.

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