Immigrant Location Patterns in a Southern European Metropolis: The Case of Athens

Arvanitidis, Paschalis; Petrakos, George; Skouras, Dimitrios

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“…The lack of comprehensive affordable housing policy, on the part of the state and the policy choices of no intervention, as far as the market regulates itself, made social housing seem unnecessary. Under these conditions, after the massive arrivals of foreign immigrants in Greece, in the early 1990s, the rented market was more or less the only solution for affordable housing (Arvanitidis, Petrakos, & Skouras, 2013). The recent severe economic crises lead to massive unemployment, loss of income, and impoverishment along with increased taxation on property, while the state stood unable to address the needs of most vulnerable population groups in need of care and support (Kandylis & Maloutas, 2020;Maloutas et al, 2020).…”

Section: Spatial Integration Processes At the Local Scale: The Dual Housing Model And Path-dependenciesmentioning

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Refugee Mobilities and Institutional Changes: Local Housing Policies and Segregation Processes in Greek Cities

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Arvanitidis

Manetos

2021

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Many studies have explored the dynamics of immigrant and refugee settlement at the local level, highlighting that it is actually a two-way process: On the one hand, the local socio-political context specifies the conditions for refugee inclusion, and on the other, migrant mobility leads to the transformation of localities in various ways. In Greek cities, the social practices of local actors have played an important role in the implementation of the immigration policy, where refugees were perceived as a threat to personal and community security. Yet, new forms of social mobilisation and solidarity by individual citizens and community initiatives have worked to alter these attitudes, mitigating tensions and obstacles in refugee acceptance. The article draws on the Greek experience to explore the role and importance of the local socio-political texture in refugee inclusion, shedding light on how it gave rise to various local initiatives that inform refugee allocation as well as urban transformation and institutional change. In methodological terms, the article considers three neighbouring Greek cities as case studies to identify the different institutional and policy responses to refugee accommodation, giving rise to different paths and forms of social inclusion. The study reveals the complexity and context of the social-spatial diversity that refugees face but also the transformation dynamics of local states and civil society.The paper draws on the Greek experience to explore the role and importance of social infrastructure in refugee integration, shedding light on how these qualities, materialized in local initiatives for refugee integration to influence urban transformation and institutional change. In methodological terms, the paper employs three small and medium-size Greek cities as case studies to identify the different institutional and policy responses to refugee accommodation followed, giving rise to different paths and forms of social inclusion and urban transformation. The study reveals the complexity and the contextuality of the social spatial diversity that refugees face but also the transformation of local states and civil society.

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Section: Spatial Integration Processes At the Local Scale: The Dual Housing Model And Path-dependenciesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Refugee Mobilities and Institutional Changes: Local Housing Policies and Segregation Processes in Greek Cities

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Arvanitidis

Manetos

2021

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Immigrant Location Patterns in a Southern European Metropolis: The Case of Athens

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Refugee Mobilities and Institutional Changes: Local Housing Policies and Segregation Processes in Greek Cities

Refugee Mobilities and Institutional Changes: Local Housing Policies and Segregation Processes in Greek Cities

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