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What are
the driving forces behind population movements?
What are the effects of climate change on migration flows? What
is the idea of the media in shaping population mobility? Ho are
ethical rules for dealing with humanitarian crises defined?
At what
stage is the debate on the new asylum and immigration policy in the European Union? These are important global questions,
including for Greece, which due to its geographic location, its membership in
the European Union, and the shape of its borders is one of the countries to
receive and will continue receiving large waves of refugees and immigrants.
Harvard University, one of the leading universities in the world, is coming to Greece to collaborate with the Center of Excellence for Asylum and Immigration founded by the University of Athens.
“Given the
university’s role and position in the Greek and international academic
community the creation of such a research hub is entirely expected,” Athens
University Rector, Thanos Dimoulis told
the press. “Havard’s decision to
collaborate with this research structure by creating a summer school that we
hope will become a reference point in the field is no coincidence: It is
another sign of our university’s place
in the forefront of scientific research and creative orientation.”
“We hope to
make the hub the most important research
center for these issues in Southeastern Europe and the wider Mediterranean area,”
notes Maria Gavoudeli, professor at Law at the Athens University and the hub’s
director.
In recent
years, about 1.5 million refugees and migrants are estimated to have arrived on
the Greek islands the majority in 2015.
On the other hand, Greece has been a country of outward migration for many years,
recently contributing to the “brain drain” phenomenon.
“Based on
these data and developments a large volume of scientific studies, research and
publications have been produced, while in recent years graduate programs in the
field of refugees and immigration have been activated.”
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