Fight after flight? An exploration of the radicalization potential among refugees in Greece

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ID5723971
AutoresMarina Eleftheriadou (0000-0002-0974-4220, University of Peloponnese, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume31
Fascículo1
Páginas34-60
Data de publicação2020-01-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSmall Wars and Insurgencies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0959-2318 • E-ISSN: 1743-9558
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09592318.2020.1672960
OpenAlexW2993822875
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas14

Drawing on a survey of asylum seekers, the article provides a security assessment of the ‘refugee experience’ in Greece. This exploration of the ‘refugee situation’ on Europe’s eastern shore touches upon refugees’ prior and present grievances, the local and imported ‘radical milieu’ and (Greek) host state’s will and capacity to implement sustainable and effective policies. The paper demonstrates that, although Greece lacks a developed radical milieu that could facilitate radicalization, Greece’s policy of ‘uninvolved tolerance’ creates a vacuum that might be filled by radical groups in the future. Also, with the exception of minors’ education, Greece scores low in most socio-economic indicators that delineate the ‘refugee experience’. In this environment, scarce employment opportunities and dependence on external sources for life-sustainment interweave with institutionalization and negative coping mechanisms. These silent and largely hidden from the public eye processes might become the ingredients of future radicalization

Criminology · Institutionalisation · Political economy · Political science · Radicalization · Refugee · Sociology · Terrorism · Employment and Welfare Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence