{"id":3111,"date":"2022-12-21T11:07:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T11:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/humancity.sah.aegean.gr\/?page_id=3111"},"modified":"2022-12-27T10:48:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T10:48:53","slug":"reports","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/humancity.sah.aegean.gr\/?page_id=3111&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3111\" class=\"elementor elementor-3111\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-47b5c92 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"47b5c92\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0038b9a\" data-id=\"0038b9a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a80425a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a80425a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1248\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/humancity.sah.aegean.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/5c.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-731\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/humancity.sah.aegean.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/5c.jpg 1248w, https:\/\/humancity.sah.aegean.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/5c-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/humancity.sah.aegean.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/5c-1024x410.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/humancity.sah.aegean.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/5c-768x308.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1248px) 100vw, 1248px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f91781f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f91781f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-38f46ce\" data-id=\"38f46ce\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d36427 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5d36427\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aa26e9b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aa26e9b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-423f5ad\" data-id=\"423f5ad\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74119a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"74119a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Research - 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first reception and transit facilities, Skala Sykamnias (Lesvos)<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2453\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2453\" aria-expanded=\"false\">The humanitarian landscape of Lesvos<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2454\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2454\" aria-expanded=\"false\">The Dynamic Interactive Atlas of Lesvos<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2455\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2455\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Settlement - Athens, Eleonas \u2018Open Accommodation Facility\u2019 and Estia Apartments<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2456\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2456\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Settlement, Social and Religious networks in Athens<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2451\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Extended Synopsis<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2451\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2451\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\">SETTLING IN THE \u2018HUMANITARIAN CITY\u2019:\nTHE SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND POLITICAL IMPACT OF THE INTERACTION\nBETWEEN ASYLUM SEEKERS, HUMANITARIAN ACTORS, AND LOCAL SOCIETY (IN\nLESVOS AND ATHENS)<\/h5>\n&nbsp;\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>CONTENTS<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<br>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nI. Objectives of the project\n<br>\nII. Implementation of the project and conclusions per Work Package\n<br>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\nWork Package 1: Entrance, Skala Sykamnias (Lesvos)\n<br>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\nWork Package 2: Settlement, Athens, Eleonas \u2018Open Accommodation Facility&#8217; and\napartments of the ESTIA program\n<br>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\nWork Package 3: The humanitarian landscape of Lesvos, a qualitative and quantitative\ndocumentation\n<br>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\nWork Package 4: Settlement, social and religious networks in Athens\n<br>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\nWork Package 5: Dynamic Interactive Atlas\n<br>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\nWork Package 6: Project coordination and dissemination of results\n<br>\nIII. Dissemination and publicity actions\n<br>\nIV. Impact of the project\n<br>\nV. Summaries of scientific presentations\n<br>\n<br>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>I. OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<br>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nHuman(c)ity had the following goals:\n<br>\n<br>\n1. The study of humanitarian governance as a field of social\/cultural mediation, interaction and\nnegotiation between asylum seekers, private and public, individual and collective\nhumanitarian actors and, finally, local communities.\n<br>\n<br>\n2. The focus on three geographical areas with particular emphasis on the third one: a) a small\nsettlement of first reception (Skala Sykamnias, Lesvos) b) a border town (Mytilene) on an\nisland with a Reception and Identification Center (Lesvos) and c) the capital of Greece\n(Athens).\n<br>\n<br>\n3. The documentation of transformations regarding the transition from the \u2018humanitarian\nvillage\u2019 to the \u2018humanitarian city.\n<br>\n<br>\n4. The comparison of different types of settlement of incoming refugees and migrants \u2013 mainly\ncamps, municipal or privately managed apartments, squatting of private or public spaces \u2013\nand the investigation of the different impacts these have on asylum seekers, humanitarian\nactors and members of local communities.\n<br>\n<br>\n5. The investigation of interaction in the humanitarian space and its social and political effects\nin relation to the dominant modes of sociality and the different forms of mediation\n(humanitarian organizations, ethno-cultural collectivities, and migrant networks).\n<br>\n<br>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>II. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION\n<\/b>\n<br>\n<br>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe project was implemented through six Work Packages (WPs). These included two WPs on\nLesvos, two on Athens, one on the interactive atlas, which included an inventory of the\nhumanitarian landscape on Lesvos, and one on dissemination and publicity. The pandemic\ncaused serious problems in the implementation of the research, especially as regards\nethnographic fieldwork in Lesvos, and led to significant changes in methodology, the\ngeographical shift of WP2 from Mytilene to Athens, and two extensions of the duration of the\nproject. Also, during the project, it was necessary to replace the person in charge of Work\nPackage 5 and to add new staff to the research team. Despite the obstacles all work packages\nproceeded and were completed according to the approved schedule. The successful\nimplementation of the project was supported by the regular meetings (every two weeks) of the\nresearch group, which from one point onwards took place online, and the continuous\ncooperation of all members of the research team. Also important was the contribution of the\nmembers of the advisory committee who closely followed the progress of the project.\n<br>\n<br>\nFile: <a style=\"color: #f47732; text-align: justify;\" href=\"https:\/\/humancity.sah.aegean.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Extended-Synopsis.pdf\">Extended Synopsis<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2452\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Entrance - first reception and transit facilities, Skala Sykamnias (Lesvos)<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2452\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2452\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Entrance &#8211; first reception and transit facilities, Skala Sykamnias (Lesvos)<\/h5>\n&nbsp;\n<p style=\"text-align: right; color: ##7a7a7a;\">Evthymios Papataxiarchis\n<br> with Marica Rombou-Levidi<\/p>\n<br>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first work package (WP1) investigated, through the lens of mediation, aspects of the local\nformation of the humanitarian regime in the most important site of first reception, the border\nvillage of Skala Sykamnias in N. Lesvos. Some of these aspects had not been previously\nhighlighted in the research of Evthymios Papataxiarchis, the Principal Investigator of Human(c)ity\nwith long ethnographic experience in this place. At the critical juncture of the peak of the &#8216;refugee\ncrisis&#8217; in 2015-6 the demand for mediations of all kinds was enormous, both due to the liquidation\nof official, if limited, structures for the reception and management of mass migration flows and\ndue to the equally massive arrival of professional humanitarian actors, volunteers, and activists\nfrom all over the world. This gave enormous comparative advantages to those who possessed\nkey qualities\u2014language and other communication skills, social capital, social networks, and other\nresources\u2014to assume intermediary roles.\n<br>\n<br>\nThis specific work package utilized the long and in-depth knowledge of the specific village\npossessed by the PI and, through a combination of new interviews and ethnographic research,\nfocused on specific cases of individuals, as well as informal and formal networks of humanitarian\nactors, with significant mediation action in the formation of the three camps that operated in\nSkala at the time: &#8216;Platanos&#8217;, &#8216;Lighthouse&#8217;, and \u2018Stage 2\u2019. At the same time, it explored other\naspects of the formation of the &#8216;humanitarian village&#8217; and, in particular, the transformations of local identity that occurred and their importance for the implementation of a state project, the\nupgrading of &#8216;solidarity to refugees&#8217; into a new patriotism and into a legitimizing factor of the\nthen newly established humanitarian regime.\n<br>\n<br>\nThe focus on leading mediators of that period allowed the research to highlight the great scope\nthat existed at the time for initiatives, movements, and improvisations. At the same time, it\ncontributed to an understanding of the processes of production of a hybrid ideological space\nwhere, housed under the rubric of \u2018humanism&#8217; but also in pragmatic terms, extremely\nheterogeneous ventures with diverse agendas meet and coexist. WP1 showed that the\nessentialist re-signification of Skala as a &#8216;place of solidarity&#8217;, a representation that overlooks the\nfissures and conflicts produced locally by the refugee situation, is the other side of the\nhierarchical subordination of the village to the humanitarian regime.\n<br>\n<br>\nSome of the findings of WP1 are presented in more detail in the paper titled: &#8216;Village reborn in\nhumanity: Mediation in the making of the humanitarian arena\u2019, delivered at the workshop on\nmediation that took place in Mytilene in June 2022.\n<br>\n<br>\nFile (in Greek): <a style=\"color: #f47732; text-align: justify;\" href=\"https:\/\/humancity.sah.aegean.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/D_1.2.pdf\">Entrance &#8211; first reception and transit facilities, Skala Sykamnias (Lesvos)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2453\" aria-expanded=\"false\">The humanitarian landscape of Lesvos<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2453\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2453\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The humanitarian landscape of Lesvos, a qualitive and quantitative documentation<\/h5>\n&nbsp;\n<p style=\"text-align: right; color: ##7a7a7a;\">Pafsanias Karathanasis <br>\nwith Alexandra Zavos<\/p>\n<br>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The new conditions that developed after the outbreak of the pandemic forced the readjustment\nof the methodology for recording and mapping the &#8216;humanitarian landscape&#8217; of Lesvos. First, the\nimpossibility of travel to and from the island, as well as of face-to-face interviews with\nhumanitarian actors, were addressed by giving more emphasis to quantitative research methods.\nThus, for most of the humanitarian landscape mapping it was decided to use an online\nquestionnaire combined with an extensive survey of the organizations&#8217; websites and social\nnetworks, which was complemented by field research during visits to Lesvos when these became\npossible.\n<br>\n<br>\nSecondly, the rapid developments that took place in the research field throughout 2020, because\nof both the change in government policy on asylum and migration and the imposition of\nmeasures to limit the pandemic, but also of important events, such as outbreak of xenophobic\nviolence and the destruction by fire of the Moria Reception and Identification Center (RIC), forced\nthe research team to readjust the recording periods.\n<br>\n<br>\nAfter re-working the research design, two distinct recording periods were established (instead of\nthe three originally planned): (a) the period before the new government\u2019s change of asylum and\nmigration policy and the outbreak of the pandemic &#8211; up to the beginning of 2020, and (b) the\nperiod from autumn 2020 onwards.\n<br>\n<br>\nThese two periods, which effectively concern the time before and after the outbreak of the\npandemic, were chosen for comparative purposes, to highlight and outline the evolution and\nchange of the humanitarian landscape on the island under these unprecedented conditions.\n<br>\n<br>\nThe results of the research present the humanitarian landscape of Lesvos in two time periods\nand at three different levels of recording and analysis:\n<br>\n<br>\n1. Recording and presentation of quantitative data regarding the presence of asylum seekers on\nthe island of Lesvos. At this level, the main change was the dramatic decrease in the population\nof asylum seekers on the island, from 21,622 in the beginning of 2020 to 1,470 in August 2022.\nThis was a result of both the decrease in arrivals to Lesvos from 2020 onwards, and, on the other\nhand, of the increase in transports from Lesvos to the mainland camps.\n<br>\n<br>\n2. Qualitative and quantitative mapping of the actors who produce humanitarian work on the\nisland. During the two periods of the survey, 102 humanitarian actors with a presence on the\nisland of Lesvos were recorded: 9 of them were Greek state or European agencies\/services or\ntransnational organizations, 11 were large international organizations with a presence in various\ncountries, 70 were small and medium non-governmental\/not-for-profit organizations and 11\nwere informal groups\/collectives. The majority, based on the number of their human resources,\nwere small organizations with 10 or fewer people (38), while 18 were medium ones, up to 50\npeople, and only three (3) were large, with more than 50 people. Twenty-seven of the\nhumanitarian collectives listed ceased their activities on the island after 2020.\n<br>\n<br>\n3. Presentation of the social, spatial, and political differences caused by the development of\nhumanitarian governance and by the presence of asylum seekers on the island, and their\ninfluences on the local society.\n<br>\n<br>\nThe dramatic reduction in the population of asylum seekers and their confinement in the\nReception and Identification Center (RIC), both during the pandemic and to some extent\nafterwards, resulted in the corresponding reduction of the number of organizations and groups\nactive on the island, but also the reduction of the activities and services offered by the\nhumanitarian actors who remain on the island. At the same time, the geographical spread of the\nhumanitarian landscape of the island changed. After 2021, only the RIC of Mavrovouni (Kara\nTepe) and the transit camp (Quarantine) on the north coast of the island remained operative.\nThe general reduction of humanitarian presence in Lesvos had an impact on the local community,\nlimiting its reactions, which had started to take on violent dimensions after 2018 and had peaked\nat the beginning of 2020, just before the pandemic.\n<br>\n<br>\nFile (in Greek): <a style=\"color: #f47732; text-align: justify;\" href=\"https:\/\/humancity.sah.aegean.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HUMANcITY_D3.2.pdf\">The humanitarian landscape of Lesvos, a qualitive and quantitative documentation<\/a><\/p>\n<br>\nTable (in Greek): <a style=\"color: #f47732; text-align: justify;\" href=\"https:\/\/humancity.sah.aegean.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HUMANcITY_D.3.2_Table.pdf\">Table of humanitarian actors (2019-2022)<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2454\" aria-expanded=\"false\">The Dynamic Interactive Atlas of Lesvos<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2454\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2454\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Dynamic Interactive Atlas of Lesvos<\/h5>\n&nbsp;\n<p style=\"text-align: right; color: ##7a7a7a;\">Kallopi Avanidou\n<\/p>\n<br>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Work Package 5 (WP5) consisted of the analysis of the record resulting from the qualitative and\nquantitative mapping of the humanitarian landscape of Lesvos (carried out in the context of WP3)\nand the presentation of the material as a geographical visualization in the form of a Dynamic\nInteractive Atlas (DIA) of the island (with an emphasis on the city of Mytilene and the village of\nSkala Sykamnias).\n<br>\n<br>\nThe work of WP5 started in June 2021, with the replacement of a researcher who left the project.\nThe team was joined by a new colleague, specializing in graphic design, with the aim of assisting\nin the visual processing of the DIA. The two new members of the WP5 research team\nsystematically collaborated with WP3 researchers as well as with the rest of the project\nresearchers in order to construct the Atlas (https:\/\/humancity.sah.aegean.gr\/InteractiveAtlas\/)\nand to create the project webpage (humancity@sah.aegean.gr), housed under the Observatory\nof the Refugee and Migration Crisis in the Aegean website.\n<br>\n<br>\nThe interactive atlas of the Human(c)ity research project is an original and so far unique tool for\nvisualizing both spatial and temporal information on the refugee crisis taking place on the island\nof Lesvos. The data presented was collected through an online survey, questionnaires and\ninformation recorded on the webpages of the relevant agencies and organizations, as well as onsite fieldwork in the context of WP3 (2020 \u2013 2022). The atlas is addressed to the academic\ncommunity of researchers working on migration, to humanitarian actors as well as to the wider\npublic. It is user friendly, providing a full explanation of the tools at hand.\n<br>\n<br>\nThe atlas represents an integrated information system which consists of three subsystems: (i) a\ngeobase where spatial or non-spatial data are registered, stored, updated and processed, (ii) an\nonline geographic information system (GIS) through a user-friendly web browser, and (iii) a\nsubsystem for processing and entering new information by members of the research team.\n<br>\n<br>\nThe web atlas (webGIS) was developed using HTML, CSS, Javascript and PHP as a server-side\nprogramming language. The software is all open source, with essential libraries such as\nbootstrap, jQuery, Ajax, and a, client-side mapping API, Leaflet. The mapping application is\ndesigned with tools and features common to web pages and is therefore easy to understand by\nweb-savvy users. The user-atlas interface provides features such as, switching between\nbackground layers and thematic layers, as well as zooming in and out. The left screen of the atlas\nincludes a toolbox with user information and data presentation capabilities and consists of 4 tabs\n(home, data collection, timelines, user guide).\n<br>\n<br>\nAlong with the atlas, an online cartographic application was produced for the members of the\nresearch team, which provides possibilities for entering new geo-data and editing the existing\nones, aiming at the continuous updating of the content.\n<br>\n<br>\nFile (in Greek): <a style=\"color: #f47732; text-align: justify;\" href=\"https:\/\/humancity.sah.aegean.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Report_D5.2.pdf\">The Dynamic Interactive Atlas of Lesvos<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2455\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Settlement - Athens, Eleonas \u2018Open Accommodation Facility\u2019 and Estia Apartments<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2455\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2455\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Settlement &#8211; Athens, Eleonas \u2018Open Accommodation Facility\u2019 and Estia Apartments<\/h5>\n<br>\n<p style=\"text-align: right; color: ##7a7a7a;\">Marica Rombou-Levidi<\/p>\n&nbsp;\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Work Package 2 (WP2), also through the lens of mediation, ethnographically investigated two\nofficial forms of settlement of asylum seekers in Athens, in the management of which the\nMunicipality of Athens had a strong participation: (a) the Eleonas (Attica) &#8216;Accommodation\nFacility for Third Country Nationals or Stateless Persons who have applied for international\nprotection\u2019 and (b) the &#8216;ESTIA&#8217; program, which concerned housing in apartments within the urban\nfabric.\n<br>\n<br>\nIn both of these forms of settlement mediation had an institutional character. Thus, this specific\nwork package complemented WP4, which focused on mediation in the context of informal forms\nof settlement of asylum seekers in Athens. The two work packages together contributed to the\nstudy of mediation as an aspect of the governance of the &#8216;humanitarian city&#8217;.\n<br>\n<br>\nThe study was implemented through a 13-month ethnographic research \u03bfn the above two official\nsettlements which, due to the pandemic, was largely carried out online. When conditions\nallowed, it was supplemented by fieldwork with the researcher&#8217;s physical presence in the field.\nThe ethnographic material includes 61 recorded conversations with representatives of the\nMinistry of Immigration and Asylum, the Municipality of Athens, the International Organization\nfor Migration, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the NGOs ARSIS and HUMAN\nRIGHTS 360 and, of course, with asylum seekers who resided in the two settlement schemes\nunder investigation. It also includes informal conversations with people from the above places,\nwhich were either not considered feasible to record, or were recorded, but the informants did\nnot consent to the material being deposited in the Archive of the Refugee and Migration Crisis in\nthe Aegean (ARMCA) along with the rest.\n<br>\n<br>\nWith regard to the Facility of Eleonas, at the time of the field research, mediation, which under\nnormal circumstances included elements of control and guardianship of the inhabitants of the\nstructure, was carried out in a situation of extreme liminality in space and time that undermined\nrelationships, roles and experiences. Two elements that were absolutely clear were the Facility\u2019s\novercrowding and its understaffing. Asylum seekers were experiencing an extremely acute\nwaiting situation and a dead-end living condition.\n<br>\n<br>\nThe process of mediation in the Facility of Eleonas was an &#8216;official&#8217; process of professional\nrelationship between humanitarian actors and asylum seekers directed &#8216;from above&#8217;. As such, it\nwas based on hierarchy and followed rules and frameworks that applied to both sides of the\nmediation. It included elements of protection and guardianship of asylum seekers, which,\nhowever, in the context of the pandemic, where all procedures were dysfunctional, had been\nwithdrawn. It also involved the dimension of power and control over the lives of the beneficiaries\nthat mediation gives to humanitarian actors. This is a particularly important issue that, to a large\nextent, is bypassed by formal forms of reception of asylum seekers. As well as the even more\nspecific issue of the sense of need that mediators evoke in asylum seekers and refugees, which\nadds another dimension to the complex relationship of care and control in the context of\ninternational aid.\n<br>\n<br>\nDivergences were observed among the views of the representatives of the different agencies\ninvolved in the management of the Facility and, of course, divergences between the views of the\nMinistry and those of the asylum seekers.\n<br>\n<br>\nWith regard to the ESTIA project, the research highlighted the urgent nature of the program,\nwhich oriented it exclusively towards short-term reception and housing that did not provide for\na social integration process. It also highlighted gaps in the mediation process and marked\ndifferences among program workers in their uptake of UNHCR and Ministry guidelines for the\nreception and settlement of asylum seekers. All this created scope for personal initiative, which\nextended beyond the official guidelines, and aimed at supporting the socialization and\nintegration of asylum seekers. However, at the same time, it also created serious dilemmas for\nthe workers themselves.\n<br>\n<br>\nThe research focused on the importance of an innovative system of relations and mediation\nmechanism of the Municipality of Athens called the &#8216;triplet&#8217;, which relied on the collaboration of\nthree people &#8211; a social scientist, an accommodation officer and an interpreter. Through the study\nof the triplet, which, it should be noted, has no counterpart in the international literature on\nhumanitarian governance, dimensions of the ESTIA program emerged and were confirmed; these\nare developed in the more extensive WP2 report attached as a deliverable. The most important\nof them were the tensions and oppositions that arose during the process of reception and\nsettlement of asylum seekers among the members of the working groups of the Municipality of\nAthens and, also, between the latter and the beneficiaries. These challenge the statutory\nobjectives of the official operating instructions of the ESTIA program, while illuminating\ndimensions of the humanitarian regime of wider interest.\n<br>\n<br>\nFinally, an element highlighted by the research which concerned both forms of settlement was\nthe management of the termination of the beneficiaries&#8217; right to stay in them, by ARSIS and the\nMunicipality of Athens as well as by their individual executives. The issue of evictions caused\ntremors in the mediation work of humanitarian professionals and led to significant restructuring\nand resignations.\n<br>\n<br>\nThe results of the research are presented in more detail in the extensive report of WP2 as well\nas in the paper titled &#8216;Mediating asylum seekers&#8217; accommodation in the ESTIA program in\nAthens\u2019, which was presented by the researcher at the workshop on mediation.\n<\/p>\n\n<br>\nFile (in Greek): <a style=\"color: #f47732; text-align: justify;\" href=\"https:\/\/humancity.sah.aegean.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HUMANcITY_D2.2.pdf\">Settlement &#8211; Athens, Eleonas \u2018Open Accommodation Facility\u2019 and Estia Apartments<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2456\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Settlement, Social and Religious networks in Athens<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2456\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2456\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Settlement, Social and Religious networks in Athens<\/h5>\n&nbsp;\n<p style=\"text-align: right; color: ##7a7a7a;\">Ervin Shehu<\/p>\n&nbsp;\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Work Package 4 (WP4) explored informal types of social mediation in the settlement process of\nasylum seekers from Afghanistan and Pakistan in Athens utilising a comparative perspective. Two\nkey types of mediation that contributed to the settlement process were studied: the\nethnocultural networks of asylum seekers and the informal types of humanitarian governance\nthat specialized in housing and work. The research focused on the level of everyday practices and\nexamined the impact these two types of mediation have on refugee asylum seekers and local\ncommunities. Specifically, on the basis of ethnographic fieldwork, five cases were studied: a) a\nmixed type ad hoc voluntary group, b) a &#8216;solidarity&#8217; group, c) a non-governmental organization\n(NGO), d) an Association of Afghan migrants and e) a group of newly arrived Pakistani asylum\nseekers.\n<br>\n<br>\nThrough the analysis of the two types of mediation and the comparison of the five cases, with\nreference points the relations between asylum seekers and &#8216;supporters&#8217; and the practices of\nmediation, it was observed that collective mediation took different forms and involved different\ncharacteristics. All cases were based on different cultural backgrounds, which revealed and\ndetermined the motives and purposes of the actors as well as the quality and forms of mediation.\nIn addition, it was found that the five cases referred to different types of dependencies and\nhierarchical relationships between asylum seekers and humanitarian actors, and in this sense\nallowed for an exploration of the meaning of the concepts of &#8216;protection&#8217;, &#8216;guardianship&#8217;,\n&#8216;patronage&#8217; and &#8216;autonomy&#8217;. Relationships between asylum seekers and humanitarian actors\nappear to be discontinuous compared to relationships acquired within homo-ethnocultural\nnetworks which have continuity.\n<br>\n<br>\nRegarding the comparison of the ethno-cultural networks of Afghan and Pakistani asylum\nseekers, they are characterized by significant differences and particularities between them. For\nthe two groups, the settlement paths showed some peculiarities. As far as Afghan asylum seekers\nare concerned, there is no historically rooted community in Athens with sufficient economic\nactivities to absorb them into their own labor market, unlike the Pakistanis. For Afghan asylum\nseekers, several other factors play a key role, such as the online communities in which they\nparticipate and the friendly networks they build in Greece, mainly with humanitarian actors\n(activists, \u2018solidarians\u2019), as opposed to Pakistani asylum seekers who show a tendency to\nremaining &#8216;entrapped&#8217; in their homo-ethnocultural relations.\n<br>\n<br>\nThe research clearly showed that Afghan asylum seekers interact and gain more direct\nrelationships with humanitarian actors than Pakistani asylum seekers. The fact that Afghans\nbecome part of the humanitarian regime, either as &#8216;beneficiaries&#8217; or as professionals, unlike\nPakistanis who invest in their co-ethnic networks, does not necessarily mean that the\nhumanitarian regime itself excludes or favors one community over another based on national\ncriteria. But since humanitarian status is linked to &#8216;refugee&#8217; status, it appears that low refugee\nstatus determination rates for Pakistanis are a determining factor for humanitarian actors not\ninvesting in supporting them as asylum seekers.\n<br>\n<br>\nFile (in Greek): <a style=\"color: #f47732; text-align: justify;\" href=\"https:\/\/humancity.sah.aegean.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HUMANcITY_D4.1-compressed.pdf\">Settlement, Social and Religious networks in Athens<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f5e019d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f5e019d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-69424a0\" data-id=\"69424a0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8c5bc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c8c5bc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8a810f5 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8a810f5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-69e0608\" data-id=\"69e0608\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-045cdfc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"045cdfc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"text-align: left; background-color: #c7c9cc;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2670\" src=\"https:\/\/humancity.sah.aegean.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/logo-aegean-footer-en.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"86\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2671\" src=\"https:\/\/humancity.sah.aegean.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/LOGO_en_dark-300x98.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"94\" \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2674\" src=\"https:\/\/humancity.sah.aegean.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/elidek_logo_en_l-300x83.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"83\" \/> <br><br>\n<P style=\"text-align: center;\">\nThe research project was supported by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (H.F.R.I.) under the\u00a0\n\n<a style=\"color: #f47732;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elidek.gr\/ereynitika-erga-melon-dep-ereyniton-trion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cFirst Call for H.F.R.I. 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