Papers by Vasiliki Kakosimou
Five years after the start of mass migrant arrivals in Greece, the issue of their documentation a... more Five years after the start of mass migrant arrivals in Greece, the issue of their documentation and regularization remains largely unresolved, keeping migrants in a state of insecurity, continuous threat of expulsion, and widespread exploitation. The various irregular/illegal conditions in which migrants find themselves in the contemporary Greece, reflect a roll-down of migrants to a state of extended precariousness and insecurity. Those migrants who came earlier have obtained legal status, show a comparatively higher occupational mobility, have obtained higher incomes and expanded social networks, and thus appear to be less precarious and more resilient to the local labour market fluctuations and the implications of crisis. At the other hand, migrants experiencing higher insecurity and desperation show higher adjustment in the environment of crisis offering higher work flexibility; they accept uninsured employment, lower payments, and poorer working environments. The struggle for s...
PEOPLE: International Journal of Social Sciences, 2017
Five years after the start of mass migrant arrivals in Greece, the issue of their documentation a... more Five years after the start of mass migrant arrivals in Greece, the issue of their documentation and regularization remains largely unresolved, keeping migrants in a state of insecurity, continuous threat of expulsion, and widespread exploitation. The various irregular/illegal conditions in which migrants find themselves in the contemporary Greece, reflect a roll-down of migrants to a state of extended precariousness and insecurity. Those migrants who came earlier have obtained legal status, show a comparatively higher occupational mobility, have obtained higher incomes and expanded social networks, and thus appear to be less precarious and more resilient to the local labour market fluctuations and the implications of crisis. At the other hand, migrants experiencing higher insecurity and desperation show higher adjustment in the environment of crisis offering higher work flexibility; they accept uninsured employment, lower payments, and poorer working environments. The struggle for s...
Contemporary border management situations may trigger refoulement, whereas international refugee ... more Contemporary border management situations may trigger refoulement, whereas international refugee law and human rights law prohibit the return to a risk of persecution, torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. The applicability of non-refoulement, once a State exercises effective control over an individual by his officials, is contravened by international deterrence strategies. Practices of non-entrée are measures taken by States to deal with mass refugee influxes, but breach the fundamental prohibition against refoulement and result in limiting access to asylum. In the EU, non-refoulement and the prohibition of collective expulsions are tightly linked with for safeguarding access to the asylum procedure. The principle of non-refoulement also comes to play in the event of a transfer in the framework of the Dublin Regulation and upon a return after a negative and final decision on the application or as a possible consequence of the ending of the protection. Apart from a few and specific exceptions, the principle of non-refoulement has an absolute nature that ensures the right to asylum, even in cases of emergency for a Member State.
The Migration Conference by Vasiliki Kakosimou
The Migration Conference 2017 Proceedings, 2017
In order to respond to the refugee crisis or control the migration flows, States may take certain... more In order to respond to the refugee crisis or control the migration flows, States may take certain measures to keep migrants out of reach of their borders. These measures involve push-backs, interception at high seas, erecting fences, bilateral agreements for off-shore processing etc., under national security reasons or for mainting public order. All these measures are referred to as deterrence strategies, they do not conform with States' obligations under International Human Rights Law and they result in preventing refugees from having access to asylum. Through treaties, customary law and case law, the principle of non-refoulement has an extra-territorial application. States are bound by the principle of non-refoulement by the moment States agents exercise effective control upon migrants -potential refugees. Unless States cooperate with each other, share the burden, build -up their capacity for fair asylum procedures and comply with International human rights law obligations, refugees cannot have access to international protection and enjoy their fundamental rights.
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Papers by Vasiliki Kakosimou
The Migration Conference by Vasiliki Kakosimou