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Dimitriadi, Angeliki

Angeliki
Dimitriadi

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Angeliki Dimitriadi is a political scientist with an interest in irregular migration and asylum, as well as the interplay between migratory movement and policies of deterrence and protection. Her research focuses on migration management policies at external borders, migration governance in the EU and European foreign policy on migration.
Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 2910
ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6937-3011
Twitter https://twitter.com/@DimitriadiA

Roles

  • College Year in Athens

    Other, Athens, Greece
    Faculty

  • ENA Institute for Alternative Policies

    Research Institute, Athens, Greece
    Head of Migration Policy Unit

  • University of Athens

    University, Athens, Greece
    Adjunct

  • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

    University, Athens, Greece
    Adjunct Lecturer

  • Global Public Policy Institute

    Research Institute, Berlin, Germany
    Research Fellow

  • Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy

    Other, Athens, Greece
    Senior Research Fellow & Head of Migration Unit

  • Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy

    Other, Athens, Greece
    Research Fellow

  • Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy

    Other, Athens, Greece
    Head

  • Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy

    Other, Athens, Greece
    Senior Research Fellow & Head, Migration Programme

Research

The Greek Asylum Regime: From Latecomer on Reception to Inspirational Model on Asylum Procedures

Authors Angeliki Dimitriadi
Year 2023
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1 Book Chapter

Governing Migrant (Im)mobility in Greece After the EU-Turkey Statement

Authors Angeliki Dimitriadi
Year 2022
Book Title Challenging Mobilities in and to the EU during Times of Crises
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2 Book Chapter

The EU's response to forced migration from Afghanistan A joint way forward for returns?

Authors Angeliki Dimitriadi, Michela Ceccorulli, Enrico Fassi
Year 2021
Book Title The EU's External Governance of Migration: Perspectives of Justice (1st ed.)
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3 Book Chapter

Talking of Values: Understanding the Normative Discourse of EU Migration Policy

Authors Angeliki DIMITRIADI, Haris MALAMIDIS
Description
With respect to migration, the period 2014-2017 was characterised by reactionary policies and the outburst of far-right populist discourses. These important developments posed a normative challenge for the EU and particularly for its values which are supposed to lie at the core of the European project. This report is based on an extensive research on official documents, agendas, discussions, public statements produced by European Institutions between 2014-2017, as well as informal semi-structured interviews with policy makers and researchers. By paying attention to the values of solidarity, responsibility-sharing, saving lives at sea, human rights and the right to free movement, the present research identifies which norms and values are mobilised in EU’s institutional narratives with regards migration, and whether they are shared across the European institutions, at least as regards the official discourse.
Year 2019
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4 Report

The refugee ‘crisis’ in Greece: politicisation and polarisation amidst multiple crises

Authors Angeliki DIMITRIADI, Antonia-Maria SARANTAKI
Description
The European refugee “crisis” of 2015 first and foremost unfolded in Greece at a critical period for the country and its place in the EU. Amidst the threat of Grexit and domestic political turmoil, the arrival of the refugees raised to the forefront questions of responsibility and burden sharing between Greece and its EU partners. Drawing from de Wilde’s analytical framework, this paper tried to explore whether the question of responsibility became an issue of politicisation in Greece as well as polarisation and whether it resulted in policy change on migration. The analysis draws from three types of sources: online media, parliamentary debates & party announcements, and public opinion polls. Two periods are investigated: the discussion on relocation from May 2015 to November 2015 and the discussions on the EU-Turkey Statement of March 2016. Politicisation of migration pre-existed the crisis and acquired further salience during 2015-2016. Polarisation, in contrast, featured less in 2015, due to the focus on Grexit, but acquires salience in 2016 following the EU-Turkey Statement. Nonetheless two common themes underscore both periods. There is convergence (with varying degrees of intensity) in blaming the member states for failing to adhere to their responsibility and for showing little solidarity. Similarly, there is a broad convergence that migration policy is designed by the European Union and its institutions, with Greece only responsible for the implementation. Thus, the polarisation of 2016 over migration focuses more on the government’s poor implementation and less on the policies initiated at the EU level.
Year 2019
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5 Report

Borders and the mobility of migrants

Authors Angeliki DIMITRIADI, Antonia-Maria SARANTAKI
Description
The research seeks to show how bordering processes are implemented when confronted with the mobility of migrants at different stages with an emphasis on entry to Greece as well as mobility in the mainland. The report documents the experiences and perceptions of border agents and actors involved in bordering processes, at the external border but also within Greece and of migrants arriving in Greece post 2015; their interaction with the border, their inclusion and/or exclusion legally and socially and whether and how this impacts their decision to continue their journey onward or perhaps remain in Greece.
Year 2019
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6 Report

National report on the governance of the asylum reception system in Greece

Authors Angeliki DIMITRIADI, Antonia-Maria SARANTAKI
Description
Greece since 2015 is faced with an unprecedented humanitarian crisis as well as management crisis. As the number of arrivals increased and then reduced, the country was challenged to find ways of adequately addressing the needs of asylum seekers. The present report seeks to map out how the reception system of Greece is governed, and the role of localities (Cities) in this governance process. The report highlights the presence of a complex national reception system that is still in its infancy with high levels of centralisation as regards decision-making processes and high levels of decentralisation as regards implementation. The pioneering role of cities is also discussed, in seeking to contribute to the reception system, often beyond the limits of their mandate.
Year 2019
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7 Report

Crossing the Eastern Mediterranean Sea in Search of “Protection”

Authors Dallal Stevens, Angeliki Dimitriadi
Year 2018
Journal Name Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies
Citations (WoS) 11
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8 Journal Article

EU-Turkey Relations and Irregular Migration: Transactional Cooperation in the Making

Authors Angeliki DIMITRIADI, Ayhan KAYA, Başak KALE, ...
Description
The aim of the paper is twofold. First, to outline the relationship of the EU and Turkey in the field of irregular migration and present the main drivers that underpin the relations from 1999 to 2017. While acknowledging that emphasis on irregular migration is given particularly post-2011, the paper argues that the dynamics characterising the relationship between Turkey and the EU do not change significantly in the pre-and post-2011 period. Secondly, the paper presents the most likely of the three scenarios – conflict, cooperation, and convergence – in the area of irregular migration drawing from the drivers of the past and present in the EU, Turkey, but also the Southern neighbourhood and beyond. The paper argues that though conflict is unlikely, equally so is convergence, with a model of transactional operational cooperation more likely and reflective of EU-Turkey relation on irregular migration management.
Year 2018
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9 Report

Asylum Policy and the Future of Turkey-EU Relations: Between Cooperation and Conflict

Authors Başak KALE, Angeliki DIMITRIADI, Elena SANCHEZ-MONTIJANO, ...
Description
Migration was a critical policy area for Turkey even before Turkey became an official candidate country to the EU in 1999. Especially, with the end of the Cold War in the 1990s Turkey began to face the challenges of being a country of origin and destination, while acting as a transit country for documented and undocumented migration. Although the foundations of a migration policy were shaped in Turkey prior to the EU accession process, the EU accession process had an important catalyser effect in transforming the migration and asylum policies. This paper presents an overall analysis of the changes experienced in Turkey since 1999 on the asylum field with a projection of three possible scenarios of convergence, cooperation and conflict on Turkey-EU relationship. In that respect, this paper aims to map out the important periods that have influenced the transformation of the asylum policy in Turkey. While locating the important events and drivers at the global, neighbourhood, EU and Turkish levels, this research based on extensive fieldwork interviews presents findings of a EU-Turkey relationship that lies between cooperation and conflict.
Year 2018
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10 Report

Governing irregular migration at the margins of Europe: The case of hotspots on the Greek islands

Authors A. Dimitriadi
Year 2017
Journal Name Etnografia e ricerca qualitativa
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11 Journal Article

In Search of Asylum: Afghan Migrants in Greece

Authors Angeliki Dimitriadi
Year 2017
Journal Name European Journal of Migration and Law
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12 Journal Article

Europe’s dubious response to the refugee crisis

Authors Angeliki DIMITRIADI
Description
The present paper Discusses the current refugee crisis from its outbreak to its evolution Attempts to set current EU responses in a contextual setting, from the early response to theLampedusa tragedy of 2013 with Task Force Mediterranean to today’s proposal for theredistribution of 160,000 refugees. Critically discusses European Member States’ responses and the resurface of ‘Fortress Europe’ Proposes priorities and measures, stressing the need for a global response to the currentrefugee crisis.
Year 2015
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13 Report

The European Agenda for Migration: A new narrative for an old tale?

Authors Angeliki DIMITRIADI
Year 2015
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14 Policy Brief

“Greece is like a door, you go through it to get to Europe”: Understanding Afghan migration to Europe

Authors Angeliki DIMITRIADI
Description
The main issues highlighted in the report of IRMA research programme are the role of asylum as primary reason for migration, and the importance of capital as the main parameter of successful migration. The smuggler is the key actor underscoring all discussions, holding multiple roles; from facilitator of mobility, to source of information, or disruptor to the migratory project. The choice of destination and the limited information informants actually have, are discussed, as well as the role of Turkey as a hub for collection of information, but mostly of money to continue the journey. The border crossing for both entry and exit is discussed in relation to policies in Greece and particular border fencing and increased deterrence of entry. Finally, the text highlights the issue of detention, as the key policy in place at the time of writing that appears to have impacted heavily both the migratory route but also the decision of Afghans to leave Greece, either via transit (where possible) or via return to Afghanistan.
Year 2015
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15 Report

Deterrence and Protection in the EU’s Migration Policy

Authors Anna Triandafyllidou, Angeliki Dimitriadi
Year 2014
Journal Name The International Spectator Italian Journal of International Affairs
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16 Journal Article

Assessing the cost-effectiveness of irregular migration control policies in Greece

Authors Danai ANGELI, Angeliki DIMITRIADI, Anna TRIANDAFYLLIDOU
Year 2014
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17 Report

Detention as punishment : can indefinite detention be Greece’s main policy tool to manage its irregular migrant population ?

Authors Anna TRIANDAFYLLIDOU, Danai ANGELI, Angeliki DIMITRIADI
Description
The challenges that Europe faces with regard to controlling irregular migration and providing protection to people in need are complex. An effective policy for irregular migration control includes arrest and return (through voluntary, semi-voluntary or indeed forced return) and it may seem to be best served by regular detention of apprehended undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers whose case is pending. At the same time, if this policy is to be in line with international obligations and the European Charter of Fundamental Rights it must provide for adequate services and safeguards so that those apprehended are informed of their rights including the possibility to apply for asylum, and are not routinely detained.
Year 2014
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18 Report

Governing irregular migration and asylum at the borders of Europe : between efficiency and protection

Authors Anna TRIANDAFYLLIDOU, Angeliki DIMITRIADI
Year 2014
Journal Name [Global Governance Programme], [Cultural Pluralism]
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19 Journal Article

Assessing the Cost-effectiveness of Irregular Migration Control Policies in Greece

Authors Angeliki DIMITRIADI, Anna Triandafyllidou
Description
Discussions on Greece’s migration and asylum policies have in recent years primarily taken place from a human rights perspective. Through this humanitarian lens, effective migration management means effective protection of human rights.The present report, which brings together the main findings of the MIDAS project, reviews the Greek and at a wider level the EU approach towards irregular migration through the lens of cost-effectiveness. By measuring the human and material resources invested in the management of irregular migration within the time frame of 2008-2013, the present paper discusses three crucial questions: 1 How much do irregular migration control policies in Greece actually cost? 2. Are current policies cost-effective, when compared against their outputs and outcomes? 3. Are there any alternative policy recommendations that could be more cost-effective? The MIDAS report feeds thereby new data to the present debate and opens the floor for a broader discussion through a new lens, that of cost-effectiveness.
Year 2014
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20 Report

Managing the Maritime Borders of Europe: Protection through Deterrence and Prevention?

Authors Angeliki DIMITRIADI
Year 2014
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21 Working Paper

Migration management at the outposts of the European Union : the case of Italy's and Greece's borders

Authors Anna TRIANDAFYLLIDOU, Angeliki DIMITRIADI
Year 2013
Journal Name Griffith Law Review
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22 Journal Article

Migration from Afghanistan to third countries and Greece

Authors Angeliki DIMITRIADI
Description
The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (henceforth Afghanistan) is part of the wider region of South and Central Asia. It is a region with a long and complex history, not only politically but also in the area of migration, whereby the main characteristic is the mobility of tribes and nomadic populations between neighboring countries. For at least two decades (1980 and 1990), Afghanistan was known for its geopolitical importance, but also for being one of the leading countries in the production of refugees and migrant flows, heading primarily to Pakistan and Iran. The present report aims at framing the discussion around immigration from Afghanistan to Greece, the reasons for migrating, the push factors for their arrival and the composition of arrivals. The report begins with an overview of the geopolitical and historical context of Afghanistan, and recent developments that have shaped and continue to shape immigration today. A discussion of the two main destination countries- Pakistan and Iran- for Afghan immigrants follows, since current Afghan migratory flows are largely a result of the political changes in these countries and particularly the change towards the Afghan refugee population hosted until recently. Therefore their importance and role cannot be ignored. The report will close with an overview of Afghan immigration in Greece, the problems encountered and the particularities of the group.
Year 2013
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23 Report

Introduction: Delineating the Linkages

Authors Angeliki Dimitriadi
Book Title Irregular Afghan Migration to Europe
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24 Book Chapter

Greek Policies on Migration and Asylum: An Exercise in Creative Ambiguity

Authors Angeliki Dimitriadi
Book Title Irregular Afghan Migration to Europe
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25 Book Chapter

Irregular Afghan Migration to Europe

Authors Angeliki Dimitriadi
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26 Book

Transit no More

Authors Angeliki Dimitriadi
Book Title Irregular Afghan Migration to Europe
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27 Book Chapter

Afghans in Greece: Transit, Immobility and Return

Authors Angeliki Dimitriadi
Book Title Irregular Afghan Migration to Europe
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28 Book Chapter

Deciding to Be Mobile

Authors Angeliki Dimitriadi
Book Title Irregular Afghan Migration to Europe
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29 Book Chapter

In-Between Spaces: The Journey to Europe Goes Through Turkey

Authors Angeliki Dimitriadi
Book Title Irregular Afghan Migration to Europe
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30 Book Chapter

Suggested Research

The EU's response to forced migration from Afghanistan A joint way forward for returns?

Authors Angeliki Dimitriadi, Michela Ceccorulli, Enrico Fassi
Year 2021
Book Title The EU's External Governance of Migration: Perspectives of Justice (1st ed.)
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1 Book Chapter

Detention as Punishment: Can indefinite detention be Greece’s main policy tool to manage its irregular migrant population?

Authors Anna Triandafyllidou, Danai Angeli, Angeliki DIMITRIADI
Year 2014
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2 Policy Brief
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