Border Harms and Everyday Violence. The Lived Experiences of Border Crossers in Lesvos Island, Greece

In 2015, Lesvos a Greek Island located at the North-Eastern edge of the Aegean Sea at the borders with Turkey became an important gate for border crossers who were fleeing persecution, wars, conflicts, authoritarian regimes and violence. During 2015 over 800,000 border crossers arrived via the Aegea...

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Autor principal: Iliadou, Evgenia (Autor)
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Publicado: 2019
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