A comparative study of the refugees' settlement policies of 1922 and 2016 in the metropolitan area of Athens

Abstract

This paper is about the Refugees' settlement policies of 1922 and 2016 in the Metropolitan Area of Athens. The aim is to compare the Refugees' sites and  settlements in 1922 and 2016, the criteria for selecting these sites for settlement, the consequences of this choice as well as the institutions involved in both periods. The selection of these - apparently different - time periods of refugee settlement in this specific area is closely related to the fact that, as will be seen below, they share some common features in the sectors examined in the paper, which demonstrates the  possible existence of some timeless structures and mechanisms.