Books by Haris Malamidis
Ευρωπαϊκές αξίες & προσφυγική κρίση, 2022
Edited volume (in greek)
Η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση δομείται στη βάση θεμελιωδών αρχών και αξιών, που στο... more Edited volume (in greek)
Η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση δομείται στη βάση θεμελιωδών αρχών και αξιών, που στοχεύουν μεταξύ άλλων στην προάσπιση της δημοκρατίας, του κράτους δικαίου και του σεβασμού των ανθρωπίνων δικαιωμάτων. Σε περιόδους «κρίσης», όπως αυτή που συντελέστηκε το 2015 με την άφιξη ενός εκατομμυρίου και πλέον προσφύγων, το θεμελιακό υπόβαθρο της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης φάνηκε να κλυδωνίζεται. Η ιδέα της ενωμένης Ευρώπης ως εγγυήτριας των δικαιωμάτων όσων αναζητούν προστασία αμφισβητήθηκε, καθώς η αλληλεγγύη, ο επιμερισμός των ευθυνών και η προσφορά φιλοξενίας δεν προσεγγίστηκαν ούτε προσεγγίζονται έως σήμερα με τον ίδιο τρόπο από τα κράτη μέλη. Παρότι οι ευρωπαϊκές αξίες εμφανίζονται στο δημόσιο διάλογο ολοένα και περισσότερο, η ερμηνεία τους διαφοροποιείται. Η ελαστικότητα στην απόδοση του ακριβούς νοήματος τους επέτρεψε και συνεχίζει να επιτρέπει την επίκλησή τους συχνά με ένα ασύμβατο φάσμα πολιτικών. Αυτή την ιδιαιτερότητα επιχειρεί να αναδείξει η παρούσα έκδοση. Υιοθετώντας μια διεπιστημονική προσέγγιση, οι συγγραφείς του τόμου, επιχειρούν να φωτίσουν την αντίφαση μεταξύ του προβεβλημένου αξιακού πλαισίου και της μεταναστευτικής πολιτικής που εξακολουθεί να εφαρμόζεται, τόσο στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση όσο και στην Ελλάδα. Φιλόσοφοι, πολιτικοί επιστήμονες, κοινωνιολόγος, κοινωνικοί ανθρωπολόγοι, διερευνούν με ένα πρωτότυπο συνδυασμό κοινωνικής επιστημονικής ανάλυσης και νομικής και φιλοσοφικής θεωρίας το θέμα των αξιών και αρχών, στην εφαρμογή πολιτικών φιλοξενίας, υποδοχής, και προστασίας της περιόδου 2015-2021.
Συγγραφείς: Σάμυ Αλεξανδρίδης | Ρόζα Βασιλάκη | Φιλύρα Βλαστού-Δημοπούλου | Αναστάσιος Γιουζέπας | Αγγελική Δημητριάδη | Λουκία Κοτρωνάκη | Κώστας Ν. Κουκουζέλης | Χάρης Μαλαμίδης | Ρεγγίνα Μαντανίκα | Κωνσταντίνος Α. Παπαγεωργίου | Εύα Παπατζανή | Χαρίλαος Πλατανάκης| Νίκος Σερντεδάκις | Αλεξάνδρα Σιώτου | Αννα Τριανταφυλλίδου | Αναστασία Χαλκιά | Πάνος Χατζηπροκοπίου
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Amsterdam University Press, 2020
Social Movements and Solidarity Structures in Crisis-Ridden Greece explores the rich grassroots e... more Social Movements and Solidarity Structures in Crisis-Ridden Greece explores the rich grassroots experience of social movements in Greece between 2008 and 2016. The harsh conditions of austerity triggered the rise of vibrant mobilizations that went hand-in-hand with the emergence of numerous solidarity structures, providing unofficial welfare services to the suffering population. Based on qualitative field research conducted in more than 50 social movement organizations in Greece’s two major cities, the book offers an in-depth analysis of the contentious mechanisms that led to the development of such solidarity initiatives. By analyzing the organizational structure, resources and identity of markets without middlemen, social and collective kitchens, organizations distributing food parcels, social clinics and self-managed cooperatives, this study explains the enlargement of boundaries of collective action in times of crisis.
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Peer-Reviewed Articles by Haris Malamidis
Migration, Mobility, & Displacement, 2023
In the aftermath of the 2015 refugee "crisis", the integration of asylum seekers and refugees beg... more In the aftermath of the 2015 refugee "crisis", the integration of asylum seekers and refugees began to feature in the public debate. The traditional picture of Greece, as a reception and transit but not destination country, has shifted to a fragmented integration framework since the 1990s. This paper critically assesses contemporary integration policies in Greece. On one hand, it argues these integration policies are ones of assimilation. On the other hand, it explores the alternative, inclusive framework being introduced by social and solidarity economy practices. Based on qualitative desk and field research conducted in Greece between 2020 and 2021, it discusses how integration has been intertwined with assimilationist perspectives, analyzes the profile of integration policies, and explores the contributions of alternative practices set out by social and solidarity economy initiatives.
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Journal of Rural Studies, 2023
Drawing on Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe's discourse theory of hegemony, the paper introduces... more Drawing on Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe's discourse theory of hegemony, the paper introduces a chain of equivalence that articulates discourses such as “commons-based peer production”, “partner state” and “ethical market entities” around the counter-hegemony of open cooperativism vis-à-vis the current hegemony of neoliberalism. The paper sets out to empirically test its theoretical premises by reviewing the Open Food Network as an illustrative case-study of open cooperativism. The Open Food Network deploys the digital commons to launch short food supply chains and bring about systemic change in agriculture. Τhe paper suggests that for the Open Food Network to contribute to systemic change in agriculture and beyond it may create cross-sectoral synergies across the economy, civil society and politics to help articulate a chain of equivalence linking up ethical market entities, the commons and a partner state around the model of open cooperativism.
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Partecipazione e Conflitto, 2021
The literature of social movement outcomes is engaged with the study of social change. However, s... more The literature of social movement outcomes is engaged with the study of social change. However, social movement theories limit the explanatory potential of social movements' political outcomes, only in relation to policy and institutional change. Therefore, they do not pay attention to the various political qualities which emerge from protest cycles and move away from institutional arrangements. Against this backdrop, the paper suggests approaching social transformations as changes in boundaries. Boundaries define, each time, the limits of social settings and describe organizational and identarian aspirations of social change in daily life. Periods of crises are characterized by intense transformations, which overcome the old and create new boundaries. Based on qualitative field research conducted in more than 50 social movement organizations in Greece, between 2016 and 2017, the paper analyses the mechanisms that facilitated the enlargement of social movements' cognitive and structural boundaries, towards service-oriented repertoires of action. By studying social movement outcomes through boundary transformations, the paper challenges the rigid categorizations of movement outcomes and unravels the interactions among their personal, cultural and political aspects. As such, it demonstrates the need for social movement theories to consider noninstitutional political changes of daily life, within the study of movement outcomes.
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Zeitschrift Für Kultur- Und Kollektivwissenschaft , 2018
The anti-austerity mobilizations that developed after the beginning of the economic crisis brough... more The anti-austerity mobilizations that developed after the beginning of the economic crisis brought to the forefront the increase in self-organized, solidarity structures. One of the most popular examples of these alternative forms of resistance is the self-managed factory of Vio.Me in Greece. After the owners abandoned the company in 2011, the Vio.Me workers occupied the factory and decided to operate it under the control of their general assembly. Through fieldwork research conducted in Vio.Me between January and April 2014 and in July 2015, this empirical inquiry examines Vio.Me’s organizational structure, its communication channels and its market environment in order to shed light on the mechanisms that enabled the passage from hierarchy to horizontality.
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Book Chapters by Haris Malamidis
Chapter in CareNotes Collective: For Health Autonomy: Horizons of Care Beyond Austerity—Reflections from Greece, Common Notions, 2020
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Κεφάλαιο στο Στο: Γ. Ζαϊμάκης, Ερευνητικές Διαδρομές στις Κοινωνικές Επιστήμες: Θεωρητικές-Μεθοδολογικές Συμβολές και Μελέτες Περίπτωσης, Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης - Εργαστήριο Κοινωνικής Ανάλυσης και Εφαρμοσμένης Κοινωνικής Έρευνας, 2018
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Book Reviews by Haris Malamidis
Book review in European Political Science, 2016
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Reports by Haris Malamidis
Report for the Horizon2020 Novamigra project, 2019
With respect to migration, the period 2014-2017 was characterised by reactionary policies and the... more 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.
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Report for the Horizon2020 Novamigra project, 2020
The report examines the concept of hospitality, a critical value in the EU in the period 2015‐201... more The report examines the concept of hospitality, a critical value in the EU in the period 2015‐2018 during the European ‘refugee crisis’. The advent of more than 1 million asylum seekers, revealed significant differences in how member states understand solidarity, burden sharing, but also hospitality and humanitarianism.
Hospitality is intrinsically linked to asylum and reception. It has been codified in the European asylum law through the Reception Conditions Directive. In practice, hospitality is offered by the State as the official ‘host’ and responsible for asylum processing, and by the civil society from professional NGOs to grassroot movements who receive and care for asylum seekers. State‐led reception practices coexist and are often complemented by the work of civil society and professional NGOs, grounded in “humanitarian ethos”, i.e. a shared sense of humanitarianism and ethical responsibility to assist. In this report, this type of hospitality is approached as social hospitality, since it is not administered by the State and seeks to produce social relations between guest and host. In both cases, reception is the practical implementation of hospitality.
The report draws on fieldwork in Greece, Hungary, Poland, Germany and Sweden and analyses how hospitality manifested in the period 2015-2018 through the process of reception and, particularly, accommodation. Rather than looking at State‐led hospitality, which has been thoroughly researched in the past, we focus on professional NGOs and civil society. Their role and contribution in most cases has been significant in both welcoming and hosting asylum applicants.
The report highlights the divergence between the countries of focus. Greece represents one side of the spectrum, where the State relied extensively on NGOs for the reception of asylum seekers and hospitality. Germany and Sweden pursue a middle‐of‐the road approach, with national reception systems established, where NGOs and civil society complement state‐led policies. On the other end of the hospitality spectrum, the cases of Hungary and Poland reveal civil societies that sought to assist and welcome asylum applicants despite the official policies.
The report discusses how hospitality is understood and practiced, and the limitations encountered seeking to approach reception not merely as the offer of services but as the contemporary interpretation and practice of the value of hospitality.
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Policy Briefs by Haris Malamidis
Policy Brief published by the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), 2019
Although four years have passed since the 2015 refugee “crisis”, Greece’s reception system is sti... more Although four years have passed since the 2015 refugee “crisis”, Greece’s reception system is still inadequate in serving the needs of the arriving populations. Since current debates focus on the weaknesses of the reception system, the issue of asylum-seekers and refugees’ integration has been indirectly outweighed. Without underestimating the issue of reception, this policy brief argues that the current political, social and environmental developments highlight the need to move towards decentralized and locally-oriented integration policies. After discussing the past context and the current developments of migration in Greece, we highlight the political, utilitarian and moral reasons that render integration policies both necessary and beneficiary for the domestic and migrant populations. Finally, we conclude with some recommendations regarding the way forward.
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Policy Brief for the Horizon2020 Novamigra project, 2020
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Media Articles by Haris Malamidis
Εφημερίδα Τα Νεα, 2021
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Media article on Percorsi di Secondo Welfare, 2016
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Media article in The New Pretender (republished by Brave New Europe), 2018
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Online article in the New Pretender, 2018
Kostis Roussos, Vaggelis Vragoteris and Haris Malamidis write about a new paradigm of working in ... more Kostis Roussos, Vaggelis Vragoteris and Haris Malamidis write about a new paradigm of working in common: the case of VIOME, a factory in the outskirts of Thessaloniki. They explain how “due to the general economic recession and the mall administration, the parent company went bankrupted in 2011, abandoning the plant of VIOME on its own faith. […] In 2013, together with a great movement in solidarity to the workers’ struggle, the workers of VIOME endeavored a big step: to take the production on their hands!”
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Online Article published in the New Pretender, 2018
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Article in the Solidaires Magazine, 2019
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Blog Post for the Horizon2020 Novamigra Project, 2019
The asylum bill introduced by the newly elected conservative government of New Democracy in Greec... more The asylum bill introduced by the newly elected conservative government of New Democracy in Greece raises the obstacles for the integration of asylum seekers even more. It adds an additional layer of difficulties on top of an already dysfunctional reception system put into place by the previous Syriza-led governmental coalition. Haris Malamidis argues that the term “crisis”—which is often used to describe the increased mixed migratory flows in 2015—better captures Greece’s troubled condition with respect to its identity and the values that inform its migration policies.
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Η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση δομείται στη βάση θεμελιωδών αρχών και αξιών, που στοχεύουν μεταξύ άλλων στην προάσπιση της δημοκρατίας, του κράτους δικαίου και του σεβασμού των ανθρωπίνων δικαιωμάτων. Σε περιόδους «κρίσης», όπως αυτή που συντελέστηκε το 2015 με την άφιξη ενός εκατομμυρίου και πλέον προσφύγων, το θεμελιακό υπόβαθρο της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης φάνηκε να κλυδωνίζεται. Η ιδέα της ενωμένης Ευρώπης ως εγγυήτριας των δικαιωμάτων όσων αναζητούν προστασία αμφισβητήθηκε, καθώς η αλληλεγγύη, ο επιμερισμός των ευθυνών και η προσφορά φιλοξενίας δεν προσεγγίστηκαν ούτε προσεγγίζονται έως σήμερα με τον ίδιο τρόπο από τα κράτη μέλη. Παρότι οι ευρωπαϊκές αξίες εμφανίζονται στο δημόσιο διάλογο ολοένα και περισσότερο, η ερμηνεία τους διαφοροποιείται. Η ελαστικότητα στην απόδοση του ακριβούς νοήματος τους επέτρεψε και συνεχίζει να επιτρέπει την επίκλησή τους συχνά με ένα ασύμβατο φάσμα πολιτικών. Αυτή την ιδιαιτερότητα επιχειρεί να αναδείξει η παρούσα έκδοση. Υιοθετώντας μια διεπιστημονική προσέγγιση, οι συγγραφείς του τόμου, επιχειρούν να φωτίσουν την αντίφαση μεταξύ του προβεβλημένου αξιακού πλαισίου και της μεταναστευτικής πολιτικής που εξακολουθεί να εφαρμόζεται, τόσο στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση όσο και στην Ελλάδα. Φιλόσοφοι, πολιτικοί επιστήμονες, κοινωνιολόγος, κοινωνικοί ανθρωπολόγοι, διερευνούν με ένα πρωτότυπο συνδυασμό κοινωνικής επιστημονικής ανάλυσης και νομικής και φιλοσοφικής θεωρίας το θέμα των αξιών και αρχών, στην εφαρμογή πολιτικών φιλοξενίας, υποδοχής, και προστασίας της περιόδου 2015-2021.
Συγγραφείς: Σάμυ Αλεξανδρίδης | Ρόζα Βασιλάκη | Φιλύρα Βλαστού-Δημοπούλου | Αναστάσιος Γιουζέπας | Αγγελική Δημητριάδη | Λουκία Κοτρωνάκη | Κώστας Ν. Κουκουζέλης | Χάρης Μαλαμίδης | Ρεγγίνα Μαντανίκα | Κωνσταντίνος Α. Παπαγεωργίου | Εύα Παπατζανή | Χαρίλαος Πλατανάκης| Νίκος Σερντεδάκις | Αλεξάνδρα Σιώτου | Αννα Τριανταφυλλίδου | Αναστασία Χαλκιά | Πάνος Χατζηπροκοπίου
Peer-Reviewed Articles by Haris Malamidis
Book Chapters by Haris Malamidis
Book Reviews by Haris Malamidis
Reports by Haris Malamidis
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.
Hospitality is intrinsically linked to asylum and reception. It has been codified in the European asylum law through the Reception Conditions Directive. In practice, hospitality is offered by the State as the official ‘host’ and responsible for asylum processing, and by the civil society from professional NGOs to grassroot movements who receive and care for asylum seekers. State‐led reception practices coexist and are often complemented by the work of civil society and professional NGOs, grounded in “humanitarian ethos”, i.e. a shared sense of humanitarianism and ethical responsibility to assist. In this report, this type of hospitality is approached as social hospitality, since it is not administered by the State and seeks to produce social relations between guest and host. In both cases, reception is the practical implementation of hospitality.
The report draws on fieldwork in Greece, Hungary, Poland, Germany and Sweden and analyses how hospitality manifested in the period 2015-2018 through the process of reception and, particularly, accommodation. Rather than looking at State‐led hospitality, which has been thoroughly researched in the past, we focus on professional NGOs and civil society. Their role and contribution in most cases has been significant in both welcoming and hosting asylum applicants.
The report highlights the divergence between the countries of focus. Greece represents one side of the spectrum, where the State relied extensively on NGOs for the reception of asylum seekers and hospitality. Germany and Sweden pursue a middle‐of‐the road approach, with national reception systems established, where NGOs and civil society complement state‐led policies. On the other end of the hospitality spectrum, the cases of Hungary and Poland reveal civil societies that sought to assist and welcome asylum applicants despite the official policies.
The report discusses how hospitality is understood and practiced, and the limitations encountered seeking to approach reception not merely as the offer of services but as the contemporary interpretation and practice of the value of hospitality.
Policy Briefs by Haris Malamidis
Media Articles by Haris Malamidis
Η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση δομείται στη βάση θεμελιωδών αρχών και αξιών, που στοχεύουν μεταξύ άλλων στην προάσπιση της δημοκρατίας, του κράτους δικαίου και του σεβασμού των ανθρωπίνων δικαιωμάτων. Σε περιόδους «κρίσης», όπως αυτή που συντελέστηκε το 2015 με την άφιξη ενός εκατομμυρίου και πλέον προσφύγων, το θεμελιακό υπόβαθρο της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης φάνηκε να κλυδωνίζεται. Η ιδέα της ενωμένης Ευρώπης ως εγγυήτριας των δικαιωμάτων όσων αναζητούν προστασία αμφισβητήθηκε, καθώς η αλληλεγγύη, ο επιμερισμός των ευθυνών και η προσφορά φιλοξενίας δεν προσεγγίστηκαν ούτε προσεγγίζονται έως σήμερα με τον ίδιο τρόπο από τα κράτη μέλη. Παρότι οι ευρωπαϊκές αξίες εμφανίζονται στο δημόσιο διάλογο ολοένα και περισσότερο, η ερμηνεία τους διαφοροποιείται. Η ελαστικότητα στην απόδοση του ακριβούς νοήματος τους επέτρεψε και συνεχίζει να επιτρέπει την επίκλησή τους συχνά με ένα ασύμβατο φάσμα πολιτικών. Αυτή την ιδιαιτερότητα επιχειρεί να αναδείξει η παρούσα έκδοση. Υιοθετώντας μια διεπιστημονική προσέγγιση, οι συγγραφείς του τόμου, επιχειρούν να φωτίσουν την αντίφαση μεταξύ του προβεβλημένου αξιακού πλαισίου και της μεταναστευτικής πολιτικής που εξακολουθεί να εφαρμόζεται, τόσο στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση όσο και στην Ελλάδα. Φιλόσοφοι, πολιτικοί επιστήμονες, κοινωνιολόγος, κοινωνικοί ανθρωπολόγοι, διερευνούν με ένα πρωτότυπο συνδυασμό κοινωνικής επιστημονικής ανάλυσης και νομικής και φιλοσοφικής θεωρίας το θέμα των αξιών και αρχών, στην εφαρμογή πολιτικών φιλοξενίας, υποδοχής, και προστασίας της περιόδου 2015-2021.
Συγγραφείς: Σάμυ Αλεξανδρίδης | Ρόζα Βασιλάκη | Φιλύρα Βλαστού-Δημοπούλου | Αναστάσιος Γιουζέπας | Αγγελική Δημητριάδη | Λουκία Κοτρωνάκη | Κώστας Ν. Κουκουζέλης | Χάρης Μαλαμίδης | Ρεγγίνα Μαντανίκα | Κωνσταντίνος Α. Παπαγεωργίου | Εύα Παπατζανή | Χαρίλαος Πλατανάκης| Νίκος Σερντεδάκις | Αλεξάνδρα Σιώτου | Αννα Τριανταφυλλίδου | Αναστασία Χαλκιά | Πάνος Χατζηπροκοπίου
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.
Hospitality is intrinsically linked to asylum and reception. It has been codified in the European asylum law through the Reception Conditions Directive. In practice, hospitality is offered by the State as the official ‘host’ and responsible for asylum processing, and by the civil society from professional NGOs to grassroot movements who receive and care for asylum seekers. State‐led reception practices coexist and are often complemented by the work of civil society and professional NGOs, grounded in “humanitarian ethos”, i.e. a shared sense of humanitarianism and ethical responsibility to assist. In this report, this type of hospitality is approached as social hospitality, since it is not administered by the State and seeks to produce social relations between guest and host. In both cases, reception is the practical implementation of hospitality.
The report draws on fieldwork in Greece, Hungary, Poland, Germany and Sweden and analyses how hospitality manifested in the period 2015-2018 through the process of reception and, particularly, accommodation. Rather than looking at State‐led hospitality, which has been thoroughly researched in the past, we focus on professional NGOs and civil society. Their role and contribution in most cases has been significant in both welcoming and hosting asylum applicants.
The report highlights the divergence between the countries of focus. Greece represents one side of the spectrum, where the State relied extensively on NGOs for the reception of asylum seekers and hospitality. Germany and Sweden pursue a middle‐of‐the road approach, with national reception systems established, where NGOs and civil society complement state‐led policies. On the other end of the hospitality spectrum, the cases of Hungary and Poland reveal civil societies that sought to assist and welcome asylum applicants despite the official policies.
The report discusses how hospitality is understood and practiced, and the limitations encountered seeking to approach reception not merely as the offer of services but as the contemporary interpretation and practice of the value of hospitality.