Evgenia Iliadou (The Open University)

Gebundenes Buch

Border Harms and Everyday Violence

A Prison Island in Europe

Beschreibung

The Greek island of Lesvos is frequently the subject of news reports on the refugee 'crisis'. Drawing on her experiences as an activist in Lesvos refugee camps, Iliadou considers the impacts of EU deterrence policies and highlights the global responsibility for safeguarding refugees' human rights.

Autor

Evgenia Iliadou is a project worker for a charity supporting migrant women in immigration detention centres in the UK. She holds a PhD in Social Policy and Criminology and has conducted postdoctoral research on refugees' lived experiences of violence in the Greek immigration detention centres and refugee camps. Her main research interests are: the refugee crisis, asylum, bureaucratic and border violence, and vulnerability. Before joining academia, Evgenia worked for more than a decade as an NGO practitioner in detention centres and refugee camps in Greece and Lesvos island by providing social support to border crossers survivors of torture, human trafficking and sexual abuse.

Produktdetails

• Studies in Social Harm
• Verlag: Bristol University Press
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9781529212761
• ISBN-10: 1529212766
• Artikelnr.: 64543024