About session
The resurgence of large-scale emigration from Greece in times of crisis and austerity politics has received extensive media coverage. In a rather politicised public discourse it is presented as an one-way option for certain population segments, notably the young and the highly skilled, and hence a drain of the most dynamic part of the country’s labour force. In this panel we aim to challenge a number of conventional assumptions underlying how we think about the new Greek emigration. We will seek to get our facts straight about a phenomenon that reconstitutes Greek diasporic communities in the UK and globally, who now claim an autonomous voice and a central role in affecting change in Greece.
