Title: Protection of rights of vulnerable refugee groups: an ethnographic approach and the challenges for their integration in Greek society

Authors: Eleftheria Banti

Addresses: School of English Language and Literature, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece

Abstract: Human rights play a critical role in the maintenance of a balanced society and public order. Particularly, the exercise and preservation of human rights protects also vulnerable groups such as refugee women and children. This ethnographic research explores the maintenance or the violation of women and unaccompanied minors' rights in Greek society. The policies are also indicated and the strategies that the Greek Government applies to protect them. This study also examines refugee and asylum-seeking women, girls, and children from another point of view, going through their daily lives in the host country. The enforcement or infringement of their rights in education, in a basic standard of life, in mental health and healthcare, as well as in legal support are the main sections that are elaborated. Certainly, this research takes into account the broader sociopolitical context in Greece and specific Arabic countries and focuses on the refugee's integration.

Keywords: vulnerable groups; refugee children; refugee women; unaccompanied girls; rights implementation; violation of rights; accommodation centres; integration.

DOI: 10.1504/IJHRCS.2022.121942

International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies, 2022 Vol.9 No.2, pp.134 - 156

Received: 09 May 2021
Accepted: 12 May 2021

Published online: 07 Apr 2022 *

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