INTERSECTIONALITY IN REFUGEE CRISIS AND IMMIGRATION IN GREECE: GENDER, RACE AND RELIGION
Summary
This thesis uses the theoretical framework of intersectionality to research the refugee
crisis in Greece. Specifically, it researches how female refugees and immigrants who
stay in Greece face different forms of discrimination depending on their gender, race,
and religion.
Greece has a long history with immigration, while after 2011 and the Syrian civil war
the numbers of refugee flows increased. This thesis studies the period between 2011
and 2020 while it also analyses the historical background of Greece as a host country
and the Greek society regarding gender equality and sexism.
Even though gender, race, and religious discrimination are divided and defined
separately in order to analyse and research their roots in the Greek society, in fact, the
thesis concludes that they cannot be separated because their interaction creates this
different form of discrimination that these women face. This is exactly what is called
intersectionality.