Eleftherios Chelioudakis traces how an AI-enabled social media surveillance tool, cancelled by Frontex in 2019 following data protection scrutiny, quietly resurfaced 28 months later through a Hellenic Coast Guard procurement, raising serious concerns about mass surveillance, regulatory oversight, and the growing reach of border control into everyday digital life.

Angeliki Dimitriadi argues that as the EU turns to externalisation and return hubs, the evidence suggests these measures will not deliver the returns they promise, while Greece’s own data tells a story far removed from the political rhetoric.

Dimitris Skleparis argues that while attitudes toward migration are often explained by present-day fears, new evidence from Greece suggests that how past suffering is remembered, and interpreted, matters even more.

Angelo Tramountanis outlines the rationale behind IMRU’s establishment, tracing the gap between decades of rigorous migration research and a public debate increasingly dominated by security narratives and disconnected from solid evidence.