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The National Centre for Social Research (EKKE) has a long tradition in migration research, dating back to its foundation in the late 1950s<\/em><\/strong>. Over the decades, its research focus has evolved in step with the transformation of Greek society, from a country of emigration to one of transit, destination, and refugee protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 1960s <\/em><\/strong> and 1970s<\/em><\/strong>, EKKE researchers focused their attention on Greek emigration, particularly in Western Europe and the United States. The 1990s <\/em><\/strong>brought a shift in focus toward migration into Greece as a country of destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By the mid-2000s<\/em><\/strong>, migration had become a central pillar of EKKE’s research agenda, with sustained inquiry spanning a broad range of themes: immigrant integration and second-generation migrants, gendered immigration, migration and criminality, labour market discrimination, and immigrant entrepreneurship.

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Since 2015<\/em><\/strong>, research at EKKE has increasingly focused on refugees and asylum seekers, reflecting Greece’s front-line position in European asylum policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EKKE’s newly established Interdisciplinary Migration Research Unit (IMRU)<\/em><\/strong> builds on this accumulated expertise, expanding it into new directions with a dual commitment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n