The “humanitarian crisis” on the shores of Greece reached its peak in 2015, mobilizing multiple agents-national and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs), international bodies, local authorities, and volunteers-towards the development of diverse actions of “emergency” support and “solidarity” for refugees ( Papataxiarchis 2016a, 2016b, 2016c, 2016d Rozakou 2016). This code positions refugee youths both as temporary “guests” and simultaneously as “subjects” of discipline in the residency and in wider society. The article discusses how the youths themselves act upon educational arrangements made by their caretakers within a context of limited agency inscribed in a “code” of filoxenia (hospitality to foreigners). In such a context, education comes to the fore in the management of Europe’s so-called “refugee crisis.” This article explores refugee youths’ educational engagements in the framework of their “temporary” accommodation in a Transit Shelter for Unaccompanied (Male) Minors on the island of Lesvos. Since then, the large-scale emergency relief aid on the Greek shores has been replaced by the development of provisions for the gradual integration of refugees within wider European society. The closure of borders along the “Balkan route” and the EU-Turkey agreement in 2016 resulted in the involuntary immobility of thousands of refugees in Greece.
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