http://dspace.lib.uom.gr/handle/2159/23475 2026-05-14T01:14:44Z http://dspace.lib.uom.gr/handle/2159/34433 Title: The protection of unaccompanied refugee children in Greece and Italy. A comparative analysis Authors: Stefanovichj, Stefania Abstract: This thesis examines the protection of unaccompanied refugee children in Italy and Greece, two key EU entry points, highlighting the gap between legal frameworks and operational realities. Both countries are bound by international conventions and EU directives, yet they differ significantly in reception conditions, age assessment, residence permits, education access, guardianship and support after turning 18. Italy provides child-specific residence permits, structured programmes for former unaccompanied children who turn 18 years old, and a volunteer-based guardianship system, though regional disparities and resource limitations persist. Greece’s asylum-linked residence permits, fragmented education opportunities, and understaffed guardianship framework leave many children vulnerable and undocumented, despite the positive developments that have taken place in recent years. Dropouts from care facilities in both countries reflect systemic shortcomings, as children risk irregular status and exploitation. The study underscores the need for harmonized, child-centered procedures, sustainable funding, professionalized guardianship, inclusive education, and continuity of protection into adulthood to align national practices with international and EU standards. Description: Διπλωματική εργασία--Πανεπιστήμιο Μακεδονίας, Θεσσαλονίκη, 2025. 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dspace.lib.uom.gr/handle/2159/34322 Title: Social remittance flows from female migrants: the cases of Bangladesh and Ethiopia Authors: Fox, Rebecca Abstract: This research analyzes two cases of adolescent female migration in the Global South for evidence of intangible values and ideas being remitted back to their places of origin. First, the fields of anthropology and migration and the studies of remittances and social remittances are introduced before presenting the ethnographic case studies of Ethiopia and Bangladesh. The paper then summarizes the contexts, findings, and constraints of each case before delving into Levitt’s theory of social remittances through migration. Social remittance theory is applied to the ethnographic cases to reveal evidence of the new or changed educational values, ideals about marriage and family, and other political, social, and cultural values that young women brought or sent back with them to their places of origin after migrating as adolescents within the Global South. This anthropologically-rooted study argues that social remittances, specifically values and ideas about gender inequality, education, and budgeting, with immense individual-level and community-level development potential are often facilitated by young female migration. Description: Διπλωματική εργασία--Πανεπιστήμιο Μακεδονίας, Θεσσαλονίκη, 2026. 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dspace.lib.uom.gr/handle/2159/34291 Title: Resilience amidst adversity: exploring the psychological resilience of refugee minors in Greece Authors: Δούκα, Λυδία Abstract: This study explores how psychologists working with refugee minors in Greece understand these children’s psychological strengths and the processes which support their resilience. By shifting the focus from vulnerability to strength, the research aims to offer culturally informed and more nuanced strategies for the provision of psychosocial support to displaced children. A qualitative approach was used to capture the complexity of individual experiences and the context in which they occur. A convenience and snowball sampling was used to select 10 psychologists. Online and in person semi-structured interviews were conducted and analysed using the Braun and Clarke (2006) Thematic Analysis framework. The approach thus enabled the identification of recurrent patterns across emotional, cultural, and relational domains. The findings show that refugee minors demonstrate important psychological capacities, including adaptability, emotional endurance, and creative coping. Protective factors included faith, a sense of future orientation, and openness in relationships, while coping mechanisms were expressed through narrative and symbolic forms, structured routines, and spiritual practices. External support systems, such as emotionally available caregivers, inclusive school settings, and culturally sensitive community services, also played a significant role in fostering psychological strength. Overall, the study highlights resilience in refugee minors as a relational, context-dependent, and dynamic process. Description: Διπλωματική εργασία--Πανεπιστήμιο Μακεδονίας, Θεσσαλονίκη, 2025. 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dspace.lib.uom.gr/handle/2159/34282 Title: The architecture of Palestinian dehumanization cinema witnessing in the occupied West Bank Authors: Al krenawy, Warda Abstract: This dissertation investigates the systematic processes of Palestinian dehumanization and the normalization of their "unseen" status through the lens of independent cinema. using a multidisciplinary framework that synthesizes postcolonial theory, settler-colonial studies, and biopolitics, the research explores how the Israeli occupation is maintained not only through physical force but through a sophisticated architecture of dehumanization. This architecture is operating across three interdependent fronts, the material control of space, the symbolic construction of identity, and the management of the biological body. By analyzing the "unseeing" bureaucratic and visual gaze, the study examines how the colonial project is attempting to render the Palestinian subject illegible, transforming the most intimate spaces of life, the home, the camp, and the road, into sites of permanent suspicion and "bare life." Central to this research is a close cinematic analysis of three vital films: Jenin, Jenin (2002), Private (2004), and 200 Meters (2020). By positioning these films as a discursive counter-archive, the study argues that independent cinema acts as an irreducible barrier against colonial erasure. These cinematic works do not only reflect the occupation; they actively interfere with the logic of elimination by documenting the "unseen" moments of waiting, domestic persistence, and bodily endurance. The study concludes that while the architecture of the state seeks to manage the time and biology of the colonized, the cinematic record preserves a lived reality that refuses to be fully categorized or deleted. Ultimately, this thesis asserts that as long as the breathing, moving, and resisting Palestinian body is witnessed and recorded, the colonial project of silent erasure remains incomplete Description: Διπλωματική εργασία--Πανεπιστήμιο Μακεδονίας, Θεσσαλονίκη, 2026. 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z