The role of local political leadership in the reception of forced migrants: evidence from Greece

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Figure 1. Local political leadership in the reception of forced migrants: conceptual framework.

Figure 2. Urban, metropolitan and regional area of Thessaloniki with its self-governing municipalities, including Delta on the west and Thermi on the east side of the metropolitan area.

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Table 1. Territorial, demographic and economic characteristics of the municipalities of Thermi and Delta.

Territory
Municipality	Total area (km^2)	Municipal units	Municipal communities	Local communities
Thermi	385,522	3	9	5
Delta	310,898	3	8	1
Demography
Municipality	Total population	EU citizens (non-Greek)	Third country nationals/stateless/not specified
Thermi	53,315	636	2059
Delta	45,839	699	3635
Economy
Municipality	Economically active population	Employed	Unemployed	Economically inactive population
Thermi	23,203	19,743	3460	29,998
Delta	18,791	14,263	4528	27,048

Note: Municipal units, municipal communities and local communities are sub-municipal districts created by the 2011 Kallikratis administrative reform. They represent the territorial division of Greek municipalities and facilitate the local political representation in the municipal councils. For a detailed discussion, see Hlepas and Getimis (2018, pp. 119–143).

Source: ELSTAT 2011, https://www.statistics.gr/.

Figure 3. (a) Electoral support for far-right anti-immigrant parties in Thermi and Delta (2012–15); (b) voting behaviour in national/European Union (EU) elections, Municipality of Thermi (2012–15); and (c) voting behaviour in national/EU elections, Municipality of Delta (2012–15).

Note: Based on data from the official database of the Greek Ministry of Interior (https://ekloges.ypes.gr/). Political parties included in each category are: far-right (anti-immigrant): Golden Dawn, Independent Greeks and Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS); centre-right: New Democracy; centrist: To Potami and Union of Centrists; centre-left: Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) and Democratic Left (DIMAR); populist left: Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA); and communist-left: Communist Party of Greece (KKE).

Table 2. List of interviews.

ID	Stakeholder	Date	Interviewee	Language
T1	Municipality of Thermi	9 October 2018	Two employees of the municipal administration	Greek
N1	Non-governmental organization (NGO)	11 October 2018	Two employees of an NGO delivering services to forced migrants in the municipality of Delta	Greek
T2	Municipality of Thermi	17 October 2018	Member of the municipal government	Greek
N2	NGO	22 October 2018	Employee of an NGO delivering services to forced migrants in the municipality of Delta	Greek
D1	Municipality of Delta	5 November 2018	Two employees of the municipal administration	Greek
D2	Municipality of Delta	5 November 2018	Member of the municipal government	Greek
TH1	Municipality of Thessaloniki	8 November 2018	Employee of the municipal administration	Greek
MMP	Ministry of Migration Policy	14 November 2018	Representative of the Ministry of Migration Policy	Greek
TH2	Municipality of Thessaloniki	26 November 2018	Employee of the municipal administration	Greek
N3	NGO	29 November 2018	Employee of an NGO delivering services to forced migrants in the municipality of Delta	Greek

Hlepas, N., & Getimis, P. (2018). Dimosionomiki Exygiansi stin Topiki Aytodiikisi. Provlimata kai Diexodi ypo Synthikes Krisis [Fiscal consolidation in local self-government. Problems and solutions in a crisis context]. Papazisi.

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