Immigration and Refugees in Greece

Greece in early 90s had to deal with geopolitical and economical problems. At this time there were not any Greek movements in other countries.

Until the collapse of the Soviet Union and other communist countries (Eastern Europe and Balkans) there were little or no immigrant and refugees movements. Suddenly in early 90s a huge amount of them moved in Greece, something that caused many problems to Greek citizens and generally to Greek society, as they resorted to crime so as to survive.

The majority of the refugees that arrived in Greece were from the Soviet Bloc and specifically from Georgia, due to the Abkhazian war that dominated. The numbers were not very large.

The Refugees of the past in Greece from Giannis Psifas

Immigrants were another story. After the collapse of the Albanian communist regime a huge number of economical immigrants fled the country moving mainly in Greece and Italy. Some years later others arrived from countries like Bulgaria, Rumania and more.