S ince the beginning of the migrati- key, they are the first European territories on wave to Europe in 2015, Greece that migrants can reach by sea and hope has become one of the key cros- to seek asylum. The agreement signed sing points and an entry territory to ac- between the EU and Turkey, which ente- cess Europe. In reaction to the migration red into force in March 2016, by reducing crisis, Europe finds itself divided between the number of migrants entering Europe those who welcome the flow of immig- due to a policy of “keeping migrants in ration by supporting the rights of people Turkey”, led to the transfer of migrants who are obliged to leave their country arriving in Greece in camps with the aim and those who regard migrants as a th- of being detained there for a short time reat. Thus, the countries on the borders in order to manage the migratory flow. of Europe are the first af- Greece is found to However, these camps do ece is found to be the first be the first European able to adapt to the inf- European crossing point crossing point that lux and number of mig- to reach other european migrants use, ho- every day. Thus, after ha- countries. ping to reach other ving crossed the Aegean fected and divided by these concerns. Indeed, Gre- that migrants use, hoping Following the 2008 eco- european countries. not seem to have been rants arriving in Greece Sea and taking the risk of being close to death, migrants nomic crisis, Greece stru- find themsel- ggled to regain a stable economy. After ves in overcrowded camps. According the “budget deficit scandal” in 2012, the to figures from the International Rescue country adopted the financial policies Committee , of the 120,000 asylum see- delineated by the Troika and the bud- kers in Greece, 20,000 are on the Greek getary policies determined by the Euro- islands. The difficult conditions of these pean Union, the European Central Bank islands are raised by multiple NGOs and and the International Monetary Fund. In migrants denouncing the lack of respe- addition to this difficult economic situa- ct of human rights. Sanitary conditions tion, since 2015, the migration crisis has as well as psychosocial mechanisms are been one of the most important pheno- still minimal, and are therefore leaving mena on the Greek agenda. Thus, the migrants in increasingly degrading con- migratory crisis seems to accentuate the ditions for their health and human dig- state of the economic situation by im- nity. pacting in particular unemployment and The debate on Greece respecting or not tourism. human rights has resulted in weakening Since Greek islands such as Kos, Symi, relations between the EU and Greece Meis, Lesbos and Chios are close to Tur- since the EU considers that Athens is fa- 1