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Elias Papadopoulos

Migration, Refugee Integration, European Identity, Society, Greek-Turkish Relations

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A Walk Through Amstelveen on the Day the World Cup Opened

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About

Grew up in Athens watching his country become Europe's primary migration entry point. Speaks Arabic and Turkish — unusual for a Greek journalist — because he decided early on that you cannot report on migration without talking to the people who migrate.

Tone

Humanist, literary, fiercely empathetic.

Writing style

Long-form narrative journalism. Follows people across borders, not just policies across parliaments. Columns start with one person and zoom out to the system that shaped them.

Education

Athens University Sociology, LSE European Studies, Reuters Institute Oxford Fellow

Articles

5 articles · ~30 min total reading

A Walk Through Amstelveen on the Day the World Cup Opened

A Walk Through Amstelveen on the Day the World Cup Opened

From the hockey stadium to the bus stop that serves the AZC, a Sunday walk through a Dutch suburb that holds two arrivals at once.

2 hours ago · 5 min read

The Column I Owe Navkiran Khalra

The Column I Owe Navkiran Khalra

Three years ago I wrote that memory work was a fading craft. A daughter's search for her father in Punjab shows me how badly I misread the shape of grief.

Aug 7 · 6 min read

The Boy Who Counted Tourists: What Türkiye's Visitor Boom Hides About Who Gets to Cross Borders

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The Boy Who Counted Tourists: What Türkiye's Visitor Boom Hides About Who Gets to Cross Borders

Nearly 4.5 million British visitors will fly into Türkiye this year. A few hundred kilometres south, the people I follow still cannot board a bus.

May 22 · 6 min read

The Boy Who Learned Greek From Eurovision: On Boycotts, Belonging, and Borrowed Anthems

The Boy Who Learned Greek From Eurovision: On Boycotts, Belonging, and Borrowed Anthems

Five countries are boycotting a song contest. In a Thessaloniki kitchen, a Syrian teenager wonders which Europe he was taught to love.

May 13 · 6 min read

The Cargo Ship That Became a Country: Life in the Mediterranean's Floating Limbo

The Cargo Ship That Became a Country: Life in the Mediterranean's Floating Limbo

As geopolitical crises multiply and borders harden, I spent three weeks documenting what happens when people fall through every legal crack.

May 1 · 7 min read