The Right to the City in times of Covid : - Responses from Athens

Abstract: This thesis examines the social impacts of Covid-19 restriction measures implemented by the Greek government during March-April 2020 with a national lockdown and curfew. Among the mostly affected vulnerable groups were refugees and migrants, the homeless, and the unemployed who faced the destructive consequences of the government's tactics. In this paper, activists from Athens respond to the challenges the Greek society dealt with at the time, and try to shed light on the matter.