Abstract
Based on online ethnographic fieldwork, this contribution conceptualizes pushback practices at the Evros border as a strategy of crimmigration that targets migrants and their supporters. The political tensions between Greece and Turkey are discussed as a driver of the normalization of pushbacks. New levels of violence and repression in this context point to an increasingly authoritarian spirit. By examining the complex interactions between the different state and non-state actors who shape the politics of visibility surrounding pushbacks in Greece, the article aims to challenge the dehumanizing discourses around migrants as either passive victims of geopolitical strategies or potential security threats.
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