ABSTRACT
This chapter studies the recent ‘migrant crisis’ in Greece (2015–16) as a case of permanent liminality. The crisis started with the rupturing of the international borders between Greece and Turkey and the opening of ‘Fortress Europe’ to the migrants. Subsequent events and social processes, however, cemented a permanent liminality. Syriza, a radical-leftist party in power, first encouraged and then perpetuated a humanitarian crisis as the solution to an impossible situation: to stay true to its anti-systemic political vision, while remaining a member of the systemic international order.
