Η χώρα προέλευσης των μεταναστριών και η κοινωνική τους ένταξη στη Ελλάδα

The meaning of the term social integration is circmscribed for the study of immigrant women from Albania, the Ukraine and Poland, who have settled in our country as domestic assistants. The characteristics of their immigration are portrayed and compared according to nationality. Furthermore, the immigration stradegy, adopted at the legal level and the level of the labour market, is explored. Elements of the social integration of immigrant women are: the environment of their social associations; their relations with the Greek social services in the sectors of health, education, the services of organization of employment (OΑΕΔ), and the Institution of Social Security (IKA). The origin of the immigrant women differetiates the degree of their integration in Greek society and the way they are treated by the Greeks.