On the Doorstep of Europe examines how asylum seekers and service providers in Greece navigate dilemmas of governance, ethics, knowledge, and sociability. A new preface highlights how the difficulties encountered by asylum seekers in an earlier time remain relevant and revealing in the face of ongoing crises and challenges today.

Presenting poignant stories combined with amusing anecdotes and philosophical reflection, Reversing the Rivers is an engaging account of how one human rights activist faced the day-to-day realities of struggling with human rights crises while answering the question, “How do you retain any hope at all in humanity?”