Athanasios Koronis, a Thessaloniki-based lawyer specialized in refugee and migration law, with previous experience on sites as a UNHCR associate protection expert at Diavata camp & Eidomeni and as a member of the legal team of the Greek Council for Refugees at Softex camp. He is a former member of the Greek Appeals Committees. He holds a postgraduate degree in European and International Studies at Democritus University of Thrace and an LL.M. at Heidelberg University.