Policies, Governance and Innovation for Rural Areas International Seminar 21-23 November 2003. Università della Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende The multifunctional role of migrants in the rural economy and society of Greece1 Charalambos Kasimis Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development Agricultural University of Athens, Greece E-mail: kasimis@aua.gr 1 This paper draws from the research project The implications of the settlement and employment of migrants in rural Greece financed by the Greek Ministry of Agriculture and conducted by C. Kasimis, V. Nitsiakos, E. Zacopoulou and A.G. Papadopoulos (Universities of Patras and Ioannina, 2002).