Foffi said refugees' journeys typically started three months before arrival at the shores of north Africa, and involved hardships that saw around half of the travellers die.
"At times it is appropriate to refrain from performing certain acts of obedience," he said, "in order to avoid the hardships of others".
Syriza is building its popularity on a slate of promises designed to ease the hardships that millions of Greek face.
Write down the skills you will need to start a business, income projections, some of the hardships you expect to face (so you are prepared for them) and what you hope to achieve (financial freedom, work-life balance).
The infamous wink caught on camera during talk-back radio, when the caller revealed she does phone sex work, was a particularly insensitive look from Abbott given she was also telling him about the hardships she faces from his budget.
But, despite the hardships and the imminent threat of camp closure, the number of returnees has recently decreased dramatically.
The fear is, here and everywhere, that this autumn's hardships are just the beginning: there will come a point when no amount of ingenuity, flexibility and cunning can stand in the way of empty coffers.
In Peckham, some of the distrust was directed towards the Guardian and LSE, which a few participants portrayed as outsiders who would struggle to comprehend the hardships faced in the area.
"Blaming poor people or migrants for hardships at the time of economic crisis is not entirely unknown, but it is not intelligent politics in my view.
He says that being sanctioned, and the hardships that followed, led to him trying to take his own life at his dining-room table.
Van life is not without its hardships, however.
