A decade ago, in the summer of 2015, the Greek island of Lesvos became the epicenter of Europe’s “refugee crisis.” Images of local residents doing
An amendment to the Environmental Terms Approval Decision for Vastria Closed Controlled Access Centre in Lesvos is an attempt to paper over old cracks. Find out why it should be rejected, and sign up to say “NO” to a new detention centre.
Do records truly matter? Does the preservation of memory really matter? Can memory and history be a weapon in the hands of the powerless, for
Now nearing completion on the island of Lesvos, the Vastria Closed Controlled Access Centre – essentially a prison for people on the move – embodies
On 1 June, the Madleen, a tiny but mighty boat named in honour of the first Palestinian fisherwoman of Gaza, set sail from Catania, Sicily,
Those who now reach the shores of Crete in small and fragile boats come because Europe offers no safe or legal way to seek asylum,
On 11 March 2025, the European Commission presented a new proposal for a Return Regulation to replace the current Return Directive. Behind the euphemistic name, the proposal outlines coercive, traumatising, and rights-violating measures premised on an imperative of increasing deportation rates. Instead of focusing on protection, housing, healthcare and education, the Regulation is premised on punitive policies, detention centres, deportation and enforcement.
Over the past year, migration flows in the Northern Aegean have changed. The large boatloads of people who once arrived —carrying fear, hope, and memories
On 11 July, the Greek parliament approved the three-month suspension of the right to apply for asylum for people coming from North Africa. CPT Aegean Migrant Solidarity is one of 109 organisations calling for this unlawful legislation to be withdrawn.
A new report by CPT Aegean Migrant Solidarity offers an in-depth investigation into the construction and operation of the new Closed Controlled Access Center in Vastria, Lesvos.
