Latest news from Aegean Migrant Solidarity
Ten years of the EU-Turkey deal: a decade of systemic harm
Ten years after the EU-Turkey statement of 18 March 2016, we mark a decade defined by the sustained degradation and dehumanisation of people on the move.
M.H. must be acquitted
In April 2025, a survivor was charged with causing the shipwreck that killed his wife and child. On Thursday his case will be heard in a Lesvos courtroom.
The architecture of crimmigration and the Chios tragedy
A recent shipwreck off the coast of Chios island exposes the way deadly border policies are shaped by fear, militarization, and the convergence of criminal and migration law.
How long will we stand by while states kill our people?
Last Tuesday, 3 February, headlines began to appear about yet another shipwreck, this time near Chios. We immediately started searching for information, making phone calls,
Remembering the dead, raising our voices against EU border policies
The 6th of February has become the international day of commemoration for those who have lost their lives at the borders.
Justice for the victims of the Chios Shipwreck
The Greek Coast Guard is yet again implicated in the death at sea of at least 15 migrants off the coast of Chios island.
Joint Civil Society Statement on the Migration Ministry bill
Over 70 organizations are co-signing a joint statement regarding the new bill proposed by the Greek Ministry of Migration and Asylum.
Justice delayed is justice denied
After eight years, the defendants in one of Europe’s most notorious “criminalisation of solidarity” cases have been acquitted. Although the verdict brings relief, can this really be called justice?
Saving lives is not a crime
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