Latest news from Aegean Migrant Solidarity
Legal guidance must serve rights, not deterrence
As the Greek Ministry of Migration reconsiders a Joint Ministerial Decision on free initial legal counseling, CPT and other organisations in Greece demand: legal guidance must serve rights, not deterrence
A summer of change: the implementation of the new EU Migration Pact
The European Union is implementing its new Migration Pact, a raft of measures to clamp down on migration and speed up deportations. CPT Aegean Migrant Solidarity reflects on its potential local impact.
Could this be the end of this circle of death?
It’s been three months and few days since the US and Israel attacked Iran. What was portrayed as a fast-track operation for the overthrow of
The “new law”: screening, detention, and containment on the North Aegean islands
Greece’s new draft migration law marks an escalation in deterrence, incorporating frontline regions such as Lesvos into an expanded enforcement architecture.
Denial of access to asylum for alleged drivers/facilitators
CPT Aegean Migrant Solidarity co-publishes a joint statement against the Greek state’s practice of denying access to asylum procedures for those accused of driving migrant boats towards Greece.
We will remember them
While armed conflicts all over the world are increasing, people fleeing war are being killed at sea by the very countries that they are trying
Farewell to Haidar
On New Year’s Eve, Haidar Khaled Akhalil embarked from Turkey to Greece. What happened after he landed shows that the danger for migrants does not end after surviving the perilous sea crossing.
Call for the immediate halt of Vastria CCAC
CPT Aegean Migrant Solidarity calls for the immediate halt of all plans to construct or operate a new migrant detention centre in Lesvos.
How long will we let fear rule our hearts?
We have built a society like a fortress, where the “other” is no longer a brother or a sister. We have traded our humanity for