Latest news from Aegean Migrant Solidarity
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
Vastria detention centre: join our call to reject the new Environmental Impact Assessment
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.
Vastria detention centre: a new Environmental Impact Assessment recycles old problems – and introduces new ones
Now nearing completion on the island of Lesvos, the Vastria Closed Controlled Access Centre – essentially a prison for people on the move – embodies
The Global Sumud Flotilla carries our hopes for a free Palestine
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,