Latest news from Aegean Migrant Solidarity
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,
Prayer for Crete
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,
More than 200 organisations: inhumane deportation rules should be rejected
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.
Keep solidarity alive
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
How to build a detention centre
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.
When the elephants fight, the mice get trampled
A few weeks ago, we watched in sorrow and disbelief as the world seemed on the brink of another devastating war. After the first strikes
Court in Samos acknowledges that asylum seekers are not smugglers
As part of its trial monitoring programme in the Aegean region, CPT Aegean Migrant Solidarity visited the island of Samos to follow several cases involving migrants accused of smuggling.
Appeal trial for the “Pogrom of Sappho Square” concluded
Yesterday, 5 June 2025, the appeal trial concerning the April 2018 attacks against migrants at Sappho Square in Mytilene was concluded at the Three-Member Misdemeanour Court of Appeal of Mytilene.
Smart borders and refugee camps in Greece: the impact of AI surveillance
Greece has implemented advanced AI-driven surveillance systems at its borders. Funded by the European Union, these systems raise concerns about the violations of fundamental human rights.