Aegean Migrant Solidarity

We met in the mud of Idomeni in March 2016. He was skinny and had a light beard. He spoke modified Moroccan Arabic, skipping the Amazigh, French and Spanish words and replacing them with standard Arabic ones so that we from the Peninsula would understand him.

Court observers and researchers reveal that the Greek court system is condemning asylum-seekers, as well as those on the bottom rung of smuggling networks, to harsh prison sentences — according to standards that 'fail to adhere to the requirements of a fair trial' — for steering migrant boats to Greek islands.

The forced closure of Pikpa is the latest in a series of clampdowns on solidarity by the Greek state with the tacit support of the European Union.

Περισσότερες από 160 ελληνικές και διεθνείς οργανώσεις, πανεπιστημιακοί και άλλοι φορείς απ’ όλη την Ευρώπη καλούν τις ελληνικές αρχές να ανακαλέσουν την απόφαση να τερματιστεί η  λειτουργία των μόνων αξιοπρεπών, εναλλακτικών για τη στέγαση προσφύγων στη Λέσβο

Μore than 160 Greek and international organizations,  academics and other actors from all over Europe urge the Greek authorities to revoke decision to close dignified alternatives in accommodating refugees οn Lesvos 

Even though the fires have destroyed Moria camp, the structures of injustice upholding this notorious hellhole have remained intact. All the violence and despair have become more apparent to the surrounding areas. The tensions from every possible and improbable side overflow and the most immediate victims are the weakest and most vulnerable.

Over two nights, from 8 to 9 September, Moria camp burned to the ground. This symbol of Europe's border policies of deterrence had masqueraded as a 'reception centre'.