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SAMOS – Human Abysses in the Shadow of the World’s Public: The “Prison Camp” in Zero
On 10 April 2024, the EU Parliament adopted the reform of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) - a dark day for Europe and human rights. However, parts of what the reform will soon bring have long been a bitter reality. For example, the "prison camp" for arriving refugees on the Greek island of Samos.
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The forgotten Green Border
Can you imagine what -15 degrees feels like at night in the forest without a sleeping bag on frozen ground between branches, moss and swamps? Akram (32, from Yemen) and Mohammad (50, from Syria) were stuck in the border forest between Poland and Belarus for over 5 months. They often had no clean drinking water for days on end and filtered the polluted water from the swamps through a scarf.
Agreement on the CEAS reform – Or: How the EU institutions are abolishing the right to asylum
After several days of negotiations, the Council of the EU and the EU Parliament have agreed on key points in the migration reform package. The conclusion: the new laws legitimize serious human rights violations at the external borders and de facto abolish the right to asylum in the EU.
Basic Provision in the Refugee Camp on Lesbos – This humanitarian crisis is just as avoidable as it is politically created.
Since May 2023, between 120 and 800 people have been officially excluded from the official food distribution at the Mavrovouni Camp on Lesvos. Those affected by this - from a humanitarian perspective highly neglectful - practice are all individuals who are no longer in an asylum process, having received either a positive or negative decision from the authorities.
A Crisis Becomes a Permanent Condition – What Happens in Europe’s Last Primeval Forest in the Polish-Belarusian Border Area?
Since last year, another wall has been stretching across Europe: Poland has erected a 186-kilometer-long border wall with Belarus. Here, people seeking protection are pushed back, their mobile phones destroyed and they are left unprotected and disoriented in the forest. We'll talk to a photojournalist, an activist and researcher, and a paramedic on the ground to answer your questions! - Register now for our online event on October 8, 2023 at 5pm.