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Pylos is not an isolated case! – Q&A on July 3 at 6 pm with the lawyers of Human Rights Legal Project, Samos
Want to learn more about how the incredible team of lawyers, and activists on Samos are tackling border violence, pushbacks, human rights violations and unlawful arrests of refugees? Come to our Q&A on July 3rd at 6pm and meet Dimitris and Ioanna, two of the lawyers of HRLP and the Pylos Defense Team!
The shipwreck of Pylos – 1 year on
One year after the deadliest shipwreck in the Aegean to date and in the history of migration to Europe in recent years, we are not only looking back on a year of incomplete and insincere processing of the events. Also, the grueling legal proceedings against the 9 defendants who were held responsible for the disaster are coming to an end.
Italy’s new Albania deal and its pioneers
In future, Giorgia Meloni will have Albania intercept refugees and bring them to camps before they reach Italian soil. She and the Albanian prime minister swear by human rights standards and speak of "solidarity-based cooperation between the two countries". However, the models for these camps already exist and are common practice in Italy.
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.
Donate now for emergency aid in Gaza
Our partner organisation @cadus_org was the first German aid organisation to make it to Rafah in Gaza. They treat the injured, relieve the last remaining hospital and evacuate people.
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.