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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.

February 12, 2024|

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.

December 20, 2023|

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.

October 2, 2023|
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