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Ladi (left), pictured with a relative, a Congolese Mavrovouni resident is feeling the pressure. SEBASTIAN SKOV ANDERSEN

20 Jan 2022 7 minute read

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Rule of silence

A hard-line regime in Greek refugee camps is making life harder for the migrants within them, as well as aid workers who...

Migrants and refugees arrive by dinghy behind a huge pile of life vests after crossing from Turkey Migrants and refugees arrive by dinghy behind a huge pile of life vests after crossing from Turkey to the island of Lesbos Greece, Sept. 10, 2015.

21 Aug 2020 6 minute read

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Boat migration 'push-back' will never be the asylum solution

Barney Cullum speaks to the young survivors of Somali terrorist cells and sectarian violence who are...

Refugee stranded: a little girl stands by the barbed wire fence in a temporary tent camp near the overcrowded Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesvos. Angelos Tzortzinis/PA

1 Jun 2020 3 minute read

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Greece: breaking point

As the EU continues to praise Greece as its ‘shield’ against migration, Zoe Holman reports on how refugees...

The first evictions of refugee/migrant squats under New Democracy took place on 26 August. 'Spirou Trikoupi 17' and 'Transito' next to Exarcheia square were sealed off and 143 people where taken away - amongst them were 86 women and children.

30 Nov 2019 5 minute read

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Greece’s new police state

Ioanna Manoussaki-Adamopoulou and Keira Dignan on the Greek state’s clampdown on migrants...

1 Aug 2019 7 minute read

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Greece opens its arms — and seas — to hydrocarbon giants

The state hopes deep-sea mining will pay off its crippling debts – but the only outcome will be environmental devastation,...

4 Apr 2019 6 minute read

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Why is Greece still ‘containing’ refugees in camps?

Isabelle Merminod and Tim Baster report from the Greek islands where thousands are ‘...

Salam Aldeen handing a child in a life jacket who had been rescued from the dinghy that just arrived to other volunteers. Volunteers take care of the children, until the parents manage one by one to leave the boat and receive back their children. 16 December 2015, Lesbos, Greece.

10 May 2018 6 minute read

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Humanitarian workers acquitted of ‘crime’ of helping refugees

Five volunteers who wanted to help refugees land safely have been acquitted. Tim Baster and ...

1 May 2017 7 minute read

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Why are there still British military bases in Cyprus?

The island may want to determine its own future, but Britain and the US have other ideas. Darren Loucaides...

11 Nov 2016 7 minute read

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Why are trade unions opposing worker self-management?

The Second Euromediterranean Workers’ Economy summit in Greece highlighted the rift in the global workers’ movement. ...

28 Oct 2016 5 minute read

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Rekindling fears: right-wing violence against migrants is back in Greece

Arrivals may have petered out this summer, but the prolonged refugee crisis appears to be ushering new waves of hostility into...

23 Sep 2016 4 minute read

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No place to fall sick: How refugees are barred from healthcare

The UN announced the suspension of aid to Syria after a deadly attack on a convoy near Aleppo. But air strikes are not the...

1 Sep 2016 2 minute read

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Mixed Media: Music

NYN by Kristi Stassinopoulou and Stathis Kalyviotis; ‘They Will Kill You, If You Cry’ by...

30 Jun 2016 3 minute read

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Remembering the Idomeni refugees

In this photo gallery Neal McQueen captures both protest and everyday life in the refugee camp, before those...

18 May 2016 5 minute read

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Pt 2/3: A British-Syrian’s experience of a refugee's journey

The refugee crisis has had a profound impact on identity, writes Danny Ryan Youssef in part two of this blog...

8 Apr 2016 7 minute read

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‘The best help comes from simple, solidarity movements’

Afghan refugee organizer Yonous Muhammadi speaks to Marienna Pope-Weidemann and ...

11 Mar 2016 10 minute read

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Greece, Austerity, Brexit: What might a Plan B for Europe look like?

Claire Fauset was in Spain to hear leftwing politicians and social movements strike a claim for a new Europe...

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