Während in der Ägäis seit einigen Wochen pushbacks und gefährliche Standoffs auf See zur gängigen Praxis geworden sind, um Migrant:innen daran zu hindern, Griechenland zu erreichen, erleben wir, dass es gleichzeitig viele Bemühungen gibt, die Insel zu "leeren" und Geflüchtete zum Verlassen der Hotspot-Lager zu drängen. Die Menschen hinter den Ausweispapieren werden durch diese chaotische und unorganisierte Praxis absolut nicht respektiert.

How 20.000 refugees just want to leave and conservative islanders, as well as solidary people want them to travel forward – Everybody for very different reasons.

After years of being completely left alone by the EU and being pushed to its breaking point and beyond by having to carry the burden of the European migration policy, far right groups and angry locals took control of the narrative.

When one begins to imagine the catastrophic consequences of a virus without a cure in Moria, it truly exemplifies how bad the situation already is in the camp, even without Covid-19.

Mare Liberum Annual Report 2019.

Mare Liberum was part of the action to renew the Memorial in Korakas. Now we share some impressions about it in a Video.

We chatted with a man who was recently deported from Lesvos to Iraq. The Greek authorities took him from Moria Hotspot Camp to Turkey. From there he was taken to Iraq. It was a tragic experience for Farid.

In the hills near the Greek town of Molyvos ten-thousands of life-jackets paint a picture of what migration looks like at the European border. Almost all of them are so-called "fake life-jackets", sold in Turkey for around €10.