Lipa is the cruel consequence of the European border politics
Appeal from Balkanbrücke, Seebrücke und Pro Asyl.
Pushback from Lesvos: A testimony
We spoke to people who were among the group of 24 refugees that landed at Katia in the south of Lesvos at around 1 a.m. on 10 November.
Germany: On the frontline of pushbacks
Over the past year, pushbacks have become a reality in the Aegean that is as common as it is inhumane.
Frontex: Die europäische Institutional-isierung von Pushbacks
It is no secret that refugees are illegally pushed back at Europe's external borders. What Europe calls 'border protection' leads to human rights being disregarded and people being put in mortal danger—if not actually dying.
“Once they put us on the Coast Guard ship, they shot our boat approximately 20 times” - A pushback testimony
A group of 19 refugees who had reached Greek waters was first put in danger by the Greek military and then violently and illegally returned to Turkish waters by the Hellenic Coast Guard, where they were forced into two life rafts and abandoned floating at sea.
Europe says "solidarity" and means cooperation in deportation
How the "New Pact on Migration and Asylum" further strengthens Fortress Europe and excludes humanity.
10 days of death, pushbacks and non-assistance “in line with European law”
Once again has Notis Mitarakis, the Greek Minister of Migration and Asylum, publicly insisted that no illegal pushbacks are taking place in Greece.
The daily horror of pushbacks
8521. This is the number of refugees that have been illegally pushed back while trying to cross the Aegean Sea since March 2020. Mare Liberum collected information on 266 pushbacks, but the actual number is most likely much higher.
An opinion piece from Lesvos
After all this time in which we've grown numb to the horrors of Moria and daily reports of violence of the European borders regime, the new camp on Lesvos Moria 2.0 first seemed like another shit camp.
The missing people of Moria
When the fire destroyed Europe's biggest refugee camp Moria on September 8th, over 12000 people, were once again displaced and found themselves out on the streets.