Greek refugee crisis: ECRE calls for solidarity

04 September 2015 ECRE has released an urgent call to the EU and its Member States for greater solidarity in light of the deepening refugee crisis in Greece, accompanied by an op-ed by ECRE Secretary-General, Michael Diedring, reinforcing his call for responsibility...

A call for responsibility and solidarity

By Michael Diedring, ECRE Secretary General Without exception, the refugees I met in Lesvos were from Syria or Afghanistan. I wonder how many of them were teargassed or clubbed on the Greek-Macedonian border this past Friday and Saturday.   Two weeks ago, I stood in...