The AIRE Centre & ECRE Report Publication Brussels/London, 13 July 2016. More than 200,000 people have fled conflict and persecution to seek protection in Europe, so far this year. 70% of these people have landed in Greece and most remain stranded. Though the...
27 June 2016 The European Union is set to open a dark chapter in its history unless it rejects the European Commission’s proposal on migration, a coalition of more than 100 NGOs warned on Monday. Shifting towards a foreign policy that serves the single objective of...
By Rita Carvalho and Francesca Pierigh, ECRE We visited Hara Hotel near Polykastro, Greece, on 29 May 2016. The events mentioned in this story refer to that visit. We are standing outside a big white tent in Hara Hotel, a makeshift camp on the side of the road, a bit...
By Rita Carvalho and Francesca Pierigh, ECRE We visited EKO camp near Polykastro on 28 May 2016. The events mentioned in this story refer to that visit. Yes, you read about it. You see pictures. You think you know. But when you drive past it, you cannot help but be...
by Francesca Pierigh, ECRE We visited EKO camp near Polykastro on 28 May 2016. The events mentioned in this story refer to that visit. “We just eat and sleep. Every day we eat and sleep. We didn’t come here to eat and sleep. As the sun is setting, we are almost at the...
