Interview: Free Movement – inclusion on wheels
An interview with Will Ascott, co-founder of Free Movement Skateboarding What is Free Movement and how did it begin? We are a charity that provides skateboarding lessons on our portable skate park to young refugees and locals in Athens. We teach in community centres,...
Humanitarian Corridors for vulnerable refugees to Italy opening
On 14 February, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) implemented the second evacuation to Italy, bringing the total number of highly vulnerable refugees directly evacuated to Italy to 312. Additionally, more than 1000 refugees have arrived in Italy since February 2016 using...
Four years after tragedy, NGOs still call for proper investigation and the end of push backs in Spanish enclaves
This week marked the fourth anniversary of the “Tarajal tragedy”, when a group of Sub-Saharan nationals who attempted to reach the Spanish territory by swimming towards the Tarajal beach in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta was violently repelled by the Spanish Civil...