Visualization: Spoovio Proof-read: Gigi Papoulias Nasrin didn’t want to give birth inside the camp. After the family was told their transfer to Germany had been accepted, she was hoping she’d be able to travel before giving birth. She was 27 years old, pregnant with...
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Serbia: Green waves washing over polluted land
Images: Nikos Pilos Translation: Gigi Papoulias As Miodrag Živković recounts the events surrounding the expropriation of his land by the Zijin company, the unyielding smell of sulfur and ashes invades the nostrils. Slatina, where the 58-year-old's family has lived for...
European Court decision finds 2016 collective pushbacks “lawful”
Illustration: Fanis Kollias A long-awaited decision issued by the European Court of Human Rights on April 5, on a case regarding a violent pushback of approximately 1,500 asylum seekers into Greece via North Macedonia in 2016, has raised concerns for the state of...
Ukraine war: the “real” refugees and the lies of the Greek government
Visual: Fanis Kollias Translation: Gigi Papoulias On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, confirming the most pessimistic scenarios. In the roughly one month since, over 3.3 million citizens have been forced to seek safety outside Ukraine's borders, and roughly...
UNHCR responds to Solomon over Mitarachi’s definition of “real” refugees
Visual: Fanis Kollias Translation: Gigi Papoulias On February 26, 2022, the Greek Minister of Migration and Asylum, Notis Mitarachi, stated during a TV morning show that the people who were forced to flee Ukraine due to the Russian invasion "are war refugees, they are...
Masafarhána: Inside the invisible refugee houses in Athens
ARTWORK: KYRA SACKS TRANSLATION: GIGI PAPOULIAS After a 30-minute drive from downtown Athens to the northwestern suburbs, the car stops in front of an entrance of a three-story building. There’s a metal door, which prohibits passers-by from seeing the interior...
Solomon files complaint with Supreme Court in case against National Intelligence Agency
n 24 February 2022, Solomon filed a legal complaint before the prosecutor of the Supreme Court, for the surveillance of citizens by the National Intelligence Agency (EYP) in complete lack of transparency, and without ensuring that its officers act...
The food we eat: Tomatoes and greed – the exodus of Ghana’s farmers
Our food systems destroy natural landscapes, lead to the exploitation of hundreds of thousands of migrant workers around the globe, and are responsible for the torture of animals. The environmental impact of food production ― which encompasses production, processing,...
IPI on legal threat against Solomon, RU: “Clear attempt to silence public interest reporting”
On 1 February 2021, the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) published an alert on the pre-litigation legal threat against Solomon and Reporters United from NGO Hopeten, after we emailed questions seeking comment in the context of a joint investigation on the EU funds...