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10 / 04 / 2024

How European countries wrongfully classify children seeking asylum as adults

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27 / 03 / 2024

Lost for Words: Lack of interpreters puts asylum seekers’ lives on hold in Greece

In detention-like facilities, asylum seekers have to wait for sometimes over a year for their asylum interviews due to lack…

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01 / 02 / 2024

“It was already too late”: Frontex blames the Hellenic Coast Guard for the Pylos shipwreck

Frontex’s internal report on the deadliest shipwreck in recent years, confirms the investigative reports by Solomon and our media partners. The Hellenic Coast Guard was slow to launch the rescue operation and later refused to answer specific questions.

12 / 12 / 2023

Ursula von der Leyen on Pylos: “Saving lives at sea is a moral duty”

In a letter obtained by Solomon, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen calls for an investigation into the causes of the fatal shipwreck in a “transparent, thorough and swift manner.”

12 / 12 / 2023

How the Pylos tragedy could have been avoided

A Search and Rescue exercise, carried out just a few weeks after the shipwreck that claimed over 600 lives, raises questions about what the Hellenic Coast Guard did – and mainly did not do – on the evening of June 14, 2023.

01 / 12 / 2023

Dead refugees in the Balkans: bribes to find missing relatives

In comparison to 2015, today more asylum seekers are dying on the Balkan route. While relatives are forced to overcome state indifference to identify their loved ones, they are also forced to bribe authorities, even border guards, in the hope of finding them.

25 / 10 / 2023

Kythira shipwreck, one year later

They were rescued from a raging sea. Now, survivors and relatives of the October 2022 shipwreck are returning to Kythira to thank the residents.

24 / 10 / 2023

Fish farms on Poros: Why the residents are against it

About 25% of the Saronic island is slated for the operation of fish farming units, which plan on increasing their activity by 670%. Municipal Authority and residents — who disagree with the plan — fear that the character of the island will change forever.

06 / 07 / 2023

Under the unwatchful eye of the authorities’ deactivated cameras: dying in the darkest depths of the Mediterranean

A collaborative investigation by Solomon, Forensis, The Guardian and ARD presents the most complete tracing, to date, of the course that the fishing vessel Adriana took until it ultimately sank, causing over 600 people to drown − while under the supervision of Greek and European authorities. A document reveals that according to Frontex recommendations, the Coast Guard vessel was obligated to record the operation on video.

15 / 06 / 2023

“They are urgently asking for help”: the SOS that was ignored

The Hellenic Coast Guard stated that they did not commence a rescue operation to aid the fishing trawler overloaded with migrants before it eventually sank because the vessel refused assistance. International law experts, as well as active and former Coast Guard officials, refute this argument. In addition, communication between Alarm Phone and authorities (which are in Solomon’s possession), prove that the migrants on board had sent out an SOS – which was ignored.

15 / 06 / 2023

Just 0,07% of 819m border budget to Greece earmarked for Search and Rescue

As the European Commission chastises Greece for violent pushbacks and European officials express their grief over the deadly Pylos shipwreck, Greek authorities have been granted more than twice the amount of EU funding for border management from 2021 to 2027, compared to the previous grant.

12 / 05 / 2023

EU Details Violations at Greece’s ‘Model’ Refugee Camps

Internal EU documents show Greece’s ‘new generation’ of refugee camps struggle to provide accommodations in line with asylum standards.

04 / 05 / 2023

Is Edelman following Predator?

The president and CEO of a Greek company linked to communications giant Edelman attended an event organized on the Greek spyware scandal. That raises questions about whether Edelman is involved in the issue’s communication management on behalf of the Greek government. Solomon reveals documents extending Edelman’s contract with the government.

29 / 04 / 2023

Surviving hell in Samos: Beaten, robbed, and pushed back from Greek ‘paradise’

Following a months-long investigation, Solomon has been able to locate and document for the first time the picturesque spot on the Greek island, where ten asylum seekers were detained, abused, and robbed by masked men before being cast adrift in the Aegean sea.

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15 / 06 / 2023

“They are urgently asking for help”: the SOS that was ignored

Fish farms on Poros: Why the residents are against it

About 25% of the Saronic island is slated for the operation of fish farming units, which plan on increasing their activity by 670%. Municipal Authority and residents — who disagree with the plan — fear that the character of the island will change forever.

Hawala: The bankers of irregular migration

The absence of legal migratory routes towards Europe has raised the importance of entrusted intermediaries that operate through the ‘hawala’ system and serve both as a bank for smugglers and as an insurer for migrants.

Is Edelman following Predator?

The president and CEO of a Greek company linked to communications giant Edelman attended an event organized on the Greek spyware scandal. That raises questions about whether Edelman is involved in the issue’s communication management on behalf of the Greek government. Solomon reveals documents extending Edelman’s contract with the government.

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05 / 01 / 2024

How European countries wrongfully classify children seeking asylum as adults

Lost for Words: Lack of interpreters puts asylum seekers’ lives on hold in Greece

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“It was already too late”: Frontex blames the Hellenic Coast Guard for the Pylos shipwreck

Ursula von der Leyen on Pylos: “Saving lives at sea is a moral duty”

How the Pylos tragedy could have been avoided

Dead refugees in the Balkans: bribes to find missing relatives

Kythira shipwreck, one year later

Fish farms on Poros: Why the residents are against it

Under the unwatchful eye of the authorities’ deactivated cameras: dying in the darkest depths of the Mediterranean

“They are urgently asking for help”: the SOS that was ignored

Just 0,07% of 819m border budget to Greece earmarked for Search and Rescue

EU Details Violations at Greece’s ‘Model’ Refugee Camps

Is Edelman following Predator?

Surviving hell in Samos: Beaten, robbed, and pushed back from Greek ‘paradise’

Editors’ picks

“They are urgently asking for help”: the SOS that was ignored

Fish farms on Poros: Why the residents are against it

Hawala: The bankers of irregular migration

Is Edelman following Predator?

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Greek Border Guards call on Solomon to retract investigation which reveals they stole more than €2 million from refugees

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Solomon awards €4,000 to 2 investigative projects in Greece

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Solomon’s reporter Malichudis under surveillance for “national security reasons”