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Evidencing the systematic and widespread nature of the practice and demonstrating relations between incidents, localities, and actors, this platform is already supporting ongoing legal action in local and European courts, independent monitoring, reporting, and advocacy, as well as growing demands for accountability and international calls for defunding of Border Guards and FRONTEX.

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rsa.org | 21 December 2023

Rhodes: Newly arrived refugees with no shelter and adequate food, at the mercy of winter

In recent months, due to delays in people’s transfer to other areas outside Rhodes where there is adequate infrastructure, the majority of new arrivals on the island – including families with young children – end up sleeping in parks, pavements, squares, on cardboard boxes, in tents and makeshift sheds. 

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rsa.gr | 19 December 2023

Crete and Gavdos have no reception and identification procedures despite the increased arrivals

In recent months, there has been an increase in the number of ships arriving in Crete and Gavdos, islands which have no official infrastructure for the first reception of asylum seekers and their identification procedures. Since the beginning of September to date, an estimated 17 boats have arrived in various areas of Crete and Gavdos. It is estimated that the majority of them come from the Libyan coast.

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gcr.gr | 18 December 2023

On 30 November 2023, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled against Greece for violation of Article 3 and violation of Articles 3 and 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) for the living conditions of a young single woman refugee in the old camp of Samos and her lack of access to an effective remedy. The case was represented before the ECtHR by the Greek Council for Refugees (GCR). 

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The report describes how denial of assistance, violence and refoulement have become an integral part of a border management system on the islands of Samos and Lesvos, funded and legitimised by the European Union, with devastating consequences for those seeking protection in Europe.

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Document of the month

Photos from a visit to the Bashira Centre spaces

 

HUMANcITY

Atlas

The Interactive Atlas of Lesvos that was produced as part of HUMANcITY project, it maps the humanitarian landscape on the island from 2019 to 2020. It records the official and unofficial humanitarian organizations and collectives and their respective functions as well as important events surrounding the refugee-immigrant phenomenon.

 

Refugee Observatory Blog

Άρθρο του Παυσανία Καραθανάση (μεταδιδακτορικού ερευνητή στο Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου - ερευνητικό πρόγραμμα Human(c)ity), για το Παρατηρητήριο της Προσφυγικής και Μεταναστευτικής Κρίσης στο Αιγαίο | Αύγουστος 2020.

Observatory of the Refugee and Migration Crisis in the Aegean, 11 April 2020

Observatory of the Refugee and Migration Crisis in the Aegean, 22 March 2020

The Observatory of the Refugee and Migration Crisis in the Aegean is kindly supported by the following organisations.