Selected Updates

Humanitarian Governance
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The case of ‘ERCI and others’ is part of a series of prosecutions happening in the Aegean and the Mediterranean Sea that aim to criminalize solidarity and the rescue of migrants. However, this particular case stands out in that the defendants are seeking to stand trial in every way possible, and the court, five years later, is denying it.

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The Greek National Commission for Human Rights (GNCHR) as the National Human Rights Institution in Greece (NHRI) and the independent advisory body to the Greek State for the protection and promotion of human rights, presented the Recording Mechanism of Incidents of Informal Forced Returns at a Press Conference held at its premises on Tuesday 24 January at 11.30 am. During the Conference the Recording Mechanism's mode of operation and methodology was presented, as well as a number of findings, recorded in its first Interim Report.

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Legal Centre Lesvos publishes today a forensic reconstruction video, linked here, produced by an independent forensic research team. The team held interviews with survivors of the pushback, analysed testimonies and available evidence of the pushback, including evidence from Greek authorities and Frontex, and produced a reconstruction video of the events on 20-21 October 2020.

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Based on its own documentation and reporting, the Legal Centre Lesvos demonstrates in a recent submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture that the illegal practice of systematic pushbacks in the Aegean region amount to torture, both under international and Greek law.

Refugees & Migrants
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An expanded and updated edition of the Black Book of Pushbacks, consisting of more than 3,000 pages across four volumes. The majority of these pages are filled with testimonies from people-on-the-move who were beaten, kicked, insulted, humiliated and arbitrarily detained before being illegally pushed back both at the EU’s external borders and from deep within the territory of its Member States.

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Archive

Document of the month

During the interview, Kiki G, resident of Lesvos, describes her experiences and impressions and gives her own perspective on the so-called 'refugee crisis' as well as on the local society's stance from 2015 to 2019. She talks about an 'internal struggle' she experiences between the feelings of a sudden and unexpected fear, on the one hand, and the impression of being able 'to breathe' because of the presence of 'so many different cultures', on the other.

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