Support of Refugees and Migrants

Interventions in the public space of Lesvos - and other European countries - αs part of a European activist campaign, for the support of safe passage for the refugees and migrants who arrive in Europe through the Mediterranean (#safepassage || #freeiuventa).

International Conference: Mytilene, Sep.28 - Oct.1, 2017

European member states are signatories to the Geneva Convention Related to the Status of Refugees | Human rights and dignity are respected in detention centres across Europe | An electrified fence was built to protect the nation-state from illegal intruders | Traffickers are responsible for deaths by drowning in the Aegean and Mediterranean seas | Deportations are voluntary returns | Turkey is a safe country | War is peace | Freedom is slavery | Ignorance is strength

One Happy Family and NATAN are happy to invite you to our conference Working Together Restoring Dignity on Friday August 25th at the One Happy Family Center.

We express our deepest concern in relation to the information, complaints and testimonies about violence and abuse by the Hellenic Police in the detention center in Moria, Lesvos. Visual material depicting scenes of violent, inhuman and degrading treatment towards refugees causes disgust, while information about arbitrary arrests is of great concern. In addition, the action of citizens who appear, in the same video, to be attacking and severely beating migrants and refugees, under the tolerance of police officers, raises many questions and requires instant investigation by the competent authorities.