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‘The world needs to know what’s happening here’ – Migrants living on the margins in Athens
By Naomi Westland, Press Officer at Amnesty International UK who has joined Amnesty’s researchers in Greece investigating what happens to refugees and migrants trying to get to Europe Last week I wrote from the island of Lesvos, where my colleagues … Continue reading
Posted in Asylum, Europe And Central Asia, Greece, Migrants
Tagged Greece, migrants, racist attacks, xenophobia
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‘Why don’t they just send me back to die?’ – Migrants despair on Europe’s borders
By Naomi Westland, Press Officer at Amnesty International UK who has joined Amnesty’s researchers in Greece investigating what happens to refugees and migrants trying to get to Europe There is a rustic charm about Mytilene, the ramshackle port capital of … Continue reading
‘I want all the world to know about us’
By Giorgos Kosmopoulos, Amnesty International’s EU team campaigner and Carmen Dupont, European campaign coordinator on migration. For many people flying to Greece means sunshine and leisure. Indeed the sun is shining today and the sea is blue and tempting. But … Continue reading