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Here we keep you up to date on current developments around the topic of migration in Europe.

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Border Violence, Right-Wing Mobilisation and the Misplaced Blame for the Fires in Northern Greece
As more than 20 displaced persons were found dead amidthe raging wildfires in the Evros region of northern Greece, and the spread of...
Alexia Hack
Sep 6, 20235 min read


Detention of People on the Move in Greece
People on the move are increasingly vulnerable to detention, as it is used increasingly in the Greek asylum system. A 2023 report by...
Project ELPIDA
Aug 11, 20235 min read


Funding Gaps and "Money Laundering"
In times of increased criminalization and depleting funding sources, the financial burden on NGOs is immense. More and more NGOs urgently...
Project ELPIDA
Jul 26, 20237 min read


Several Hundreds Dead or Missing: The Deadliest Shipwreck in the Mediterranean
On the 14th of June, the bodies of more than 70 people were retrieved from the open waters of the Ionian sea and taken to shore, to be...
Alexia Hack
Jul 12, 20234 min read


Film Review: Long Distance Swimmer- Sara Mardini
After Netflix told the story of the Mardini sisters Sara and Yusra on their escape in 2022, it is now followed by a documentary focusing...
Alexia Hack
Jun 28, 20235 min read


The CEAS reform: Why the EU should reconsider its current proposal
After years of debate and controversy the European Union is aiming to reform its common European asylum system (CEAS). Here are some...
Alexia Hack
Jun 7, 20234 min read


Afghanistan: A country in constant turmoil
For 40 years now, Afghanistan has been engulfed in war. The lives of people in this multi-ethnic state located in the Hindu Kush are...
Project ELPIDA
May 24, 20234 min read


Germany’s “Migration Summit”: What Will Be Decided Today?
Today, the German migration summit is taking place in the Chancellery in Berlin. Instead of integration, the focus is increasingly on...
Alexia Hack
May 10, 20234 min read


News from Athens
About a year ago, Project ELPIDA e.V. was in Athens for the first time as part of a fundraising campaign. Much has changed since then. As...
Project ELPIDA
Apr 26, 20234 min read


Greece before the presidential elections: A migration policy review
Nea Dimokratia, led by Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has been in government since 2019. In the context of migration, these years have been marked...
Alexia Hack
Apr 12, 20236 min read


Yemen: The forgotten conflict
For the past eight years, Yemen has been engulfed in a bitter civil war that has largely gone unnoticed by the rest of the world. With...
Project ELPIDA
Mar 29, 20232 min read


Open Letter: No extension of the EU-Turkey Deal!Stop the funding of human rights violations.
No extension of the EU-Turkey Deal! Stop the funding of human rights violations. March 18, 2023 marks the seventh anniversary of the...
Project ELPIDA
Mar 15, 20234 min read


7 Years of EU-Türkiye Deal
In 2016, the EU- Türkiye deal was signed to prevent images like those from 2015. The deal was a blueprint for the externalisation and...
Alexia Hack
Mar 15, 20234 min read


The EU Migration Summit: The New Reality
For years, Europe's isolationist policies have been on the rise, with various states on Europe's periphery building fences, installing...
Alexia Hack
Feb 22, 20234 min read


Review: "The Swimmers"
The 2022 Netflix movie centers around the life of two sisters who flee their home in Syria in 2015 together with their older male cousin...
Alexia Hack
Feb 8, 202310 min read


Humanitarians on Trial - a Crisis for European Solidarity
Sean Binder, Sarah Mardini, and Nassos Karakitsos are just three publicly known names of overall 23 Lesvos-based humanitarian aid workers...
Alexia Hack
Jan 25, 20235 min read


2022 - A Year of Exclusion
The year 2022 is history. However, the situation at the European external borders has remained the same for people fleeing - or in many...
Project ELPIDA
Jan 11, 20235 min read


Police Brutality in Greece
Police violence, especially against minorities, is a feature of daily life in Greece. The death of a 16-year-old Roma by the gunshots of...
Alexia Hack
Dec 28, 20226 min read


The dangerous Border at the Evros
Violence, pushbacks and deaths happen not only along the escape routes across the Aegean Sea, but also on the land route in north-eastern...
Project ELPIDA
Dec 14, 20223 min read


Racist asylum policy in Europe
The most used migration route to Europe is the one across the central Mediterranean Sea. Almost 100,000 people have already tried to...
Project ELPIDA
Nov 30, 20223 min read
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