Tag: lesvos

  • PIXI: “THE OLIVE TREE AND THE OLD WOMAN”

    This story is written by Parwana Amiri, a young Afghan woman who has lived with her family in the Olive Grove from the Moria hotspot since September 2019. When Parwana noticed how unbearable the living conditions were, she supported the people with her language skills and started to publicize the stories they had experienced.Her “LETTERS TO…

  • European Borders update 15.4.2016. Greece starts rejecting people as Turkey labeled ‘safe third country’

    European Borders update 15.4.2016. Greece starts rejecting people as Turkey labeled ‘safe third country’

    TURKEY: Up to 30.000 refugees started heading to Turkey during the last 48 hours, Spiegel Online reports based on the information provided by the volunteers. This follows several attacks by IS at refugee camps in Northern Syria. However, Turkey refuses to let them to cross the border. As already known, Turkey is building a 911km…

  • NoBorderKitchen Lesbos – Call for support!

    Hi there, NoBorderKitchen at Tsamakia, Mytilene, Lesbos urgently needs support with helping hands(priority no. 1)! Secondary also with money. By today the NBK-Crew will shrink to 4 persons, plus three persons recovering from problems with health an bringen close to a burn-out. They are on stand by. We expect some people to arrive, however we…

  • Hungary closes its borders

    Hungary closes its borders

    On October 15 2015 Hungary finally decided to close its border passage Botovo with Croatia, where the “more formal  coridor” for the flow of people, temporary established by inter-governmental agreements, took place, changing the direction of the so called balkan route. Instead of going through Croatia to Hungary the route is redirected to Slovenia, where…