Fairness of the trial against Afghan teenagers accused of burning down Moria refugee camp called into question

Public barred from courtroom and prosecution’s key witness doesn’t show. Elsewhere in Fortress Europe, Libyan Coastguards intercept hundreds of refugees and intimidate NGO rescuers THE FAIRNESS of a trial against four Afghan teenagers today accused of burning down an overcrowded refugee camp in Greece last year has been called into question after the court shut

Top EU official condemned for window-dressing the containment of refugees

Ylva Johansson’s visit to Greece’s migrant camps is ‘equivalent to a warden’s visit at the prison they manage.’ says Alarm Phone HUMAN RIGHTS groups have condemned a top European Union official for window-dressing the bloc’s policy of containing refugees at Europe’s edges. Today, EU home affairs commissioner Ylva Johansson was helicoptered to the Greek islands

‘Living in this constant nightmare of insecurity and uncertainty’

BETHANY RIELLY writes on the mental health crisis experienced by the refugee kids trapped in Greece’s Moria 2 camp DURING the first week of 2021, Katrin Glatz-Brubakk treated a refugee who had tried to drown himself. His arms, already covered with scars, were sliced open with fresh cuts. He told her: “I can’t live in

Refugees stuck in Moria 2 camp eke out their lives in floods and sludge

This is ‘not a place even for animals to live in winter,’ says one refugee stuck in the camp PEOPLE stuck inside a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos are facing a deluge of water and mud. Heavy rainfall at the weekend caused some of the tents and roads inside the Kara Tepe