Community Solidarity Within a Refugee Crisis

Community Solidarity Within a Refugee Crisis Lesbos, Athens, and Beyond

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● Increasingly, borders are closed to refugees within the European Union as well as the United States

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● The result is a pooling up of refugees in host-nations such as Greece

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The refugee crisis is now at a scale not seen since World War II

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In 2015, more than a million refugees streamed into Europe

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Roughly 2000 refugees lost their lives at sea in 2017

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Enforced borders leads to increased the use of detention camps on Greek and Italian islands

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Human rights violations and bureaucratic backlogs now plague detention centers in Turkey, Libya, and Europe

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Refugee Detention Centers Variations on a theme of deterrence

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Moria Refugee Detention Center. Lesbos, Greece

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Community Organization: Lesvos

. ● Pikpa Refugee Camp ● Mosaik Support Ctr. ● Safe Passage Project

Solidarity

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Safe Passage Project, Lesvos Solidarity

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Community Organizations: Athens, Greece

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Integration in Athens: The Melissa Network

Alef Integration Program, Melissa Network

Contact Information:

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LesvosSolidarity.org Amurtel Greece: [email protected] Melissa Network: [email protected] Jafra Foundation Greece

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Alan Kurdi (2012 - 2015)

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