@elenik.bsky.social
Human Rights, refugee rights, equity and justice, migration, borders, anti-violence & anti-war.
Many Greeks also ended up distrusting & disliking Tsipras, for betraying the referendum vote, & implementing the same brutal austerity measures as ND party. I dare say he played a pivotal role in the eventual decline of Syrizia to be a credible opposition party. The rise & fall of Tsipras!
Everyone hated Varoufakis, former Greek PM Tsipras admits in new book
www.politico.eu/article/alex...
www.politico.eu/article/alex...
Everyone hated Varoufakis, former Greek PM Tsipras admits in new book
The controversial ex-finance minister was “more celebrity than economist,” according to left-wing luminary’s new memoir.
www.politico.eu
November 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Many Greeks also ended up distrusting & disliking Tsipras, for betraying the referendum vote, & implementing the same brutal austerity measures as ND party. I dare say he played a pivotal role in the eventual decline of Syrizia to be a credible opposition party. The rise & fall of Tsipras!
The death of children at EU #borders, is so routine & normalized that it simply needs to be recorded in a SIR report, so that there is a record. Collecting data as a signal that it is enforcing EU #fundamentalrights, while there is never any accountability & border violence & deaths 📈
#migration
#migration
In a damning internal report, @frontex.bsky.social concludes that its partners-in-crime - the Bulgaria border police - are responsible for abandoning three children, who were left to freeze to death last winter.
www.dw.com/bg/lzite-na-...
www.dw.com/bg/lzite-na-...
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The death of children at EU #borders, is so routine & normalized that it simply needs to be recorded in a SIR report, so that there is a record. Collecting data as a signal that it is enforcing EU #fundamentalrights, while there is never any accountability & border violence & deaths 📈
#migration
#migration
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Now public: I wrote to the Government of #Greece concerning public statements by Govt officials against human rights organisations working in the field of migration as well as recent restrictions on the right to seek asylum. Regrettably, the Government did not reply.
srdefenders.org/greece-publi...
srdefenders.org/greece-publi...
Greece: public statements against migrants’ rights NGOs and new restrictions on the right to seek asylum (joint communication)
This is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Greece concerning public statements by government officials targeting human rights organisations working in the field of migratio...
srdefenders.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Now public: I wrote to the Government of #Greece concerning public statements by Govt officials against human rights organisations working in the field of migration as well as recent restrictions on the right to seek asylum. Regrettably, the Government did not reply.
srdefenders.org/greece-publi...
srdefenders.org/greece-publi...
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V useful analysis of some of the significant human rights problems raised by Mahmood’s announcement
New post
The legal and constitutional implications of the asylum white paper: Some initial thoughts
publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/11/17/t...
The legal and constitutional implications of the asylum white paper: Some initial thoughts
publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/11/17/t...
The legal and constitutional implications of the asylum white paper: Some initial thoughts
Proposals for radical reform of the UK’s asylum system raise a number of legal and constitutional issues, with respect both to the European Convention on Human Rights and the domestic principle of …
publiclawforeveryone.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
V useful analysis of some of the significant human rights problems raised by Mahmood’s announcement
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Most asylum seekers arrive with their valuables long lost in bombed or abandoned homes, stolen, or sold to afford the dangerous clandestine passage to safety
The real thing of value to be snatched from refugees under these proposals is far more painful: their families & futures
Me, for @zeteo.com
The real thing of value to be snatched from refugees under these proposals is far more painful: their families & futures
Me, for @zeteo.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Most asylum seekers arrive with their valuables long lost in bombed or abandoned homes, stolen, or sold to afford the dangerous clandestine passage to safety
The real thing of value to be snatched from refugees under these proposals is far more painful: their families & futures
Me, for @zeteo.com
The real thing of value to be snatched from refugees under these proposals is far more painful: their families & futures
Me, for @zeteo.com
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17 Νοεμβρη 1973
"είχαμε ανεβεί πολύ ψηλά,
δεν μπορούσαμε πια νά χαμηλώσουμε"...
Γ.Ριτσος
"είχαμε ανεβεί πολύ ψηλά,
δεν μπορούσαμε πια νά χαμηλώσουμε"...
Γ.Ριτσος
November 17, 2025 at 9:02 AM
17 Νοεμβρη 1973
"είχαμε ανεβεί πολύ ψηλά,
δεν μπορούσαμε πια νά χαμηλώσουμε"...
Γ.Ριτσος
"είχαμε ανεβεί πολύ ψηλά,
δεν μπορούσαμε πια νά χαμηλώσουμε"...
Γ.Ριτσος
Fear of random deportations of "foreigners", revoked student Visas, racist attacks, curtailment of free speech, and the political gag orders on universities= 📉 enrollement.
New foreign student enrollment in the US fell 17% this fall www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
How foreign student enrollment is shifting in the U.S., in 6 charts
Foreign student enrollment in U.S. colleges has stalled, with a 17 percent decline in new students this fall after Trump policy changes, a key survey shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Fear of random deportations of "foreigners", revoked student Visas, racist attacks, curtailment of free speech, and the political gag orders on universities= 📉 enrollement.
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Very long thread: As with many of Labour's anti-immigration policies, this isn't new. British police have been stationed in other countries for this purpose for a long time
It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/
www.lbc.co.uk/article/shab...
It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/
www.lbc.co.uk/article/shab...
Home Secretary orders police and border 'hit squads' to Albania to stamp out people smugglers | LBC
Shabana Mahmood will send hit squads of police and border force teams to Albania in a fresh drive to stamp out people-smuggling gangs upstream.
www.lbc.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Very long thread: As with many of Labour's anti-immigration policies, this isn't new. British police have been stationed in other countries for this purpose for a long time
It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/
www.lbc.co.uk/article/shab...
It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/
www.lbc.co.uk/article/shab...
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Following the expiry of the rule of #asylum suspension in #Greece, Refugee Support Aegean (RSA) documents the conditions in #detention centres, procedural gaps, and the arbitrary implementation of the measure.
👉 rsaegean.org/en/suspensio...
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👉 rsaegean.org/en/suspensio...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Following the expiry of the rule of #asylum suspension in #Greece, Refugee Support Aegean (RSA) documents the conditions in #detention centres, procedural gaps, and the arbitrary implementation of the measure.
👉 rsaegean.org/en/suspensio...
(1/9)
👉 rsaegean.org/en/suspensio...
(1/9)
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Btw 2020 and 2021 Europol landed enormous volumes of data as a part of three mega-hack operations that dismantled encrypted communication systems. This would become the starting point of the agency's AI ambitions. New investigation out with @giacomoza.bsky.social and @stavinoha.bsky.social
Hungry for data: Inside Europol’s secretive AI programme | Computer Weekly
The EU’s law enforcement agency has been quietly amassing data to feed an ambitious but secretive artificial intelligence development programme that could have far-reaching privacy implications for pe...
www.computerweekly.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Btw 2020 and 2021 Europol landed enormous volumes of data as a part of three mega-hack operations that dismantled encrypted communication systems. This would become the starting point of the agency's AI ambitions. New investigation out with @giacomoza.bsky.social and @stavinoha.bsky.social
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#Greece's Ombudsman on the 2023 deadly #PylosShipwreck: "while criminal charges for several felonies have been brought against the 🇬🇷Coast Guard officers, the competent Ministry insists on abstaining from any disciplinary action, disregarding what the law dictates” #RefugeesGr
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November 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
#Greece's Ombudsman on the 2023 deadly #PylosShipwreck: "while criminal charges for several felonies have been brought against the 🇬🇷Coast Guard officers, the competent Ministry insists on abstaining from any disciplinary action, disregarding what the law dictates” #RefugeesGr
1/
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🙅♀️ No papers, no protection?
Join us as we launch our new briefing and discuss justice for undocumented survivors of gender-based violence with advocates and frontline experts.
🗓️ 24 Nov
⏰ 1-2 pm CET
✍️ Register on crm.picum.org/civicrm/even...
Join us as we launch our new briefing and discuss justice for undocumented survivors of gender-based violence with advocates and frontline experts.
🗓️ 24 Nov
⏰ 1-2 pm CET
✍️ Register on crm.picum.org/civicrm/even...
November 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🙅♀️ No papers, no protection?
Join us as we launch our new briefing and discuss justice for undocumented survivors of gender-based violence with advocates and frontline experts.
🗓️ 24 Nov
⏰ 1-2 pm CET
✍️ Register on crm.picum.org/civicrm/even...
Join us as we launch our new briefing and discuss justice for undocumented survivors of gender-based violence with advocates and frontline experts.
🗓️ 24 Nov
⏰ 1-2 pm CET
✍️ Register on crm.picum.org/civicrm/even...
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1/ NEW GUIDE: We’ve just published a new Data Protection Handbook on Asylum and Migration in Europe. ⚠️
Who it is for:
This handbook is for anyone who works in immigration, in asylum, or who advocates for the rights of migrants and asylum seekers.
Who it is for:
This handbook is for anyone who works in immigration, in asylum, or who advocates for the rights of migrants and asylum seekers.
October 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
1/ NEW GUIDE: We’ve just published a new Data Protection Handbook on Asylum and Migration in Europe. ⚠️
Who it is for:
This handbook is for anyone who works in immigration, in asylum, or who advocates for the rights of migrants and asylum seekers.
Who it is for:
This handbook is for anyone who works in immigration, in asylum, or who advocates for the rights of migrants and asylum seekers.
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EU member states are once again locking horns over asylum policy, reviving old rifts that never truly healed.
EU’s migration dilemma returns as ‘solidarity’ meets political reality
EU member states are once again locking horns over asylum policy, reviving old rifts that never truly healed.
euobserver.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
EU member states are once again locking horns over asylum policy, reviving old rifts that never truly healed.
Tension, fire & arrests at Serres, Greece #migrant facility. 29 people were arrested for causing the incidents (for attempting to escape and disobedience). What is not said is that these people are demonstrating against administrative detention & inhuman conditiins
www.kathimerini.gr/society/5639...
www.kathimerini.gr/society/5639...
Σέρρες: Ενταση, φωτιά και 29 συλλήψεις στη δομή μεταναστών
Οι συγκεντρωθέντες έξω από τα κτίρια διαμονής έβαλαν φωτιά σε ρούχα και άρχισαν να πετούν πέτρες σε αστυνομικούς που έφτασαν στην περιοχή, ενώ κινήθηκαν απειλητικά να ρίξουν την περίφραξη και να διαφύ...
www.kathimerini.gr
November 14, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Tension, fire & arrests at Serres, Greece #migrant facility. 29 people were arrested for causing the incidents (for attempting to escape and disobedience). What is not said is that these people are demonstrating against administrative detention & inhuman conditiins
www.kathimerini.gr/society/5639...
www.kathimerini.gr/society/5639...
"Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Czech Republic will challenge EU over #migration quotas. Hardliners say they will not take in more migrants nor pay compensation for refusal."
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Four European countries ready to challenge EU on migration rule
Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Czech Republic will challenge EU over migration quotas. Hardliners say they will not take in more migrants nor pay compensation for refusal. A compromise is out of reach ...
www.euronews.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 AM
"Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Czech Republic will challenge EU over #migration quotas. Hardliners say they will not take in more migrants nor pay compensation for refusal."
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Thinking of the many other lawfare cases that 🇬🇷 initiated to criminalize NGO's or individuals who supported #Migrants #Refugees. All were acquitted!
What remained of this lawfare was successful anti-immigration propoganda & the tough policies of punishing Refugees by eleminating available services.
What remained of this lawfare was successful anti-immigration propoganda & the tough policies of punishing Refugees by eleminating available services.
Greece: Authorities must ‘drop baseless charges’ against rescue volunteer Seán Binder
On 4 December, Seán will stand trial for helping people in distress and at risk of drowning at sea. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
On 4 December, Seán will stand trial for helping people in distress and at risk of drowning at sea. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Greece: Authorities must 'drop baseless charges' against rescue volunteer Seán Binder
On 4 December 2025, Seán Binder will stand trial in Greece for his work as a volunteer rescuer helping people in distress and at risk of drowning at sea
www.amnesty.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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EU member states have yet to designate areas where they want to build infrastructure along their external borders to host, detain and possibly deport migrants and prospective asylum seekers.
EU states stall on border sites for migrant detention and deportation facilities
EU member states have yet to designate areas where they want to build infrastructure along their external borders to host, detain and possibly deport migrants and prospective asylum seekers.
euobserver.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
EU member states have yet to designate areas where they want to build infrastructure along their external borders to host, detain and possibly deport migrants and prospective asylum seekers.
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Among the charges cited by the court of appeal: manslaughter by negligence in international waters but within Greece's rescue zone, exposure by negligence with legal obligation to rescue people that resulted in death & repeated exposure by omission of other people to danger bbc.com/news/article...
Greek coastguard chief to be prosecuted over deadly migrant shipwreck
Vice Adm Tryfon Kontizas is one of four senior coastguard figures to face manslaughter charges over the 2023 disaster.
bbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Among the charges cited by the court of appeal: manslaughter by negligence in international waters but within Greece's rescue zone, exposure by negligence with legal obligation to rescue people that resulted in death & repeated exposure by omission of other people to danger bbc.com/news/article...
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The @icjurists.bsky.social & @theecre.bsky.social submitted comments to the European Committee of Social Rights on the follow-up to ICJ and ECRE v. Greece case
🚨Greece must end detention of migrant and refugee children and adopt measures to comply with children’s rights
👉 www.icj.org/greece-icj-a...
🚨Greece must end detention of migrant and refugee children and adopt measures to comply with children’s rights
👉 www.icj.org/greece-icj-a...
Greece: ICJ and ECRE call the European Committee of Social Rights to ensure Greece’s compliance with migrant and refugee children's rights | ICJ
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the European Council for Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) have submitted comments to the European Com
www.icj.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
The @icjurists.bsky.social & @theecre.bsky.social submitted comments to the European Committee of Social Rights on the follow-up to ICJ and ECRE v. Greece case
🚨Greece must end detention of migrant and refugee children and adopt measures to comply with children’s rights
👉 www.icj.org/greece-icj-a...
🚨Greece must end detention of migrant and refugee children and adopt measures to comply with children’s rights
👉 www.icj.org/greece-icj-a...
🇬🇷 "citizens completely dismantle the government's false claims, as they assess that there is an institutional crisis in the country and that the New Democracy government bears the main responsibility for it."
www.efsyn.gr/politiki/489...
www.efsyn.gr/politiki/489...
Δημοσκόπηση: Υπάρχει κρίση θεσμών και φταίει κυρίως η κυβέρνηση
4 στους 5 πολίτες δεν είναι ικανοποιημένοι από τη λειτουργία της κυβέρνησης • Μεγάλη άνοδος του ποσοστού των αναποφάσιστων στους τελευταίους μήνες.
www.efsyn.gr
November 4, 2025 at 3:13 AM
🇬🇷 "citizens completely dismantle the government's false claims, as they assess that there is an institutional crisis in the country and that the New Democracy government bears the main responsibility for it."
www.efsyn.gr/politiki/489...
www.efsyn.gr/politiki/489...
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#Greece
97% of citizens consider corruption to be “fairly to very widespread”
92% state that they do not trust the media
86% the political parties
71% the judiciary
65% the government
66% the independent authorities.
Can you consider this a failed state?
www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1285...
97% of citizens consider corruption to be “fairly to very widespread”
92% state that they do not trust the media
86% the political parties
71% the judiciary
65% the government
66% the independent authorities.
Can you consider this a failed state?
www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1285...
The crisis of trust in institutions is a wake-up call | eKathimerini.com
The recent survey by KAPA Research reveals a disheartening – but at the same time valuable – message for Greek society: 97% of citizens consider corruption to be “fairly to very widespread” in the cou...
www.ekathimerini.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
#Greece
97% of citizens consider corruption to be “fairly to very widespread”
92% state that they do not trust the media
86% the political parties
71% the judiciary
65% the government
66% the independent authorities.
Can you consider this a failed state?
www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1285...
97% of citizens consider corruption to be “fairly to very widespread”
92% state that they do not trust the media
86% the political parties
71% the judiciary
65% the government
66% the independent authorities.
Can you consider this a failed state?
www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1285...
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New @borderviolence.bsky.social report on the conditions faced by #detained #asylum seekers affected by #suspension of asylum applications in #Amygdaleza #Greece
‘Psychological pressure’ in Amygdaleza: undignified detention conditions and violation of asylum rights
borderviolence.eu/reports/psyc...
‘Psychological pressure’ in Amygdaleza: undignified detention conditions and violation of asylum rights
borderviolence.eu/reports/psyc...
‘Psychological pressure’ in Amygdaleza: undignified detention conditions and violation of asylum rights
Arabic language version below. Greek version to follow soon.Trigger warning: this post contains images depicting unhygienic living conditions, including images of vermin and visible skin infections. Y...
borderviolence.eu
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 AM
New @borderviolence.bsky.social report on the conditions faced by #detained #asylum seekers affected by #suspension of asylum applications in #Amygdaleza #Greece
‘Psychological pressure’ in Amygdaleza: undignified detention conditions and violation of asylum rights
borderviolence.eu/reports/psyc...
‘Psychological pressure’ in Amygdaleza: undignified detention conditions and violation of asylum rights
borderviolence.eu/reports/psyc...
"Who wants to rewrite the Geneva Convention and how the Europe of fear is testing the limits of its humanism."
#Migration #Refugees #HumanRights
#Migration #Refugees #HumanRights
Το Θέμα της «Εφ.Συν.»
📌H ακροδεξιά ρεβάνς κατά των διεθνών συμβάσεων και των ανθρωπίνων δικαιωμάτων που προστατεύουν πρόσφυγες και μετανάστες
👉Ποιοι θέλουν να ξαναγράψουν τη Σύμβαση της Γενεύης και πώς η Ευρώπη του φόβου δοκιμάζει τα όρια του ανθρωπισμού της.
[του Δημήτρη Αγγελίδη]
#PulsEurope
📌H ακροδεξιά ρεβάνς κατά των διεθνών συμβάσεων και των ανθρωπίνων δικαιωμάτων που προστατεύουν πρόσφυγες και μετανάστες
👉Ποιοι θέλουν να ξαναγράψουν τη Σύμβαση της Γενεύης και πώς η Ευρώπη του φόβου δοκιμάζει τα όρια του ανθρωπισμού της.
[του Δημήτρη Αγγελίδη]
#PulsEurope
Το τέλος του ασύλου;
Ποιοι θέλουν να ξαναγράψουν τη Σύμβαση της Γενεύης;
www.efsyn.gr
November 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"Who wants to rewrite the Geneva Convention and how the Europe of fear is testing the limits of its humanism."
#Migration #Refugees #HumanRights
#Migration #Refugees #HumanRights
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1/ Ο υπουργός Μετανάστευσης, Θάνος Πλεύρης, υποστήριξε πως θα «απελευθερωθούν» σπίτια όπου διαμένουν πρόσφυγες για τους πολίτες της Αθήνας.
Πρόκειται για μόλις 162 διαμερίσματα σε όλη την Αττική.
wearesolomon.com/el/mag/forma...
Πρόκειται για μόλις 162 διαμερίσματα σε όλη την Αττική.
wearesolomon.com/el/mag/forma...
Επιδόματα, διαμερίσματα, «μενού ξενοδοχείου» - Τα fake news Πλεύρη
Ο υπουργός Μετανάστευσης, Θάνος Πλεύρης, υποστήριξε πως θα «απελευθερωθούν» σπίτια όπου διαμένουν πρόσφυγες για τους πολίτες της Αθήνας. Την ίδια ώρα, δεκάδες χιλιάδες περισσότερα ακίνητα φέρονται να ...
wearesolomon.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
1/ Ο υπουργός Μετανάστευσης, Θάνος Πλεύρης, υποστήριξε πως θα «απελευθερωθούν» σπίτια όπου διαμένουν πρόσφυγες για τους πολίτες της Αθήνας.
Πρόκειται για μόλις 162 διαμερίσματα σε όλη την Αττική.
wearesolomon.com/el/mag/forma...
Πρόκειται για μόλις 162 διαμερίσματα σε όλη την Αττική.
wearesolomon.com/el/mag/forma...