Alice TD
@alicetd.bsky.social
Researcher @oxfordcrim.bsky.social working on intersection of public health / immigration detention / state violence in Greece
Detention Landscapes: https://detentionlandscapes.uwazi.io/en/
Detention Landscapes: https://detentionlandscapes.uwazi.io/en/
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📢 #Greece: On October 31 in Exarchia, Athens, the police assaulted a #disabled man, without provocation, using ableist slurs & violence‼️They also attacked others, sitting in bars, in the "context" of a demo passing by. Impunity must end‼️
#Ableism
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#Ableism
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November 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
📢 #Greece: On October 31 in Exarchia, Athens, the police assaulted a #disabled man, without provocation, using ableist slurs & violence‼️They also attacked others, sitting in bars, in the "context" of a demo passing by. Impunity must end‼️
#Ableism
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#Ableism
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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...
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THIS 👉 “Recent attacks only highlight the importance of work ensuring access to justice and protecting the rights of people who need it most."
More than 150 lawyers and refugee NGOs report being ‘pressured into silence’ by far-right protesters
At least two groups supporting UK asylum seekers have closed their offices after credible threats to their safety
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
THIS 👉 “Recent attacks only highlight the importance of work ensuring access to justice and protecting the rights of people who need it most."
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📢 #Greece: A Black man was denied a bus ticket despite empty seats, a few days ago. A police officer said to passengers asking why, “For your safety, foreigners travel at night.” The intercity bus director confirmed this racist policy, citing a '14 law to justify the #segregation of #migrants 1/
September 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
📢 #Greece: A Black man was denied a bus ticket despite empty seats, a few days ago. A police officer said to passengers asking why, “For your safety, foreigners travel at night.” The intercity bus director confirmed this racist policy, citing a '14 law to justify the #segregation of #migrants 1/
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📢 The #ECtHR prohibited #Greece (again) from deporting 4 Eritrean #RefugeesGr, represented by @rsaegean.org, before they have had access to the asylum procedure. The authorities have refused to register their claims, citing the 3-month suspension of access to asylum.
rsaegean.org/en/asylum-su...
rsaegean.org/en/asylum-su...
rsaegean.org
September 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
📢 The #ECtHR prohibited #Greece (again) from deporting 4 Eritrean #RefugeesGr, represented by @rsaegean.org, before they have had access to the asylum procedure. The authorities have refused to register their claims, citing the 3-month suspension of access to asylum.
rsaegean.org/en/asylum-su...
rsaegean.org/en/asylum-su...
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#Greece: Ali Faryad, a 46-year-old man from Pakistan, was deliberately misled by a company to board a tanker of 🇬🇷 interests, flying the 🇲🇭flag, & received threats to his life to continue working 10-hour shifts. Greece has been convicted by the #ECtHR for #humantrafficking of #migrants before...
September 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
#Greece: Ali Faryad, a 46-year-old man from Pakistan, was deliberately misled by a company to board a tanker of 🇬🇷 interests, flying the 🇲🇭flag, & received threats to his life to continue working 10-hour shifts. Greece has been convicted by the #ECtHR for #humantrafficking of #migrants before...
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#Greece: Today, 50 migrants will be tried at a Court in Chania, as "smugglers", because they took the helm of the boat at some point during their journey to 🇬🇷. At least 16 of them are young boys who tried to escape the war in Sudan.
#RefugeesGr
4 stories via @omniatv.com:
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#RefugeesGr
4 stories via @omniatv.com:
omniatv.com/853495631/oi...
Οι ιστορίες τεσσάρων αγοριών από το Σουδάν που θα δικαστούν ως διακινητές μεταναστών - omniatv
Την Δευτέρα 1 Σεπτεμβρίου 2025 θα δικαστούν στο Μονομελές Εφετείο Κακουργημάτων Χανίων, πενήντα κατηγορούμενοι, ως διακινητές μεταναστών. Βασικό στοιχείο
omniatv.com
September 1, 2025 at 5:27 AM
#Greece: Today, 50 migrants will be tried at a Court in Chania, as "smugglers", because they took the helm of the boat at some point during their journey to 🇬🇷. At least 16 of them are young boys who tried to escape the war in Sudan.
#RefugeesGr
4 stories via @omniatv.com:
omniatv.com/853495631/oi...
#RefugeesGr
4 stories via @omniatv.com:
omniatv.com/853495631/oi...
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At the rate journalists are being killed in Gaza by the Israeli army, there will soon be no one left to keep you informed. In nearly 23 months, at least 210 journalists have been killed by the Israeli army in this territory, according to Reporters Without Borders. The New Arab joins more than..(1/2)
September 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
At the rate journalists are being killed in Gaza by the Israeli army, there will soon be no one left to keep you informed. In nearly 23 months, at least 210 journalists have been killed by the Israeli army in this territory, according to Reporters Without Borders. The New Arab joins more than..(1/2)
While Gaza has no fuel, electricity, water, or functioning hospitals, Greek shipping companies profit from transporting crude oil in disputed waters off the Gazan shore. #NoNoFuelForGenocide #NoHarbourForGenocide
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Petition: Shipping Companies: Stop Fuelling the Genocide in Gaza - Global Energy Embargo For Palestine
palenergyembargo.com
August 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
While Gaza has no fuel, electricity, water, or functioning hospitals, Greek shipping companies profit from transporting crude oil in disputed waters off the Gazan shore. #NoNoFuelForGenocide #NoHarbourForGenocide
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"If the Greeks can do it, why can't we?"
GBNews is knowingly misleading audiences in the UK, presenting Greece's illegal suspension of asylum and automatic detention policy as as example to follow.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLpc...
GBNews is knowingly misleading audiences in the UK, presenting Greece's illegal suspension of asylum and automatic detention policy as as example to follow.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLpc...
WATCH: Greece LOCKS UP migrants after declaring 'INVASION of Europe is over' as EU attitude shifts
YouTube video by GBNews
www.youtube.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:20 AM
"If the Greeks can do it, why can't we?"
GBNews is knowingly misleading audiences in the UK, presenting Greece's illegal suspension of asylum and automatic detention policy as as example to follow.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLpc...
GBNews is knowingly misleading audiences in the UK, presenting Greece's illegal suspension of asylum and automatic detention policy as as example to follow.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLpc...
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1/5
🟠 BVMN’s May report is now online.
borderviolence.eu/reports/bvmn...
This is the first of a series of thematic reports, where we will look into overarching themes affecting people on the move across Europe.
BVMN is against the use of immigration detention in all its forms.
🟠 BVMN’s May report is now online.
borderviolence.eu/reports/bvmn...
This is the first of a series of thematic reports, where we will look into overarching themes affecting people on the move across Europe.
BVMN is against the use of immigration detention in all its forms.
BVMN Monthly Report - May 2025: Detention
This is the first of a series of thematic reports, where we will look into overarching themes affecting people on the move across Europe.
This report looks into the detention conditions and practices ...
borderviolence.eu
August 12, 2025 at 9:06 AM
1/5
🟠 BVMN’s May report is now online.
borderviolence.eu/reports/bvmn...
This is the first of a series of thematic reports, where we will look into overarching themes affecting people on the move across Europe.
BVMN is against the use of immigration detention in all its forms.
🟠 BVMN’s May report is now online.
borderviolence.eu/reports/bvmn...
This is the first of a series of thematic reports, where we will look into overarching themes affecting people on the move across Europe.
BVMN is against the use of immigration detention in all its forms.
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Despite another weekend of racist demonstrations outside #asylum accommodation, some MPs kicked off the week by parroting far-right lies that attribute systemic sexual violence with so-called 'small boats' crossings.
✊ This needs to end. It's time to push back buff.ly/KFkOZbl
✊ This needs to end. It's time to push back buff.ly/KFkOZbl
August 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Despite another weekend of racist demonstrations outside #asylum accommodation, some MPs kicked off the week by parroting far-right lies that attribute systemic sexual violence with so-called 'small boats' crossings.
✊ This needs to end. It's time to push back buff.ly/KFkOZbl
✊ This needs to end. It's time to push back buff.ly/KFkOZbl
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British doctor comes back from Gaza and confirms two things we knew: 1- the Israelis *specifically* confiscate formula feed to starve children 2- there is a clear pattern in gun shot wounds pointing to the fact that IDF soldiers are playing games hunting humans.
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www.instagram.com/reel/DMm03Kp...
July 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
British doctor comes back from Gaza and confirms two things we knew: 1- the Israelis *specifically* confiscate formula feed to starve children 2- there is a clear pattern in gun shot wounds pointing to the fact that IDF soldiers are playing games hunting humans.
www.instagram.com/reel/DMm03Kp...
www.instagram.com/reel/DMm03Kp...
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Some absolutely brilliant one liners in this.
Skegness, one of your absolute finest people right here. Buy her a drink whenever you see her.
July 28, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Some absolutely brilliant one liners in this.
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Greece has officially suspended the right to asylum for people arriving by boat from North Africa. This follows a rise in landings on Crete since the beginning of the year.
PM Mitsotakis declared: “Migrants who enter the country illegally will be arrested and detained.”
PM Mitsotakis declared: “Migrants who enter the country illegally will be arrested and detained.”
July 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Greece has officially suspended the right to asylum for people arriving by boat from North Africa. This follows a rise in landings on Crete since the beginning of the year.
PM Mitsotakis declared: “Migrants who enter the country illegally will be arrested and detained.”
PM Mitsotakis declared: “Migrants who enter the country illegally will be arrested and detained.”
Greece is planning to build a new pre-removal #detention centre close to #Thessaloniki with an estimated capacity of 400 spaces
It seems the location of the new centre has not been announced but the premises are due to be rented from the Ministry of Defence for 2 years from January 2028 👇🏼
It seems the location of the new centre has not been announced but the premises are due to be rented from the Ministry of Defence for 2 years from January 2028 👇🏼
July 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Greece is planning to build a new pre-removal #detention centre close to #Thessaloniki with an estimated capacity of 400 spaces
It seems the location of the new centre has not been announced but the premises are due to be rented from the Ministry of Defence for 2 years from January 2028 👇🏼
It seems the location of the new centre has not been announced but the premises are due to be rented from the Ministry of Defence for 2 years from January 2028 👇🏼
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"The Greek ban on people arriving from North Africa from claiming #asylum is a policy as illegal and failed as its 2020 iteration for refugees arriving from Turkey."
Minos Mouzourakis, lawyer at RSA @jacobinmag.bsky.social
✍️@moiralavelle.bsky.social @vedatyeler.com
jacobin.com/2025/07/gree...
Minos Mouzourakis, lawyer at RSA @jacobinmag.bsky.social
✍️@moiralavelle.bsky.social @vedatyeler.com
jacobin.com/2025/07/gree...
Greece Is Shutting the Door to Refugees
Greece has declared a three-month halt to all asylum applications for migrants arriving from North Africa. The European Union is hardening its borders, even if it means trampling on its own laws.
jacobin.com
July 15, 2025 at 8:07 AM
"The Greek ban on people arriving from North Africa from claiming #asylum is a policy as illegal and failed as its 2020 iteration for refugees arriving from Turkey."
Minos Mouzourakis, lawyer at RSA @jacobinmag.bsky.social
✍️@moiralavelle.bsky.social @vedatyeler.com
jacobin.com/2025/07/gree...
Minos Mouzourakis, lawyer at RSA @jacobinmag.bsky.social
✍️@moiralavelle.bsky.social @vedatyeler.com
jacobin.com/2025/07/gree...
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3/3
We found many shortcomings in the proceedings that jeopardise the principle of a fair trial:
> Inadequate representation: lawyers were assigned on the morning of
> No certified interpreters present
> Mass processing of cases with no individual assessment
We found many shortcomings in the proceedings that jeopardise the principle of a fair trial:
> Inadequate representation: lawyers were assigned on the morning of
> No certified interpreters present
> Mass processing of cases with no individual assessment
July 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
3/3
We found many shortcomings in the proceedings that jeopardise the principle of a fair trial:
> Inadequate representation: lawyers were assigned on the morning of
> No certified interpreters present
> Mass processing of cases with no individual assessment
We found many shortcomings in the proceedings that jeopardise the principle of a fair trial:
> Inadequate representation: lawyers were assigned on the morning of
> No certified interpreters present
> Mass processing of cases with no individual assessment
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1/ Ο νέος υπουργός Μετανάστευσης συγκρίνει το φαγητό στις δομές με φαγητό «ξενοδοχείου».
Εσωτερικά έγγραφα που παρουσιάσαμε στο @wearesolomon.bsky.social δείχνουν ότι στη Σάμο, την καλύτερα χρηματοδοτούμενη δομή, ασυνόδευτα παιδιά κοιμούνταν στο πάτωμα *σε βάρδιες* λόγω έλλειψης υποδομών.
Εσωτερικά έγγραφα που παρουσιάσαμε στο @wearesolomon.bsky.social δείχνουν ότι στη Σάμο, την καλύτερα χρηματοδοτούμενη δομή, ασυνόδευτα παιδιά κοιμούνταν στο πάτωμα *σε βάρδιες* λόγω έλλειψης υποδομών.
July 11, 2025 at 6:02 AM
1/ Ο νέος υπουργός Μετανάστευσης συγκρίνει το φαγητό στις δομές με φαγητό «ξενοδοχείου».
Εσωτερικά έγγραφα που παρουσιάσαμε στο @wearesolomon.bsky.social δείχνουν ότι στη Σάμο, την καλύτερα χρηματοδοτούμενη δομή, ασυνόδευτα παιδιά κοιμούνταν στο πάτωμα *σε βάρδιες* λόγω έλλειψης υποδομών.
Εσωτερικά έγγραφα που παρουσιάσαμε στο @wearesolomon.bsky.social δείχνουν ότι στη Σάμο, την καλύτερα χρηματοδοτούμενη δομή, ασυνόδευτα παιδιά κοιμούνταν στο πάτωμα *σε βάρδιες* λόγω έλλειψης υποδομών.
Appalling findings by @rsaegean.org #detention #asylum
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⚫Asylum seekers were held in de-facto detention in Greece for > 2 months last year, including minors for > 6 months
⚫12k pre-removal detention orders against nationals of Syria + Afghanistan, despite no returns happening to these countries
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⚫Asylum seekers were held in de-facto detention in Greece for > 2 months last year, including minors for > 6 months
⚫12k pre-removal detention orders against nationals of Syria + Afghanistan, despite no returns happening to these countries
July 9, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Appalling findings by @rsaegean.org #detention #asylum
👇🏼
⚫Asylum seekers were held in de-facto detention in Greece for > 2 months last year, including minors for > 6 months
⚫12k pre-removal detention orders against nationals of Syria + Afghanistan, despite no returns happening to these countries
👇🏼
⚫Asylum seekers were held in de-facto detention in Greece for > 2 months last year, including minors for > 6 months
⚫12k pre-removal detention orders against nationals of Syria + Afghanistan, despite no returns happening to these countries
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#Greece: "Attention to all #LGBTQIA+ ppl in #Thessaloniki! There is a group arranging meetings through Grindr to set up ambushes & commit violence. They beat one person, already. Be careful, inform friends & stay safe! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️" #homophobia
via @aristotelessr.bsky.social on X:
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via @aristotelessr.bsky.social on X:
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June 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
#Greece: "Attention to all #LGBTQIA+ ppl in #Thessaloniki! There is a group arranging meetings through Grindr to set up ambushes & commit violence. They beat one person, already. Be careful, inform friends & stay safe! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️" #homophobia
via @aristotelessr.bsky.social on X:
x.com/Aristoteless...
via @aristotelessr.bsky.social on X:
x.com/Aristoteless...
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📢" #Greece | ‼️A group of 30-40 people from #Somalia #Sudan & #Eritrea have arrived on Chios island & would like to seek asylum.. We call on their.. rescue & safe transfer to a camp.. or hospital"
#RefugeesGr
#StopPushBacks
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#RefugeesGr
#StopPushBacks
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June 22, 2025 at 10:11 AM
📢" #Greece | ‼️A group of 30-40 people from #Somalia #Sudan & #Eritrea have arrived on Chios island & would like to seek asylum.. We call on their.. rescue & safe transfer to a camp.. or hospital"
#RefugeesGr
#StopPushBacks
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#RefugeesGr
#StopPushBacks
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In #Italy, there's growing concern over a video of an alleged beating within a detention center for #migrant repatriation.
Opposition parties have demanded an inquiry, while the central police station involved denies that there "was any beating" at all.
Opposition parties have demanded an inquiry, while the central police station involved denies that there "was any beating" at all.
Italian police deny migrant beaten in repatriation center
A video allegedly showing a migrant after being beaten by police in riot gear at a repatriation center in Gradisca d'Isonzo has sparked debate within Italy’s interior ministry, while the central polic...
www.infomigrants.net
June 23, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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There can be no business as usual with a country committing genocide. The EU must SUSPEND the EU-Israel Association Agreement NOW.
EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs & @kajakallas.bsky.social - words are not enough 🧵
www.amnesty.eu/news/eu-must...
EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs & @kajakallas.bsky.social - words are not enough 🧵
www.amnesty.eu/news/eu-must...
EU must suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement - Joint statement
The undersigned human rights and humanitarian organizations and trade unions urge the EU to ensure that the ongoing review of Israel’s compliance with article 2 of the EU-Israel Association Agreement ...
www.amnesty.eu
June 19, 2025 at 8:16 AM
There can be no business as usual with a country committing genocide. The EU must SUSPEND the EU-Israel Association Agreement NOW.
EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs & @kajakallas.bsky.social - words are not enough 🧵
www.amnesty.eu/news/eu-must...
EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs & @kajakallas.bsky.social - words are not enough 🧵
www.amnesty.eu/news/eu-must...