The calendar shows photos of refugees arriving on the Greek island of Lesbos taken by the local Mitilini Photo Club. The aim of the calendar is to collect donations. “Lesvos Solidarity” which has established a camp for refugees on the island of Lesbos called PIKPA. It offers shelter to some of the most vulnerable refugees on the Greek island, including those who are ill...
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RELOCATION REPORT
Member States must make relocation work
The European Parliament approved today with a large majority a report by Ska Keller on the relocation of refugees from Italy and Greece to other Member States. The European Parliament calls on the Member States to fulfil their quota and make relocation work.
This briefing is available as a pdf in German and...
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Press Release
Strasbourg, 15 September 2016
Today, the European Parliament backed Skas report on relocation. A large majority of the Members of Parliament called for member states of the EU to urgently meet their commitments to relocate 160,000 refugees from Greece and Italy to their territory. An important sign of european solidarity!
As Greens/EFA vice president...
moreLast year, it was decided to relocate 160.000 refugees from Italy and Greece to other European countries. This decision was a paradigm shift. It was a promise to Italy and Greece, to solidarity in the EU, and to the refugees stuck in these countries.
Yet, until today, only 3.677 refugees were relocated from Greece, and a mere 1.064 from Italy. This is not enough!...
morePlenary Speech
Strasbourg, 5 July 2016
The European Border Agency “Frontex” will get more power to deter refugees attempting to flee to Europe. Instead of providing medical care, shelters and fast asylum procedures, we are allowing Frontex to stop and return refugees even outside of the European Union. But instead of punishing refugees, we should be targeting the root...
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Press Release
Strasbourg, 6 July 2016
The European Parliament today approved a proposal to grant the EU’s border management agency FRONTEX greater powers, notably for border and coast guard missions. The Greens opposed the plan, due to concerns about the fundamental rights implications of the new system. After the vote, Greens/EFA vice-president and refugee policy...
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The new European border and coast guard system sets out to vest Frontex with greater power. In the future, the EU border agency Frontex will be able to force Member States to step up their border control. Member States that refuse can be expelled from the Schengen Area. Frontex’s new powers include operations outside the EU. Even a future operation in Libya cannot be...
moreThe lifting of the immunity directed at members of the HDP-Party is an attempt to silence the whole movement in Turkey that protests for freedom of expression and human rights. The European Union must not be silent, when people fighting freedom and justice are being silenced, we need to stand at their side and not on the side of Erdogan.
moreThe European Commission´s proposed a migration-deal is an attack on refugees. Instead of tackling root causes for migration, like war, human rights violations or hunger, it focuses only on stopping refugees. Dictatorships like Eritrea will receive more EU-money, to stop refugees from fleeing its own torturous regime. Other countries will be threatened with trade...
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