Tödliche Politik an Europas Grenzen – SRF Podcast (only in German) Netflix released “The Swimmers”, the story of refugee sisters that landed in Greece

Greece says it will try to retrieve migrant girl’s body from river islet  Greek migration minister: Seasonal work visas to give Bangladeshi migrants ‘dignity’

The Guardian reveals: Greek police coerce asylum seekers into pushing fellow migrants back to Turkey

Read a good roundup of events and developments over the last few years on Lesvos:“A desaster waiting to happen: who was really responsible for the fire at Moria camp?” Differences of treatment by the Greek state, article from ECRE: https://ecre.org/greece-guarantees-of-capacity-for-ukrainian-refugees-while-the-situation-remains-dire-in-camps-across-the-country-government-body-finds-no-evidence-of-pushbacks/ Struggle to integrate: https://www.dw.com/en/greece-refugees-asylum-seekers-struggle-to-integrate/a-60687733 Article form Human Rights Watch: https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/04/07/greece-using-other-migrants-expel-asylum-seekers

“No longer afraid to speak up” – A woman tells her story  Six Years of EU-Turkey Deal visualised by the ICRC

“People still missing despite major rescue effort as smugglers switch to more perilous route from Turkey” reports The Guardian. Five years of migration crisis in pictures by POLITICO. The Council of Europe announces New Special Representative of the Secretary General on Migration and Refugees: Leyla Kayacik

In the fight between Poland and Belarus, refugees are the ones losing: Read here full article More Background on the “case” against the three humanitarians: Read here at Al Jazeera or watch here more EUROnews

The Guardian writes on how EU states cooperate to illegally push back asylum seekers at their Schengen borders.  ILGA published their annual review of the human rights situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people in Greece, covering the year 2020.  Der Spiegel has uncovered how close the European Union’s border agency Frontex works together with the Libyan coast guard. 

Refugee Support Aegean (RSA) has published a timeline of all the 2020 illegal pushbacks at sea. Greece still refutes these claims, and calls the footage “allegations”. Frontex is still being examined by the EU’s anti-fraud institution OLAF. The Council of Europe’s Anti Torture Committee called on Greece to act to prevent pushbacks.