Pact on Migration and Asylum, EU
Keep a close eye on the EU’s current negotiations of the Pact on Migration and Asylum. Switzerland is also taking part.
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Different ways to help
Thank you to everyone that completed our newsletter survey last month! One of the biggest points of feedback is ‘how people can help/be involved’, particularly at the moment, when people cannot travel to Lesvos. We are currently putting together a guide of different ways to support safe migration in Europe, and how to get involved …
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Keep an eye on Frontex and fill out our survey
Keep an eye on FrontexSwitzerland is part of Frontex. Since 2011, we have contributed with people and money. We should use our voice within Frontex to make the concerns about illegal pushbacks heard and demand consequences: the stepping down of Fabrice Leggeri, Director of Frontex. He blocks external investigations, regardless of the evidence presented by …
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Stay active!
Support the legal actors According to the latest news, many asylum cases are processed without the authorities providing legal assistance to refugees and migrants. Therefore, support and financial contributions to legal NGOs such as the Legal Centre Lesvos are most needed and helpful. Oppose inhumane living conditions In face of the threat of lead poisoning in the …
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Give relief and support for Christmas Some ideas for donations to organisations in which we trust and with which we collaborate. Support the rule of law: the Legal Centre Lesvos Empower refugee women: Glocal Roots Donate for unaccompanied children: Together for better days Support for LGBTQI*: Lesvos Lgbtiq+ Refugee Solidarity Enable sport’s activities: Yoga and Sports for Refugees Donate for …
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Build Communities not Camps
Build communities – not camps! Lesvos Solidarity – Pikpa, a solidarity structure which was created in 2012 by locals hosted refugees since years in dignified accommodation, welcoming some of the most vulnerable cases (such as victims of torture, victims of shipwreks, LGBTQI+ individuals, single parents etc.). The vulnerable people were officially referred to Pikpa – …
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Help us to cover 4 invisible costs
Donate for our 4 invisible costs and become a hero of the admin of One Happy Family.Administration. What an unpopular word, what an unpopular task.We prefer to sweep the admin under the carpet, postpone it until later, ignore it and above all we don’t like to spend money on it.Unfortunately, nothing is possible without admin …
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