One week ago Katsikas camp woke up to closed gates, surrounded by police. No one was allowed to leave the camp. Officially, this was to prevent Covid-19 from spreading, despite the fact that no one had contracted the virus in the camp. “They say it’s because there is corona...
When the Greek government announced that it will start evicting recognised refugees from their homes in June, they put eleven thousand people – many of them children – at risk. With no jobs and no support, most will end up homeless. One of them is Emmanuel Constantine. He...
Refugees flee unimaginable horrors in search of safety. Dakheel is Yazidi, a minority religious group from Iraq. When Da’esh (“Islamic State”) surrounded his home in Sinjar, it gave the Yazidi people two options: convert to Islam or die. Dakheel and his family were in danger. They ran for...