Factual reports documenting border violence and human rights violations in spaces of control and contention along the Balkanroute
Live Ticker: 04.03.2016
Idomeni is currently holding at least 7 times more people than its maximum capacity. The rain has made the camp muddy and people are wading between makeshift tents and overflowing bins of trash. The police is stopping taxis from driving people over the bridge from the highway all the way to the camp, forcing all people – old, injured, pregnant and with small kids – to walk another 4 kilometers over the fields, carrying their luggage. Nonetheless, people keep arriving. More …
„Alle wollen nur eines.“
Tausende Flüchtlinge stecken fest, nachdem Mazedonien die Balkanroute geschlossen hat. Die Lage am Übergang von Idomeni ist dramatisch. Entweder die Leute erhalten in absehbarer Zeit eine Möglichkeit weiterzuziehen. Oder es wird Tote geben. More …
Live Ticker: 03.03.2016
The railway tracks were blocked for some hours again but in the afternoon trains could pass. Only a few people were allowed to pass today. It is estimated that there are between 11.000 and 15.000 people now in the camp. More …
Live Ticker: 02.03.2016
About 10.000 people are still stuck in Idomeni. People are given numbers, which are written on the back of their Greek registration papers. The same number is given to about 50 people. More …
Live Ticker: 01.03.2016
The military camps in Nea Cavala and Cherso have opened and are accommodating the first refugees arriving from Athens (map of camps in Northern Greece). Nonetheless, people keep coming to Idomeni. There are around 10’000 More …
Live Ticker: 29.02.2016
Today in Idomeni hundreds of people tore through the razor fence which separated them from Macedonia/FYROM. They were met with teargas, heavy police and the military. An army helicopter was flown over the site. More …
Live Ticker: 28.02.2016
This morning, another big protest took place in Idomeni. Around 400 people blocked the train tracks during the entire day, keeping cargo trains from crossing the border. More …