Live Ticker: 08.03.2016
The Balkan Corridor will officially close from midnight on. Slovenia and Serbia announced that they will re-introduce the Schengen regime meaning only people with visas can enter their territory. More …
The Balkan Corridor will officially close from midnight on. Slovenia and Serbia announced that they will re-introduce the Schengen regime meaning only people with visas can enter their territory. More …
The atmosphere at the camp was electric today, as everyone seemed to be awaiting the conclusion of the EU summit in Brussels. There were many discussions about the political situation and the possible outcomes of the summit. More …
Today, as usually is the case on Sundays, a lot of locals came by the camp to distribute donations to the people in there. With the sun shining, the atmosphere in the camp seemed calm More …
Hundreds still arrived at the camp today while only a trickle was allowed to pass. As it is so unclear when and for how many people the border will open for, the space in front More …
Im Matsch von Idomeni hat die Buscrew von Moving Europe erstmals ein Kino für Kinder organisiert – „eigentlich unvorstellbar die Bedingungen, unter denen das stattgefunden hat“, schreiben die VeranstalterInnen lakonisch dazu. „Wie auch immer, die More …
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 …
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 …