Summer of Migration Part 1 – Through Bulgaria. Analysis of the transit situation in Bulgaria before the power of migratory movements opened the Balkan corridor, together with an analysis of the reasons for the westward shift of the primary route. More …
The following preface gives an introduction to the chronology of events following in subsequent chapters. The chronology seeks to highlight and document the borderstruggles along the Balkan route, but is of provisional character. These are contributions to a critical analytical repertoire of state practices and migratory movements. More …
Paranesti is another nasty face of European migration policies. People are kept in dehumanizing conditions far away from society without freedom of movement and without any access to information and their legal rights. More …
Yesterday early in the morning the Greek authorities started the eviction of one of the two last self-organised refugee camps in Northern Greece. More …
„The police is not here to protect us, but to ensure that no journalist enters this camp“, explains the 25-year old M. from Chalkero camp. More …
“My thoughts concerning Europe have completely changed during the last five months. Before I always thought that I will find a peaceful place there. A place without problems. Without war. Without tears. That’s what I am looking for. Nothing else. But I still believe in my success. Soon I will get to Germany. I will meet my family again there. If I had a bicycle I would have achieved my goal already. But even without bike it is not that bad. I am 24 years old. My energy and power is still there and I will never give up.” More …
Since the Greek government evicted the makeshift camp of Idomeni at the border to Macedonia, former inhabitants were brought to official camps run by the Greek military or the UNHCR. Moving Europe investigated the conditions in six of the newly erected camps around Thessaloniki. More …