In September 2019 the Watch The Med Alarm Phone received a GPS-location close to the northern coast of Lesvos. It was sent from a boat. We informed the Greek coastguard and the rescue teams on the shore. Some hours later we got in touch with the people again and they confirmed they were safe and had been brought to a camp. copyright Parwana Amiri
It was only a few days later, when some of us went to Lesvos to remember and celebrate 10 years of struggles on this island with the network of Welcome to Europe, we contacted the people who had been on that boat and they agreed to meet us. They told us about the hard trip that was behind them, they told us that they had to try four times before finally reaching Greece. Twice they had been intercepted by the Turkish coastguard and another time blocked by the Greek coastguard near Alexandroupolis. Continue reading Book: Letters from Moria→
A documentation of 10 years collective experiences in building Memorials to commemorate the people who lost their lives trying to reach Europe, seeking a life in peace and hoping to find safety.
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We want to give back a piece of dignity, to those who died – right here – into the senselessness of the European borders – and we want to thank those who risk their lives to rescue. All of these dead people have a face, a name. All of them leave behind relatives and friends. Besides the bodies also their hopes and dreams are lost.
Nasimgul spent 18 hours in the rough sea near Lesvos without knowing if she’d survive and having lost track of her small baby girl in August 2014. This is her story.
The stories of the migrants who crossed the border and arrived in Mytilini and the stories of people from Mytilini who were involved in the self-organised and open space of reception in former PIKPA.
Life stories so different that they cross and get interwoven for a few days and then separate again, bring together spaces and practices of co-existence and solidarity while challenging the borders of “Fortress Europe”.
p.s. soon to be published also in English
Οι ιστορίες των μεταναστών που διέσχισαν τα σύνορα και έφτασαν στη Μυτιλήνη, οι αφηγήσεις των μυτιλινιών που ενεπλάκησαν στη δημιουργία του αυτοοργανωμένου και ανοιχτού χώρου φιλοξενίας στις εγκαταστάσεις του πρώην ΠΙΚΠΑ.
Διαδρομές ζωής τόσο διαφορετικές που διασταυρώνονται, διαπλέκονται για λίγες μέρες και μετά χωρίζουν ξανά, υφαίνοντας χώρους και πρακτικές συνύπαρξης και αλληλεγγύης, αμφισβητώντας τα σύνορα της “Ευρώπης Φρούριο”.
