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Φωτό Αρχείου
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“There is now an effort to enshrine the criminalisation of solidarity and search and rescue in European law, although the obligation to help those in need at sea and the right to seek refuge is enshrined in international law. These obligations and rights have been sacrificed by the efforts to strengthen national borders and ‘fortress Europe’.”
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Migration Policy Group
Human Rights Watch
“The case against rescue volunteers in Greece is part of a distressing pattern of attacks across the European Union on humanitarian efforts to help migrants and refugees,” Van Esveld said. “Solidarity with people fleeing persecution, war, and serious human rights violations should be encouraged and celebrated, not criminalized.”
2024 News Articles
The Guardian
Inkstick
My alleged “crime” was nothing more than helping people at risk of drowning in the Aegean Sea. - Seán Binder, Politico (article)
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2021-2022 News Articles
Human Rights Watch
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