23 november 2019: Lecture: “Still waiting for barbarians”

Title:  “Still waiting for barbarians” (gratis toegankelijk/free access) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Maria Boletsi, Marilena Laskaridis Chair of Modern Greek Studies, University of Amsterdam Language: English Location:  Podium Mozaïek, Bos en Lommerweg 191, 1055 DT Amsterdam Date & time: November 23, 2019,  7.00 –  10.00 p.m. Abstract: Short lecture with Q&A questions in English…

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M. de Koning: De Griekse eilanden zijn als een gevangenis

30 augustus 2016 – Vluchtelingencrisis. Het aantal migranten dat aankomt in Griekenland stijgt weer. Op Samos wachten honderden tot ze verder kunnen. „Dan kunnen we het eten dat we krijgen weggooien.” „Syriërs mogen door naar Athene. Pakistanen niet. Waarom?” „Die mensen willen hier niet zijn en wij kunnen niets voor ze…

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N. Koulousios: Europe in crisis – Looking back in the “golden 90’s”

24 mei 2016 – Nikos Koulousios, journalist, radioproducer en media-netwerk deskundige, onderzoekt de beginfases van de Europese crisis en focust op de ingewikkelde relatie tussen Frankrijk en Duitsland. “Now that we are closer to ground zero for the EU as we know it, it’s time to think back at the Franco-German alliances and…

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P. Kingsley: Idomeni: Greek riot police move in to clear refugee camp

24 mei 2016 – No violence reported as Greek authorities order 8,500 residents of Europe’s largest informal refugee camp to leave Greek police have begun to clear Europe’s largest informal refugee camp, where thousands of people have been stranded for months. About 400 riot police entered the camp at dawn on Tuesday…

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I Caratelli: The EU: to Be Or Not to Be? Greece and the Death Penalty

9 mei 2016 – The EU integration process used to have material, institutional and ideational foundations. Today only the material and institutional elements are left, that’s why the project is shaky. TheEU is facing all its crises in the same way: on the one hand, closing in itself to the rest…

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H. Smith: Angry Greeks foresee Grexit and drachma’s revival

– In his tiny shop in downtown Athens, Kostis Nakos sits behind a wooden counter hunched over his German calculator. The 71-year-old might have retired had he been able to make ends meets but that is now simply impossible. “All day I’ve been sitting here doing the maths,” he sighs,…

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L. Dearden: The Lesbos refugee detention center

15 april 2016 – The Independent journalist Lizzie Dearden reports on the appaling conditions in which 2,900 refugees have to live in Moria, Lesbos. The refugee camp at Moria was turned into a detention centre as part of the EU-Turkey deal and from that moment the situation deteriorated substantially. Pope’s visit led to last-minute improvements, but as…

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H. Smith: Greece on brink of chaos as refugees riot

 3 april 2016 – The Greek government is bracing itself for violence ahead of the European Union implementing a landmark deal that, from Monday, will see Syrian refugees and migrants being deported back to Turkey en masse.  Rioting and rebellion by thousands of entrapped refugees across Greece has triggered mounting fears in…

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AP: Greece pauses deportations as asylum claims mount

5 april 2016 – The Associated Press (AP) reports that Greek authorities have temporarily suspended deportations to Turkey. They acknowledged that most migrants and refugees detained on Greek islands have applied for asylum. The European Union began sending back migrants Monday under an agreement with Turkey, but no transfers were planned…

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D. Gayle: EU-Turkey refugee plan could be illegal

2 april 2016 – Guardian journalist Damien Gayle reports on the EU-Turkey deal. Peter Sutherland, the UN secretary general’s special representative for international migration and development, said that deporting migrants and refugees without considering their asylum applications first would break international law. Read the complete article at: theguardian.com Source: Damien Gayle,…

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I. van der Linde: De EU-Turkije deal wankelt nu al

30 maart 2016 – Asieladvocaat Wil Eikelboom, van het Amsterdamse mensenrechtenkantoor Prakken d’Oliveira, stapte een paar dagen na het gesloten EU-vluchtelingenakkoord met Turkije op het vliegtuig naar Lesbos. Hij wilde met eigen ogen zien hoe het er in de kampen aan toe ging, want, zo verklaarde hij deze week bij…

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G. Baczynska & K. Tagaris: Greece, Turkey take short-cuts to return migrants

31 maart 2016 – Greece and Turkey are rushing through changes to their asylum rules in a race to implement a EU-Turkey agreement on the return of refugees and migrants from Greek islands to Turkey from next Monday, EU officials and diplomats said. Both Athens and Ankara must amend their legislation to…

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K. Tagaris: Aid agencies pull out of Greek camps, spurning EU-Turkey deal

23 maart 2016 – As the humanitarian crisis taking place in Greece because of the border closure and the new EU-Turkey deal is escalating, Karolina Tagaris reports on the consequences of the EU-Turkey deal for Greece and the refugees. Hotspots are turned into detention centers where thousands of people (mostly women and children) have to stay…

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M. Frassoni & R. Bütikofer: Declaration on the EU-Turkey Statement

19 maart 2016 – The two co-chairs of the European Green Party, Monica Frassoni and Reinhard Bütikofer, condemn the EU-Turkey deal of March 18, as “it opens the way for a substantial disapplication in the EU of the individual right to asylum of people who are legally entitled to it.” They…

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D. Dalakoglou & A. Alexandrides: Who cares for the refugees?

15 maart 2016 – Social anthropologist Dimitris Dalakoglou, professor at the VU, is studying the Greek borders and human mobility to/through Greece since 2003. Together with PhD researcher Antonis Alexandrides, who has worked within refugee solidarity organizations in different European countries, Dalakoglou addresses the problems which are inherent to the recent EU’s agreement with Turkey. Where…

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S. Bournazos: No more refugees, just “irregulars”

20 maart 2016 – The deal of shame between E.U.-Turkey. Stratis Bournazos, historicus en hoofdredacteur van AnalyzeGreece!, geeft een eerste reactie op de EU-Turkije deal zoals die is bekend gemaakt op 18 maart. In zijn analyse zet Bournazos vraagtekens bij de inhoud, het doel en de implementatie van deze overeenkomst. En hij vraagt zich af: “All…

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HRW: Humanitarian Crisis at Athens Port

24 maart 2016 –  “Pregnant women, people with disabilities, and young children in particular are stuck in limbo without dignity or hope,” said Eva Cossé, Greece specialist at Human Rights Watch. “The suffering in Piraeus is a direct consequence of Europe’s failure to respond in a legal and compassionate way to…

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M. Katsiveli: 20 maart 2016: de angst regeert

20 maart 2016 – Matina Katsiveli, lid van het Leros Solidarity Network en dé vrouw achter de immense solidariteitsbeweging op Leros, heeft onderstaande open brief geschreven naar aanleiding van de gevolgen die de nieuwe EU-Turkije deal voor vluchtelingen en hulpverleners heeft. Vertaling uit het Grieks: Dafni Peteinakis 20-3-2016 “Drie gastfamilies zijn vanavond met de avondboot…

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