Άρθρο Popaganda

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If I could fly, I would fly over the clouds to see the rain from up

there and I would fly over the ocean. What I found in the theater group was

that we could act any plays of the stories that we liked. We could act sad,

happy, stressed and etc. enjoy all the moments and find new friends. It was

a completely different experience.

Omid

On the occasion of this year's World Theatre Day for Children and Youth, which is celebrated every year on March 20, the Greek Council for Refugees (GCR) publishes an original album with material from the theatrical workshop "I want to fly" that was implemented in cooperation with InArt12 in the Safe Zone for Unaccompanied Minors of the Οpen Facility of asylum applicants and vulnerable individuals in Eleonas (Athens, Greece) exactly one year ago.

In the album the workshop’s participants wrote in their own language (and translated into Greek and English) to describe the dreams and desires that through the theatrical group were empowered to express.

Press release

Athens, Friday March 18^th

The Greek Council for Refugees and the HumanRights360 organisation express their contentment for the rescue of the 30 Syrian refugees that have been confined on the islet of Evros’ river.

The refugees, amongst whom two pregnant women and seven minor children, did not have access to the necessary means for their survival. They did not have access to water, food, medical care, or any means to keep warm, and they were exposed to the cold and humidity on the small islet in the Evros’ river for six days. In the video sent to our organisations, it is reported that they were eating garbage leftovers on the islet by those who had previously crossed this path, while they reported the tragic drowning of the 4-year-old son of one of the refugees.

March 2022 marks six years since the launch of the EU-Turkey Statement, which stipulated that people crossing irregularly to the Greek islands from Turkey would be returned there without having their asylum claims considered on merits in Greece. The Statement has become a hallmark of the EU shirking its responsibility to protect refugees, and continues to cause significant harm to people seeking protection in Greece. The impact of the EU-Turkey Statement was worsened in June 2021 by the Greek government’s own decision to designate Turkey as a ‘safe third country’ of asylum to which it would return people from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Somalia, and Syria– the five nationalities that represented the majority of asylum applications in Greece last year.

In a new briefing, eight NGOs are calling on Greece and the EU to retract the EU-Turkey Statement and abandon the safe third country concept.

8 NGOs warn that policies implemented in Greece keep displaced people from accessing asylum procedures, despite clear need of protection

Read the Statement here

Άρθρο Popaganda

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** The project from July 2019 until December 31st 2021 was funded by Directorate General Migration and Home Affairs of the European Commission (DG HOME).