Our report into the illegal use of police stations for the long-term detention of migrants with ARCHIVED: Mobile Info Team and #BorderCrim featured in this feature by Moira Lavelle for .tovima.com.

Why is Athens facing a housing crisis? Why do so many of the apartment buildings look alike? And what does "vertical segregation" mean in the context of the city? In this podcast I spoke with Social Geography prof Thomas Maloutas about housing in Athens: tovima.com/podcasts/expla…

In this episode of #explainingGreece we look into the history of surrogacy and assisted reproduction law in Greece, the prohibitions for same-sex couples, and the country's market for international surrogacy tourism. tovima.com/uncategorized/…

EU proposes rule to send asylum-seekers to ‘safe’ third countries they’ve never been to: tovima.com/world/eu-propo…

Greece has declared a three-month halt to all asylum applications for migrants arriving from North Africa. The European Union is hardening its borders, even if it means trampling on its own laws. jacobin.com/2025/07/greece…

Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis says that turning away more asylum seekers is a priority not just for his government but for the European Union as a whole. The EU’s increasingly repressive border regime suggests that he’s right: jacobin.com/2025/07/greece…

Greece has announced it will suspend asylum for the next three months for people arriving form North Africa. It further reveals Greece’s ongoing project of chiseling away at the right to asylum, until only dust is left. Reporting with Vedat Yeler jacobin.com/2025/07/greece…

“We didn’t come here for fun; we had no choice,” Mahmud from Syria “When I see young people arriving now, I understand them,” said Theodor, who fled 🇬🇷’s junta in the 70s Odyseas: “No one is here to take your land or your money” New piece w/Moira Lavelle jacobin.com/2025/07/greece…

This past weekend thousands of Greeks protested the US military bases in Crete and their reported involvement in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. There is a long history of opposition to American bases in the country. My latest for Inkstick Media: inkstickmedia.com/in-greece-anti…

On the 3rd anniversary of Barış Büyüksu’s death, his family renewed their call for justice. He allegedly died after torture during a pushback by Greek officers. The family accuses both Greek and Turkish authorities of indifference. The case is already before the ECHR. Our 2024

Across Greece, fish farms are set to expand by 24 times their current acreage, supported by subsidies from the EU. Some Greeks are pushing back, arguing that aquaculture is damaging to the seagrass and the marine environment. insideclimatenews.org/news/30112025/…

Another person is missing along Greece’s northern border. Taner Balat went missing in Orestiada, Greece on October 9. Greek officials state there is no record of the 23-year old Turkish citizen anywhere in the country. But member of Balat’s family were permitted to record on

Wrote about how 24 aid workers in Greece are being tried on trumped-up smuggling charges after they gave blankets and water to migrants. It is a prime example of the how the EU’s approach to people arriving on its borders has changed since 2016. Jacobin: jacobin.com/2025/12/greece…

Ποιοι εξαφάνισαν τον Τούρκο Τανέρ Μπαλάτ στον Εβρο; efsyn.gr/ellada/koinoni…

Ποιοι εξαφάνισαν τον Τούρκο Τανέρ Μπαλάτ στον Εβρο; w/ Moira Lavelle 👇🏿 efsyn.gr/ellada/koinoni…

Taner Balat was last seen in Orestiada 2 months ago, and his family has been searching for him since. Greek officials state there is no record of the 23-year old Turkish citizen anywhere in the country. But the family has video evidence. W/ Vedat Yeler efsyn.gr/ellada/koinoni…