The overcrowded, chaotic Moria camp is where Europe’s ideals—solidarity, human rights, a safe haven for victims of war and violence—dissolve in a tangle of bureaucracy, indifference, and lack of political will, Rachel Donadio reports: theatlantic.com/international/…

Greek government announces that Moria camp on Lesvos and Vathy camp on Samos will be closed. Seems like closed detention centres will be built instead.

New plan to replace hot-spots with detention centers on the Greek islands sounds very controversial from scratch. EU-Turkey deal initially envisaged closed centers which did not last longer than a week. Very unclear how this can be effectively implemented. ekathimerini.com/246656/article…

Today, Government of Ethiopia & EU launch a 20 million Euros programme in Jigjiga to support efforts to shift the refugee assistance model from a camp-based approach to one focusing on self-reliance & inclusion in local development plans #CompactRefugees @europeaid EU in Ethiopia / የአውሮፓ ህብረት በኢትዮጵያ

Who Are Turkey’s Proxy Fighters in Syria? nybooks.com/daily/2019/11/… via The New York Review of Books

The mayors of the five islands (Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Leros,Kos) are against government's announcements about closed centers for #refugeesgr #stopthetoxicdeal efsyn.gr/ellada/koinoni…

Athens announced: New deportation camps are to be set up, while asylum applications are to be processed more quickly. But some doubt the efficacy of the planned measures. p.dw.com/p/3ThvK?maca=e… Questions surround Greece's stricter course on refugees

UN experts on arbitrary detention to pay official visit to Greece ekathimerini.com/246987

#Syria: like every winter, refugees living in disastrous conditions in makeshift camps on Turkish border (N. #Idlib).

Who could have ever imagined that in the 21st century it would be so easy to forcibly displace half the population, get away with it and leave 13 million people in the cold!? #Syria

"A realisation is growing that, one way or another, the most devastating conflict of modern times is grinding to a close. Its cost will be enormous, and will likely be paid over many continents and several generations." -- Martin Chulov. theguardian.com/world/2020/feb…

Today, a group of unaccompanied minors from the 🇬🇷 islands Chios, Samos & Lesbos arrived in #Luxembourg. With the #relocation of those unaccompanied minors from #Greece we want to pave the way for more #European #Solidarity 🇪🇺

Lincoln’s first inauguration met with threats of kidnapping, killing and militias wapo.st/3srBx9e