The lack of human rights provisions and material reception conditions provided by Greek authorities to newly arrived residents of the closed-controlled access centre is overburdening local NGOs. The pressure to fulfill these crucial needs and the vital dignity of people seeking protection is unjust, and the EU Commission must hold Greek authorities accountable.
Read MoreAs Frontex marks its 20th anniversary, we reflect on its role in European border management. Once established to promote cooperation and enhance border security, Frontex has since faced serious allegations of human rights violations, including its involvement in pushbacks and border violence in the Mediterranean and Aegean. But how did we get to this point?
Hesham, from Yemen, is a resident of the CCAC and a community volunteer. He has been on Samos for three months and has been attending our English classes for two months, now. He has been excelling in our English classes, currently at our highest level of English, and recently wrote this essay about his experience coming to Samos.
Read MoreAn online exhibition of the voices and artworks of residents at the Samos CCAC, featured in the latest Amnesty investigative report on the inhumane living conditions in the EU-funded refugee camp.
Read MoreWhat is a word? A carrier bag for meaning? A little boat on a broad sea? Is a word just an image or the thing itself? Do words think? Do they feel? Why do some words have two meanings? Why do other words have three? Line up enough words in a row and you have a sentence. String together a few of these and you have a paragraph. Carve away at your paragraph with a chisel and knife and you get a poem.
Read MoreOne of our invaluable external volunteers Casey reflects on his time working with Samos Volunteers in a blog post that is well worth a read. Casey has added so much to the team while he has been on Samos, whether that was in the warehouse, in our community spaces or specifically, in his great work with our LGBTQIA+ group.
Read MoreAhmed is from Palestine and joined Samos Volunteers as a community volunteer a few months ago. Andres is from Colombia and joined a little later as an external volunteer. They decided to document Ahmed's story, resulting in a beautiful and moving short film: ‘It’s Ahmed’.
Read MoreWe have new essentials in our free shop this summer due to a generous donation of 300 glasses by Bedrukken.nl. Bedrukken create promotional items such as sunglasses with logo and flipflops with logo. Thanks to support like this, our summer distribution is making a tangible difference, one pair of glasses at a time.
Read MoreOur distribution team posing in our recently received sunglasses from Bedrukken.nl and Christian Refugee Relief! As the summer sun gets stronger in Samos, we are happy to be able to offer sunglasses to people who want them. Bedrukken.nl donated the sunglasses with logo and flipflops with logo to us - thank you!
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