Greek Ministry of Migration and Asylum Archives

🦄 Borders & Migration, Global

A Failed Reception System in Crete Turns People on the Move Into Political Targets

September 24, 2026September 25, 2026

Villagers in Crete are fighting the government’s plan to convert a disused factory into a reception center for people on the move, escalating a monthslong standoff that pits xenophobic backlash against an increasingly securitized European border regime.

🦄 Borders & Migration, Global, Social Control

Inside Greece’s Refugee Camps, Gender-Based Violence Is Built Into the System

July 15, 2026July 15, 2026

Since 2022, the German collective Rosa Rolling Safespace has been providing a mobile safe space for women living in refugee camps around Athens. Their work shows that gender-based violence in these settings is not incidental but structural, a direct product of European and Greek migration policies.

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