Letter

We are strongly opposed to the closure of PIKPA and Kara Tepe. The closure of these facilities will endanger refugees’ and asylum seekers’ integration prospects, and undermine all efforts towards humanitarian and viable migration policies. This will be to the detriment of both asylum seekers and refugees, as well as of the local communities of Lesvos.

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Observatory of the Refugee and Migration Crisis in the Aegean, 11 April 2020

We, the undersigned researchers, working on projects funded by the European Commission (Horizon 2020, ERC, MSC, etc.) to improve migration governance, border crossing, and the treatment of refugees in the European Union, want to express our paramount concern regarding the violent course of action that is taken by the EU and individual member states in these testing times.

Observatory of the Refugee and Migration Crisis in the Aegean, 22 March 2020

Observatory of the Refugee and Migration Crisis in the Aegean, 8 March 2020