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Stop Blaming Migrants for Deaths at Sea
Jacobin– After over 600 people died in a shipwreck last June, Greek police sought to incriminate the survivors. Last week they were finally acquitted, after a case that illustrated a worrying trend to cast ordinary migrants as members of human-smuggling networks.
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Nine Egyptians to go on trial in Greece over deadly Pylos shipwreck
Al Jazeera– In mid-June 2023, more than 500 people died after the fishing boat they boarded capsized.
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Lost for Words: Lack of interpreters puts asylum seekers’ lives on hold in Greece
Solomon– In detention-like facilities, asylum seekers have to wait for sometimes over a year for their asylum interviews due to lack of interpreters. And when the interviews take place, they sometimes blame interpreters’ mistakes for their rejections.
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Greece’s Government Ignores the Deadly Lessons of Austerity
Jacobin– A year after a rail crash in Tempe killed 57 people, Greece’s ruling New Democracy party filed a report blaming the accident on staff. But victims’ families point to the years of cuts and neglect that created an avoidable tragedy.
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A ‘SEED CHANGE’ IN GREECE
New Internationalist– Greece’s new marriage equality law is a historic win for LGBTQI+ rights, but the far-right is never far at bay.
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