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Greek Unions Want Paid Time Off When It’s Too Hot to Work
Jacobin– Greece’s latest heat wave in July highlighted the danger of 100°F-plus temperatures for workers toiling in the sun. Trade unions are proposing a sensible solution: mandatory, paid stoppages on outdoor work when temperatures reach dangerous levels.
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A family yearns for answers years after Turkish refugee’s torture, death
Al Jazeera– In 2022, the Turkish coastguard found Baris Buyuksu barely alive with signs of torture, in the Aegean Sea.
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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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