In the context of the implementation of the program SIRIUS-Skills and Integration of Migrants, Refugees, and Asylum Applicants in European Labour Markets, in which SolidarityNow participates -as a representative in Greece-, Dominika Spyratou, the organization’s Advocacy Officer, wrote about the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on MRAs’ (Migrants, Refugees, Asylum Seekers) labour market integration. The […]

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The report showcases the challenges civil society faced throughout the year 2020, with a particular focus on how the public measures triggered by the #COVID-19 pandemic affected civic space, and how civic actors responded. On page 106 you can also find the analysis about Greece written by the SolidarityNow Advocacy Officer, Dominika Spyratou. You can […]

By Salma Mohamed, Solidarity Now, Advocacy Intern COVID-19, an infectious disease that was first detected in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, has had and will continue to have widespread and devastating impacts on numerous facets of everyday life, from the economy to human rights. The global pandemic, in particular, has highlighted many human rights failures, exasperated […]

A shelter that has for years been a symbol of humanity and solidarity is forced to close today Police forces are evacuating PIKPA in Lesvos, a place that hosted thousands of vulnerable asylum seekers and refugees since 2012. They are doing it with no previous notification, on the same day that the European Court of […]

The commitment to a more human approach to protection and the emphasis on the fact that migration is needed and positive for Europe with which the European Commission launched the Pact on Migration and Asylum is welcome. However, this rhetoric is reflected only sparsely in the related proposals. Instead of breaking with the fallacies of […]

The Autumn 2020 issue of @FEANTSA’s Homeless in Europe Magazine is now available! This issue is full of interesting articles about the impact of #covid19 on #homeless #migrants, #LGBTQ youth and more, including a piece by our own Advocacy Officer, Dominika Spyratou, about how Covid-19 has highlighted the anti-migration agenda in Greece. Read it here