Greece Is Shutting the Door to Refugees
Greece has declared a three-month halt to all asylum applications for migrants arriving from North Africa. The European Union is hardening its borders, even if it means trampling on its own laws.
2 Article(s) by: Vedat Yeler
Vedat Yeler is an independent journalist based in Athens, Greece. He writes about migration, borders, politics, and human rights with the focus on Kurds, Turkey, Greece, and the Middle East.
Stop Blaming Migrants for Deaths at Sea
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.