Cleaning Inaccessible Coastal Areas of Refugee Boats & Life Jackets
Thursday, 21 April 2016
Last Sunday, major collaboration efforts were made to clean the inaccessible coasts of the eastern part of Samos where tons of waste (life jackets, refugee boats & other plastics) have been accumulating due to the refugee crisis. Most of this waste can be found in steep coasts where refugee boats usually end up. Cleaning these
- Published in Littoral Ecosystems, Marine Conservation, News
The Refugee Crisis in the Aegean during the Winter
Thursday, 21 January 2016
The situation for thousands of refugees who keep travelling across the Aegean during harsh winter months becomes increasingly tough. The humanitarian infrastructure of the islands has improved tremendously and now nothing remains of the chaos during summer months, when only few volunteers and members of the local communities used their own resources to help thousands
- Published in Press Releases, Refugees, Refugees, Refugees
Another baby died in the deep darkness of the Aegean
Saturday, 05 September 2015
A few hours ago another baby almost two months old, died on the small island of Agathonisi in the eastern Aegean Sea. The boat on which it was travelling crashed on the rocks around midnight and the baby was found in the sea, as were all others that were travelling with that boat. They climbed
- Published in Press Releases