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Lesvos Solidarity Co-Founder Efi Latsoudi on The World In a powerful radio segment by The World news program, our co-founder Efi Latsoudi speaks out against the construction of the new Vastria detention centre on Lesvos, soon to become the largest refugee camp in Europe. “The policy is to create a camp out of sight, out […]

Ten years ago, I watched the residents of Lesbos welcome refugees. Now the public narrative says this was a mistake, a crime. – Efi Latsoudi, co-founder of Lesvos Solidarity

Αξιότιμε κύριε Πρωθυπουργέ,Αξιότιμε κύριε Πρόεδρε και μέλη του Ελληνικού Κοινοβουλίου, Είμαστε μάρτυρες, σε πραγματικό χρόνο, της δημιουργίας συνθηκών για την εξόντωση της ζωής των Παλαιστινίων στη Γάζα. Τα κράτη μέλη της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης και τα μέλη του Οργανισμού των Ηνωμένων Εθνών οφείλουν να ασκήσουν επειγόντως την επιρροή τους ώστε να επιτραπεί η απρόσκοπτη παροχή ανθρωπιστικής […]

Part of the Erasmus+ project “Virtual Lifelong Learning E2.0C Centers” At Lesvos Solidarity, we believe that learning should be accessible to everyone, and thanks to Erasmus+ it’s becoming more inclusive and engaging than ever. We’re excited to share that our eLearning platform lesol.academy is live and getting better and better every day. As part of […]

Also available in Arabic, Farsi, French and Greek, below. Dear friends, On March 21st, the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (World Day Against Racism), we unite our voices with all the groups that are affected, including people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ individuals, Roma, migrants, refugees, people living with HIV, the elderly, substance users, […]

Joint Statement by the Greek Forum of Refugees and RISE Network: The Greek Forum of Refugees (GFR) and the RISE Network1 (Refugees Ideas and Solutions for Europe) express their outrage, profound concern, and deep sorrow over yet another brutal crime against refugees in the Aegean Sea. On December 20, 2024, near Rhodes Island, the Hellenic […]

Lesvos, Greece – In solidarity to the families of the victims of the Tembi crime, Lesvos Solidarity announces that all her activities are suspended and both NAN Social Kitchen and Safe Passage Bags Workshop will remain closed for the public on Friday, February 28th. This decision comes as part of Lesvos Solidarity’s participation in the […]

Λέσβος, Ελλάδα – Σε ένδειξη αλληλεγγύης προς τις οικογένειες των θυμάτων του εγκλήματος στα Τέμπη, η Αλληλεγγύη Λέσβου ανακοινώνει ότι όλες οι δραστηριότητές της αναστέλλονται και ότι τόσο η Κοινωνική Κουζίνα ΝaΝ, όσο και το εργαστήριο Safe Passage Bags θα παραμείνουν κλειστά για το κοινό την Παρασκευή 28 Φεβρουαρίου. Η απόφαση αυτή έρχεται στο πλαίσιο […]

Marked by ongoing, grave violations against the rights of migrants and refugees, 2024 has been another deeply challenging year for human rights in Greece. Human loss at sea continues unabated with Greek and European authorities failing to provide adequate assistance and safe passage. Within just the last few months, numerous tragic shipwrecks have occurred off […]

The recent decision of the Council of State (StE) dictating to freeze the construction of the Closed Controlled Structure in Vastria, Lesvos due to the absence of an environmental study does not come as a surprise. The decision reasserts the concerns that had already been risen by civil society organisations including Lesbos Solidarity, and have […]

We received a farewell card from the Sudanese Community this morning as well as a warm hug. Abdulrahman handed the card to Kelly on behalf of the Sudanese asylum seekers, for the help and support we provided during their stay on the island. Many of our students and beneficiaries are being transferred to the mainland […]

“The first thing they ask you when you apply for a job is if you know how to use a computer”.

On September 2021 the first EU funded Closed Control Access Center (C.C.A.C) for refugees started operating in Samos, in the area of the old slaughterhouses near Zervou. A jail-structure, as the description of Google Maps also reveals, that was set up in order to give back their lost dignity to asylum seekers”. One year after the […]

The Designing Peace exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt, SMITHSONIAN DESIGN MUSEUM, the only museum dedicated to historic and contemporary design, explores what our lives would be like if societies designed and acted as a whole for Peace. Among the 40 design proposals, initiatives and interventions from 25 countries, represented by objects, full-size installations, maps, images and films are […]