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Hector Franco
Jan 13, 20222 min read
Children in danger at the Polish-Belarusian border
The situation at the border between #Poland & #Belarus is reaching dangerous terrain; both governments accuse each other of destabilising...
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Wiktoria Cacace
Jan 11, 20222 min read
Asylum seekers in Wędrzyn (Poland) go on hunger strike
As reported by oko.press, 8 Afghan and 2 Syrian #asylumseekers residing in the #Wędrzyn#refugeecenter have started a hunger strike. They...
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Rethinking Refugees
Jan 10, 20222 min read
Sick 18-year-old Syrian boy taken from hospital and pushed back to Belarus
On Jan 10, a group of activists of @fundacjaocalenie found an 18-year-old #Syrian boy in near-death condition in the forest near...
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Sophia Graziano
Jan 6, 20222 min read
Poland's pushback law breaches the Geneva convention
Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights guarantees the right to claim #asylum, i.e. the right “to seek and to enjoy (...)...
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Paulina Odeth
Jan 1, 20222 min read
2021 - Acts of humanity
2021 has been a harrowing year for many displaced people. But, to bring about change, we must keep hope for a better world, no matter how...
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Sophia Graziano
Dec 30, 20212 min read
Winter and pushbacks in the Polish-Belarusian border
The Polish #borderguards moved 9 frozen and hungry #asylumseekers from #Poland to the cold Belarusian forest the night before...
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Rethinking Refugees
Dec 23, 20212 min read
I'd rather die than go back to Belarus
During a three-day intervention in Puszcza Augustowska, a harsh forest terrain between Poland, Belarus and Lithuania, Grupa Granica (GG)...
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Rethinking Refugees
Dec 22, 20212 min read
Grodno
Many #asylumseekers have attempted to enter the #EU through #Poland. However, it is still a turbulent situation at the border, especially...
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Rethinking Refugees
Dec 16, 20212 min read
Can asylum seekers at the Polish-Belarusian border be deported?
"Refugees should go back to their own countries” This is the kind of narrative that is often heard amongst the general public, however,...
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Rethinking Refugees
Nov 14, 20212 min read
Doctors' cars damaged at the Polish-Belarusian border
A few days ago, the ambulance tires of Medycyn na Granicy (Doctors at the border) were deflated. Today, unknown perpetrators damaged...
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Rethinking Refugees
Nov 12, 20212 min read
Polish soldiers deflated the ambulance tires at the Polish-Belarusian border
On November 9th, the Medycy na Granicy (Doctors at the border) team assisted 8, including a woman with an arm injury. Unfortunately, due...
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Rethinking Refugees
Nov 9, 20212 min read
Refugee attitudes - Poland
Poland is notoriously known as one of the European countries most likely to reject #asylumseekers. The current government, Law and...
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Rethinking Refugees
Oct 16, 20212 min read
Medics at the Polish-Belarusian border
Many people have died at the borders due to hypothermia. The temperatures are reaching 0 at night. They have no medicines for the chronic...
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Rethinking Refugees
Sep 18, 20211 min read
Children from the Brest station in Poland
Today we want to tell you about a wonderful initiative created in Poland by Marina Hulia, half Russian, half Belarusian, living in...
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Rethinking Refugees
Sep 15, 20211 min read
Chechen culture
The Chechens are the largest North Caucasian group and one of the oldest indigenous ethnic groups of the Caucasus. Chechens refer to...
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Rethinking Refugees
Sep 9, 20212 min read
Ukrainians in Poland
The movement of Ukrainians to Poland is one of the largest in the world today. The lack of differentiation between the terms refugee and...
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Rethinking Refugees
Sep 3, 20212 min read
The state of 32 asylum seekers at the Polish-Belarusian border
About three weeks ago, 32 #asylumseekers from #Afghanistan have been stuck in ‘no man’s land’ between the Polish and Belarusian borders...
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Rethinking Refugees
Apr 19, 20212 min read
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Since 1943, April 19th marks the day of the beginning of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto, led by Mordechai...
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