{"id":2441,"date":"2026-05-30T19:50:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T19:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmgiveawayfinder.com\/?p=2441"},"modified":"2026-05-30T19:50:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T19:50:51","slug":"the-fight-for-refugees-in-greece-mother-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmgiveawayfinder.com\/?p=2441","title":{"rendered":"The Fight for Refugees in Greece \u2013 Mother Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1205489\">\n<article class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<div class=\"hero is-image \">\n\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"media-caption\">Migrants arrive on the Greek island of Lesbos in 2015.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Aris Messinis\/AFP via Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mj-text-cta\">Get your news from a source that\u2019s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/newsletters\/?mj_oac=Article_Top_No_Oligarchs\" data-ga-category=\"TopOfArticle\" data-ga-label=\"NewsletterPromoCovid\" data-ga-action=\"click|https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/newsletters\/?mj_oac=Article_Top_Support\">Sign up for the free <em>Mother Jones Daily<\/em>.<\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"section-lead\">In 2015,<\/span> hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and repression were trying to reach safe havens in Europe. From his home in Norway, Tommy Olsen decided to travel to Greece, a major gateway for migrants and refugees. He joined hundreds of volunteers helping the new arrivals and later created an NGO, the Aegean Boat Report, which monitors the plight of asylum seekers in Europe.<\/p>\n<p><noscript>Subscribe to <em>Mother Jones<\/em> podcasts on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/artist\/mother-jones\/1388496226\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> or your favorite podcast app.<\/noscript><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, Olsen is a wanted man in Greece, caught up in a crackdown on refugees and people trying to defend their right to asylum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI didn\u2019t know what I walked into,\u201d Olsen says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mary Lawlor, the UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders, has condemned Greece\u2019s harsh migration policies and the way its government is targeting activists like Olsen. But she says Europe as a whole is also to blame.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe whole notion of migration is a dirty word now,\u201d she says. \u201cThe whole notion of refugees is a dirty word now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week on <em>Reveal<\/em>, reporters Dinah Rothenberg and Viola Funk from the Berlin podcast studio Slowly Media take us to Greece, where refugees and human rights defenders face legal and sometimes physical attacks from authorities trying to seal the country\u2019s borders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This is an update of an episode that originally aired in <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/revealnews.org\/podcast\/fortress-europe-the-fight-for-refugees-in-greece\/\"><em>January 2025<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2026\/05\/greece-asylum-seekers-europe-immigration-human-rights\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Migrants arrive on the Greek island of Lesbos in 2015.Aris Messinis\/AFP via Getty Get your news from a source that\u2019s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In 2015, hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and repression were trying to reach safe havens in Europe. 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