A short film made by a group of refugee schoolgirls from Eleonas Camp. Three women in Afghanistan make their way to Europe trying to escape from an environment of insecurity, oppression and a lack of future for their children. […]
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Children of the Labyrinth
This project ‘Children of the Labyrinth’ consists of nine handwritten intimate letters to their child from parents coming from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Iran, Syria, Congo and Iraq. The letters are visualised in nine individual short films (4 – 7 mins each, 45 mins in total), and one combined short film (10 mins) where all letters are […]
Documentaries with refugee adolescents in Greece and Germany. Social exclusions and paths of integration
In the context of this research, after three years of personal involvement in a refugee shelter, an attempt is made to represent the experiences of adolescents in conditions of multiple transitions, through a documentary film, focusing mainly on the experiences of two children in Greece and Germany. The relationship and cooperation facilitate their approach as […]
Pedagogical intervention in a refugee camp (Eleonas): an action research between formal and non-formal education
The text refers to a solidarity action in the form of a pedagogical intervention in the logic of critical research-action in a refugee shelter. The intervention sought both to detect, test and create the conditions for the participation of refugee children in the educational process and to train students, future teachers, in the reflective approach […]
Unimaginable Dreams
Written and directed by Marzia Jamili, a Hazara refugee now living in Sweden, Unimaginable Dreams is an auto-ethnographic essay film that traces Marzia’s last days in Athens, Greece. Blending documentary and fiction, Marzia casts her best friends to recreate magically real versions of her dearest memories of Athens as she delivers a cutting address to […]
The Swallows of Kabul
In hot Kabul, amidst the ruins of war, two men and two women search for the meaning of their lives: a fallen bourgeois, a lawyer forbidden to practice her profession, a prison guard annihilated in the shadow of public executions, a terminally ill wife. Through this search for human dignity, the torment of a nation […]
The Swallows of Kabul
In the summer of 1998, Kabul is under Taliban rule. Zunaira and Mosen are young and in love, while Tariq, whose wife is seriously ill, supervises the women who are sentenced to death under Sharia law. A tragic incident will cross the lives of all of them in an unexpected, yet liberating way. The film […]
3 years of actions in Elaionas: a community of learning and practice from Kindergarten to University
The Eleonas project was developed as a learning and practice community involving students, refugee children, and educators. The initiative promoted social inclusion and educational support through creative, intercultural, and pedagogical activities. It served both as a support structure for the children and a reflective practicum for student teachers. […]
On the systematic rejection of family reunification applications by Germany
The legal note of Refugee Support of the Aegean (RSA) and PRO ASYL points out the systematic rejection of family reunification applications sent by Greece to Germany and their disastrous consequences for the rights of refugees. It examines the significant changes made in the last three years and the recent practices of the German authorities […]
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“The rule of law in Greece under threat. The systematic criminalization of the criminalization of “boat/car driving” in Greece
The present study examines the reality of efforts to combat illegal immigration in Greece, analysing the current legal framework and its practical application. It demonstrates that instead of protecting the rights of migrants and asylum seekers, these policies criminalise them and expose them to long prison sentences on charges of illegal trafficking, simply for crossing […]