Pushbacks in the Med Trying to avoid hand-wringing, but even though I kind of follow related news, I haven’t realised before just how appalling pushbacks in the Mediterranean are. Children and adults who have made the crossings seeking asylum and arrived on Greek islands are being taken by authorities back to the sea, in dinghies,…

Calais Volunteering for refugees: Calais and beyond It has been exactly a year since I’ve volunteered in Greece with the amazing Refugee Support Europe and wrote a post about it (http://bit.ly/2HZ90PR). Well, surprise-surprise, situation of refugees in Europe did not get much better in this year, and in some aspects has gotten worse. Despite the…