Fled from war, hostages in Europe

Staff

Nove Onlus is a young non-profit organization that engages in humanitarian aid, education and socio-economic development in Afghanistan, Ethiopia and Italy. It also carries out grassroots interventions in Greece, which aim at supporting refugees. In the limbo of Idomeni, located at the Greek-Macedonian border, Nove Onlus witnessed stories of war and hope such as the one of Mujaahid and other Syrians refugees. The organization is committed to do its best to help them.

Idomeni: lives in a limbo

Ottavia Spaggiari

12,000 people have been stuck for over two months at the border between Greece and Macedonia. A journey into the worst humanitarian crisis Europe has faced since the Balkan wars

Niger, the migrant crisis you should know about

Ousseini Issa

All eyes are now on the refugee crisis hitting Europe from the Mediterranean and the Balkan route, but what about the backstory in Africa, before the refugees and migrants hit the seas? Given that in 2050, Africa’s population is expected to reach 2 billion, the rising migratory flux from sub-Saharan Africa is not receiving the media attention it deserves.

Unpacking the refugee crisis in Lesbos

Naomi Cohen

The refugee crisis has played out with particular intensity on Lesbos, an idyllic Greek island of high interest to both smugglers and cameramen. In Mitilini, the main port town, Arabic can be heard more often than Greek. Like its neighbour Kos, Lesbos has consistently been witness to bodies washed ashore, angry clashes with the police and tense encounters between refugees, vacationers and locals.

Libya, waiting room for the Mediterranean

Nancy Porsia

Though refugees and migrants are arriving in unprecedented waves in the Balkans, the flow from Libya remains an issue that must not be neglected. The European Union is increasingly interested in escalating military operations in the Mediterranean off the Libyan coast, but the political turmoil in the country has been without a solution for almost a year. Last week, the UN resumed unity deal negotiations that even the Tripoli-based General National Congress, which had boycotted the talks, is optimistic about. In the meantime, caught in between two disputing governments, the Libyan Coast Guard is severely underequipped for the humanitarian problem in its seas.