{"id":95797,"date":"2021-09-08T15:38:15","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T15:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.intersos.org\/lesbos-one-year-after-the-moria-fire-the-eu-continues-to-build-walls\/"},"modified":"2021-09-08T15:38:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T15:38:15","slug":"lesbos-one-year-after-the-moria-fire-the-eu-continues-to-build-walls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peaceful-shtern.46-37-26-27.plesk.page\/en\/lesbos-one-year-after-the-moria-fire-the-eu-continues-to-build-walls\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesbos, one year after the Moria fire, the EU continues to build walls"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Report in which 45 NGOs, including Intersos, urge the European Parliament to intervene to protect the rights and liberties of asylum seekers in Greece is released today<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exactly one year ago<\/strong>, a fire destroyed the<a href=\"\/?p=12584\"> Moria camp<\/a> on the Greek island of <a href=\"\/?p=12614\">Lesbos<\/a>.\u00a0On that occasion, the Greek and <strong>European authorities had promised that reception conditions would be improved<\/strong>. EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson said there should be no more Morias.\u00a0Yet, instead of building alternatives to the camps, the <strong>EU and Greece have hardened their approach<\/strong>, pursuing policies focused on containing the number of asylum seekers and refugees, effectively reinforcing the approach already in place.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A few months after the fire in September 2020, Greek and EU officials agreed to build <em>Multi-Purpose Reception and Identification Centres (MPRICs)<\/em> on five Aegean islands. With financial and technical support from the European Commission, authorities in Greece are currently constructing<strong> fences and concrete walls around dozens of existing camps<\/strong>, building closed camps in remote locations on the Aegean islands, and introducing legislation to further restrict the freedom of movement from and access to camps.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Intersos, together with 45 NGOs and civil society groups, <a href=\"https:\/\/reliefweb.int\/sites\/reliefweb.int\/files\/resources\/Walling%20off%20welcome%20-%20joint%20policy%20briefing%20%28September%202021%29.pdf\">published a report<\/a> questioning how and<strong> why EU funds are being used to restrict the freedom of movement<\/strong> of people seeking asylum and urging Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to investigate the current construction process and intervene to <strong>protect the rights and liberties of people seeking asylum in Greece<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>INTERSOS intervened in<a href=\"\/?p=13160\"> Lesbos<\/a> with an <strong>emergency response in the immediate hours after the fire<\/strong>, distributing basic goods to more than 4,000 women and children. In February 2021, INTERSOS established a psychosocial support and mental health programme targeting women survivors of gender-based violence. 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