#eleonas

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COURAGE TOOK THE STREETS

Housing, Health, Education and papers for all 

A demonstration made by locals, refugees and immigrants took the center of Athens the past saturday. It was claimed housing for all, access to healthcare, education and papers that recognize the status of so many that wait months for a reply to an asylum or refuge request. I’ve met during the protest R., that explained me that he has been waiting for 6 months for a reply of the Greek state while living on the street. “Every now and then, when I’m able to, I rent a room for a night for 5 or 10 euros” – he explained me in a calm voice. In the last year, the occupied houses and independent structures from anarchist and left- wing movements that were housing refugees, have been violently attacked and dismembered by the police. After a long wait in terrible conditions, the ones to which is granted asylum or refuge have just one month to find house and work. “The government announced the eviction of more than 11.000 recognized refugees from their residencies. 2.500 from camps, 600 from hotels and 7.400 from apartments. They plan to throw them in the street, adding thousands to the country homeless” – informs the manifest made public by the platforms that got together in this demonstration.

The ones that arrived to the street with their protest, reunited the courage to make visible their frail condition, many in company of friends or family. For the ones that live in camps, as Eleonas in the south of Athens, they had to defy orders of the keepers of the space to be able to leave. Who arrived to the street and showed his or her voice has after all a great courage. They know that behind them many others are kept invisible. Yesterday, sunday, was announced a new movement restriction until July 5th for the residents in the Reception and Identification Centers in the country, as well for the accommodation structures. The sanitary block of these places forbids the exit of its residents since March 24th, before quarantine was imposed to the general population. Moreover, the restriction of movements in these places with few sanitary and structural conditions continues even if in the surrounding environments, in the Greek villages and cities, life goes on as normal.

[elladastinkardiamou]

Rebellion in Women’s Prisons of Eleonas in Thebes, Greece After Death of a Prisoner

The uprising continues in the Women’s Prisons of Eleonas, Thebes. It broke out in the morning, after the death of a 38-year-old prisoner, who developed fever and shortness of breath and died in the ward of the E-wing, in front of 20 prisoners. The prisoner died of coronavirus. The other prisoners set fire to mattresses and clothes, while damaging the prison’s refrigerators.

A prosecutor has now arrived at the jail and a medical examiner has gone to perform an autopsy. Strong police forces – MAT – who rushed to the prison to prevent the spread of the women’s uprising to all the wings of the prison, carried out extensive beatings and – despite the repression that took place – the uprising spread throughout the prison.

Announcement of women prisoners

“Today, April 9, prisoner Azizel Deniroglou died in her ward, helpless, as she also had heart problems and a high fever. She had been begging for help all night as she had chest pains and could not breathe.

According to testimonies, they did not even measure her temperature and we are unaware of the real causes of her death. The shift manager threatened her with a report, because it bothered her. The lifeless body of our fellow prisoner was dragged out with a sheet in front of the shocked eyes of the whole wing. This tragic incident took place in the E wing, where about 120 people are stacked. The prisoners revolted and the uprising spread throughout the prison. Another prisoner died a month ago. The criminal indifference to the prisoners and their health has resulted in the death of many detainees; the government and the Ministry are responsible for sentencing them to death. The government and the Ministry are responsible for the death of this prisoner.

We demand the immediate release of patients, mothers with their children and the elderly, who are considered vulnerable, groups that total a third of the prisoners. We will not return to our cells until the end!”

[lifeisab-itch]

PALM TREE #palmtree #athens #eleonas #bluesky #sunnyday #sunday

[lifeisab-itch]

DESERT IN TOWN #desert #in #town #industrial #area #garbage #bazzar #garbazzar #trashcollector #eleonas #athens #confused

[spyskrapbook]

"Eleonas Hotel", Rovies, Evia, 340 05, Greece _ Photos by: Spyros Kaprinis [08.07.2023].

"Eleonas specialises in providing high quality accommodation in a relaxed atmosphere in an organic farm. Within easy walking distance of the sea and a short ride from local amenities this is the ideal getaway from the hustle and bustle of life today."

[holisticcircustherapy]

Repost from @now_you_see_me_moria • “These are two children rushing out Eleonas camp as police went inside at 4:58 in the morning with tear gas included to evacuate refugees. We are speaking also about many children as most of the people in Eleonas camp are mothers with children. Shameful Europe and Europeans, feeling well with themselves for helping Ukrainian refugees while at the same time we are treating humans like this! Why we created this stupid human rights or children protection????! This is the reality obviously hidden and unreported. Please check also @solidaritywithmigrants and @copwatch.gr for also updates about the situation in Eleonas. We encourage people of Athens and everyone to stand against this.” #eleonas #eleonascamp #children #childhood #childmodel #childphotography #childdevelopment #greece #europe @pao_sports_ @paobcgr @fcpanathinaikos https://www.instagram.com/p/ChreNk7s-Zt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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In Greece, migrant children have the right to go to school - The First 1,000 Days

Amidst a jungle of warehouses and speeding trucks in Athens, Liakou is doing her best to provide for her preschoolers. Other than showing them how to hold a pencil correctly or to play together, she teaches them mindfulness. When a student gets upset she uses a scalp massager to help them relax, or a glitter jar to encourage them to regain focus.

The head of a child, seen from behind, being massaged with a scalp massager. This group is extraordinary. The class is in a container inside Eleonas, a refugee camp in Athens. The children arrived in Europe with their families after an arduous journey. They are young, and they are still feeling the impact of crossing the sea in a dinghy to reach Greece from Turkey.

In addition, the children here are also feeling the impact of the change of the European Union’s migration policy. Things have gradually become harder for migrants: in Greece, it takes months to book an interview with the asylum services. Even if a family gets refugee status, the housing provided lasts only a few months, not enough to get adjusted to a society with a youth unemployment rate of 37%, and certainly not during a pandemic. In an attempt to reach Western Europe, where many have relatives, many families are forced to split up as one of the parents is smuggled to Germany or the Netherlands, leaving children feeling abandoned.

[culturacao]

CORAGEM TOMOU A RUA

Habitação, Saúde, educação e papéis para todxs

Uma manifestação constituída por locais, refugiados e imigrantes tomou o centro de Atenas no passado sábado. Reclamou-se habitação para todos, acesso a cuidados de saúde, educação e papéis que reconheçam o estatuto de tantos que aguardam meses por uma resposta a um pedido de refúgio ou asilo. Conheci durante o manifesto R., que me explicara que aguarda há 6 meses por uma resposta do estado grego enquanto vive na rua. “De vez em quando, quando consigo, alugo um quarto por cinco ou dez euros” – explicara-me numa voz calma. No último ano, as casas ocupadas e estruturas independentes dos movimentos anarquistas e de esquerda que acolhiam em Atenas refugiados, têm sido violentamente atacadas e desmembradas pela polícia. Depois de uma longa espera em condições terríveis, aqueles a quem é concedido asilo ou refúgio têm com este governo da Nova Democracia apenas um mês para encontrar uma alternativa de residência e trabalho. "O governo anunciou a expulsão de mais de 11.000 refugiados reconhecidos de seus locais de residência. 2.500 de acampamentos, 600 de hotéis e 7.400 de apartamentos. Eles planeiam jogá-los na rua, acrescentando milhares aos desabrigados do país” – informa o manifesto das plataformas que se juntaram para esta manifestação. 

Os que chegam até à rua com o seu protesto, reuniram a coragem para tornar visível a sua frágil condição, muitos acompanhados pelas suas famílias ou amigos. Para quem vive em campos, como o de Eleonas no sul de Atenas, tiveram que desafiar ordens dos capatazes do espaço para conseguirem sair. Quem chegou à rua e mostrou a sua voz tem afinal uma grande coragem. Sabem bem que, atrás de si, há muitos outros que continuam invisíveis. Ontem, domingo, foi anunciada uma nova extensão até 5 de Julho para a restrição de tráfego dos residentes nos Centros de Recepção e Identificação do país, bem como nas estruturas de acomodação. O bloqueio sanitário nestes lugares proíbe a saída dos residentes desde 24 de Março, antes de ser imposta a quarentena à população em geral. Mais, a restrição de movimentos nestes lugares com poucas condições sanitárias e de estrutura continua mesmo que nos meios envolventes, nas vilas e cidades Gregas, continuem a sua vida normal.