Children in danger at the Polish-Belarusian border
The situation at the border between #Poland & #Belarus is reaching dangerous terrain; both governments accuse each other of destabilising...
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Wiktoria Cacace
- Jan 11, 2022
- 2 min
Asylum seekers in Wędrzyn (Poland) go on hunger strike
As reported by oko.press, 8 Afghan and 2 Syrian #asylumseekers residing in the #Wędrzyn#refugeecenter have started a hunger strike. They...
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Rethinking Refugees
- Jan 10, 2022
- 2 min
Sick 18-year-old Syrian boy taken from hospital and pushed back to Belarus
On Jan 10, a group of activists of @fundacjaocalenie found an 18-year-old #Syrian boy in near-death condition in the forest near...
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Sophia Graziano
- Jan 6, 2022
- 2 min
Poland's pushback law breaches the Geneva convention
Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights guarantees the right to claim #asylum, i.e. the right “to seek and to enjoy (...)...
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Paulina Odeth
- Jan 1, 2022
- 2 min
2021 - Acts of humanity
2021 has been a harrowing year for many displaced people. But, to bring about change, we must keep hope for a better world, no matter how...
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Sophia Graziano
- Dec 30, 2021
- 2 min
Winter and pushbacks in the Polish-Belarusian border
The Polish #borderguards moved 9 frozen and hungry #asylumseekers from #Poland to the cold Belarusian forest the night before...
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Rethinking Refugees
- Dec 23, 2021
- 2 min
I'd rather die than go back to Belarus
During a three-day intervention in Puszcza Augustowska, a harsh forest terrain between Poland, Belarus and Lithuania, Grupa Granica (GG)...
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Rethinking Refugees
- Dec 22, 2021
- 2 min
Grodno
Many #asylumseekers have attempted to enter the #EU through #Poland. However, it is still a turbulent situation at the border, especially...
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Rethinking Refugees
- Dec 16, 2021
- 2 min
Can asylum seekers at the Polish-Belarusian border be deported?
"Refugees should go back to their own countries” This is the kind of narrative that is often heard amongst the general public, however,...
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Rethinking Refugees
- Nov 14, 2021
- 2 min
Doctors' cars damaged at the Polish-Belarusian border
A few days ago, the ambulance tires of Medycyn na Granicy (Doctors at the border) were deflated. Today, unknown perpetrators damaged...
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Rethinking Refugees
- Nov 12, 2021
- 2 min
Polish soldiers deflated the ambulance tires at the Polish-Belarusian border
On November 9th, the Medycy na Granicy (Doctors at the border) team assisted 8, including a woman with an arm injury. Unfortunately, due...
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Rethinking Refugees
- Nov 9, 2021
- 2 min
Refugee attitudes - Poland
Poland is notoriously known as one of the European countries most likely to reject #asylumseekers. The current government, Law and...
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Rethinking Refugees
- Oct 16, 2021
- 2 min
Medics at the Polish-Belarusian border
Many people have died at the borders due to hypothermia. The temperatures are reaching 0 at night. They have no medicines for the chronic...
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Rethinking Refugees
- Sep 18, 2021
- 1 min
Children from the Brest station in Poland
Today we want to tell you about a wonderful initiative created in Poland by Marina Hulia, half Russian, half Belarusian, living in...
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Rethinking Refugees
- Sep 15, 2021
- 1 min
Chechen culture
The Chechens are the largest North Caucasian group and one of the oldest indigenous ethnic groups of the Caucasus. Chechens refer to...
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Rethinking Refugees
- Sep 9, 2021
- 2 min
Ukrainians in Poland
The movement of Ukrainians to Poland is one of the largest in the world today. The lack of differentiation between the terms refugee and...
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Rethinking Refugees
- Sep 3, 2021
- 2 min
The state of 32 asylum seekers at the Polish-Belarusian border
About three weeks ago, 32 #asylumseekers from #Afghanistan have been stuck in ‘no man’s land’ between the Polish and Belarusian borders...
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Rethinking Refugees
- Apr 19, 2021
- 2 min
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Since 1943, April 19th marks the day of the beginning of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto, led by Mordechai...
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