The purpose here is not to call Greece out, but to use the country as an example to illustrate what is happening across Europe.
People still live in the Jungle camp outside Calais, one year after the French police turned it into a wasteland. Cold, wet, constantly harassed – how much longer must they wait?
Refugee camps are neither all milk and honey nor are they all misery and suffering. To find a way forward, we must first understand where we are.
The ‘Jungle’ isn’t the first camp to be demolished by the French authorities, and it is unlikely to be the last.
“Politicians recognise that serious, informed debate does not translate into votes, so the primary focus is on finding a scapegoat, not a solution.”
