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NGO dedicated to helping the refugees and humanitarian work Are You Syrious started off in the summer of 2015., as the civil initiative of first responders from Croatia who tried to support the refugees on the Balkan route. Today it's an registered NGO with around 200 volunteers in many different countries.
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We deploy field teams and send aid shipments to Syria, Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia, Austria, France, Germany...
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In Croatia, we provide daily support to the refugees and asylum seekers. We've developed independent integration programs for both children and adults, to facilitate their access to education, housing and work.
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We do advocacy campaigns whenever they are needed. We believe no one should be stripped of their basic rights such as protection and humanitarian support. We advocate open borders and fair treatment of all of the people on the move.
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One of our core activities is providing daily news digests from the field, mainly for volunteers and refugees on the route, but also for journalists and other parties. We're happy to receive useful info from anyone who can contribute.
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To support out work, please click "donate now" button on our Facebook page, or use our bank account info for the wire transfer.
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Tražimo namještenu kuću u istočnom dijelu Zagreba za najam za peteročlanu obitelj. Ugovor na 2 godine se potpisuje sa Centrom za socijalnu skrb, te je osigurano redovno plaćanje najamnine i svih režija. Molimo javite nam se u inbox ili na mail areyousyrious@gmail.com. Hvala! PS: Molimo podijelite ovaj poziv
Imprisoned, in limbo, in the middle of nowhere: My Experience of Claiming Asylum in Greece as a…
I want to work and retrain as a doctor, or at least volunteer, or learn. Instead we are stuck waiting, treated like children by NGO’s and criminals by Police. I am a doctor, I have never been in prison before, it has been humiliating.
AYS Daily Digest 18/4/17: A letter from the inside of the detention camp in Hungary
AYS Daily News Digest, April 18
Stories from Ventimiglia: An Unexpected Journey – Are you Syrious? – Medium
AYS SPECIAL from Ventimiglia, Italy.
Mapping Dystopia: the Hidden Shame of Fortress Europe | Novara Media
With warnings that as many as one million migrants are already on the way to to Libya and Europe from countries across Africa, Europe’s refugee crisis seems set to get even worse. From police brutality at borders to squalid conditions in detention camps, countries across the continent are responding to the situation with violence and cruelty. As one of the wealthiest countries in the world, Britain has the wherewithal to really help. But, more interested in shirking than sharing responsibility, it might just be the worst of them all.
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Nearly one-in-three migrants/refugees seen in MSF clinics experienced violent events including physical trauma along their journey. State authorities, including those in European countries were the perpetrators in over half of such events which were associated with border closures. There is “a crisis of protection and safe passage” which needs to change towards one of respect for the principles of international human rights and refugee law.
I listen to refugees and I hear my own story
Today there's a lot of talk from the international community on the Geneva Convention and there are many fund-raising campaigns for refugees by major international organisations. But European governments are not changing the way they mistreat refugees and international organisations are not actually providing any meaningful help on the ground.
ZINE: FREE the röszke 11 Imprisonment of Migrants and Repression against MOvements in Hungary and Beyond
We published a zine about the Röszke 11, that provides an overview and gerneral analysis. It summarizes the story of the Röszke 11, the political context, and similar cases of criminalization in Greece and Luxembourg.
AYS DAILY DIGEST 17.04.2017 — Possible relocations from Serbian Šid camp?
NEW DIGEST IS OUT with information about volunteer positions in Greece, BelgrAid centre, possible relocations in Serbia, boat rescues bringing thousands to Italy and more
Berliners get an appetite for refugees’ cuisine
“This is fertile ground for refugee food projects – a different sort of Arab spring, perhaps” said Jörn Kabisch, a Berlin-based food and culture writer. He took a cooking class with a group called Über den Tellerrand (Beyond the Plate) whose mantra is to use “food as a means for cultural exchange”.
AYS SPECIAL: Mental torture of asylum seekers detained in UK
AYS Digest 16.04.17 — Misery in Paris – Are you Syrious? – Medium
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