Engage! - Postcards from the Border. · information & sharing · Solidarity & Protest

Still stuck on Lesvos

In spring 2017 we went to Lesvos to support directly. In order not to come back with empty hands, Laura made a documentary about what we experienced there. Lesvos: Beautiful Prison takes you to this bizarre, contrasting world, that the European outer border has become: not a safe place for people seeking refuge, but a prison. Mass… Continue reading Still stuck on Lesvos

Coffee & tea stand Heumensoord · Solidarity & Protest · Stories from the camp

3000 people, one camp, 8 people in one bunk bed room. Outside it’s rainy and cold. What would you do?

On a foggy day like these, when you go outside and want to crawl back into your house instantly, I think of a day at the camp on the 18th of october. We went to set up our coffee and tea stand in Heumensoord. Do you remember? It was when we had those really stormy… Continue reading 3000 people, one camp, 8 people in one bunk bed room. Outside it’s rainy and cold. What would you do?