Lesvos: 160 minors on hunger strike in detention Pagani
No Borders | 23.08.2009 08:59 | Anti-racism | Migration
On 18th of August 2009, 160 unaccompanied minors detained in Pagani detention centre went on hunger strike to demand their immediate freedom. All of them are detained in just one room, where they share one toilet, many need to sleep on the floor due to lack of beds. Some of the minors are only eight or nine years old. 50 of them have been detained for over 2 months, the others have been in Pagani for several weeks already. The detention of minors is illegal under greek law.
Thursday, August 20, 2009 3 we went with a demonstration to the Pagani detention centre.
We got a camera into the detention centre and put a first video online:
http://lesvos09.antira.info/2009/08/voices-from-the-inside-of-pagani-detention-centre/
Also, we published another report:
http://lesvos09.antira.info/2009/08/hunger-strike-at-pagani-detention-centre/
We got a camera into the detention centre and put a first video online:
http://lesvos09.antira.info/2009/08/voices-from-the-inside-of-pagani-detention-centre/ Also, we published another report:
http://lesvos09.antira.info/2009/08/hunger-strike-at-pagani-detention-centre/
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40 minors released after No Borders demo
23.08.2009 09:26
minors were released and the newspapers picked the issue up: noborder
ended up on the front pages of both local newspapers [2]. Also, a MP
from a left-wing party came to inspect the detention centre. We used
this opportunity to go there once again and get more footage from inside
the detention camp [3]. People here are still very shocked about how bad
it is. We will definitely hold contact with the detained refugees and
further press for their immediate freedom.
In the meanwhile, construction works at the camp are progressing.
Tomorrow, the kitchen will arrive, there was a heated discussion at
yesterday's plenary about how many toilets are necessary. The geeks are
busy trying to bring internet to the camp, but since the bar already
opened, the mood is good (especially in the evenings and when the
Kantina offers Karaoke).
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