On August 28 refugees started a protest on Lesvos, Greece. People marched from the Moria prison camp to Sappho Square in Mytilene and stayed there for 2 days. Today the refugees have put their protest on hold after the police promised that the protesters will reach all their demands by Friday. The #1951RefugeeConvention campaign continues.



Image: Protesting refugees in Mytilene, Lesvos. Image by Arash Hampay Facebook.

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Note: Enough is Enough is not organizing any of these events, we are publishing this text for people across the US and Europe to be able to see what is going on and for documentation only.

RefugeesGR: Police Promised Protesters on Lesvos Will Reach All Their Demands

On August 28 refugees started a protest on Lesvos, Greece. People marched from the Moria prison camp to Sappho Square in Mytilene and stayed there for 2 days. Today the refugees have put their protest on hold after the police promised that the protesters will reach all their demands by Friday. The #1951RefugeeConvention campaign continues.

Arash Hampay wrote on his Facebook page today: “The police promised the protesters that they will reach all their demands by Friday. The protesters have agreed to end the protest and go back to Moria. I hope the Police will be true to their promises! Once more the people were victorious!”

Image: Refugees talking with a police offcer earlier today. Image by Arash Hampay Facebook.

We will keep on monitoring the situation, because we don’t have the best experiences with promises of the police. People were prostesting to stop deportations and for the freedom of movement.

The campaign to remind EU member states on its obligation to respect and carry out the agreements in the #1951RefugeeConvention continues. Arash Hampay wrote on his Facebook page today: “They write laws and then stomp on them with their military boots. They make conventions and then put them in dinghies and sink them in the Aegean and Mediterranean. They commit injustices. They make a business out of the lives of millions of refugees who simply seek a safe harbour. When the refugees, the people without safety protest against the oppression, injustice and lawlessness, the police are set on them like attack dogs. The police are supposed to provide safety in society and to fight criminality. Here the police have been given the wrong address. Instead of going to The GREEK STATE and the UN in order to bring justice for the violations against #1951RefugeeConvention, they come and harass innocent people in order to suppress them. Why did they even make #1951RefugeeConvention? What was the Universal Declaration Of Human Rights made for? Was the convention only effective when the Europeans were suffering from the WWII? Have you forgotten the convention since EUROPE was STABILIZED? You ratified the articles of the convention and you committed you self to following them. The convention says that refugees should not be deported. Why is the number of deportations increasing rapidly? Who told you that Afghanistan, Iraq, Turkey and Iran are safe countries? Don’t deport! Stop committing this atrocity! Do not leave millions of refugees without refuge! Do not underestimate the anger of the people! Before that anger swallows you up stop your oppression, end this injustice.”

Image: In Syria already people we’re already tired of the UN’s empty promises in 2016. Image by Arash Hampay Facebook.

On September 14 Cars of Hope Wuppertal will arrive in Greece to support refugees who are trapped in the EU member state, some for more than a year now. Cars of Hope will be active in Athens and on Lesvos. A few members of the Enough is Enough collective will join them. They will work together with refugees and distribute food, sanitary products and other basis needs. Our work with refugees is only possible because of the many donations we receive. Read more about the support work with refugees in Greece by Cars of Hope; here and in this interview.

Please support the Cars of Hope Wuppertal Crowdfunding Campaign for refugees in Greece: https://www.youcaring.com/cohsupportrefugees

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