Pushbacks, human rights violations, criminalisation of asylum seekers shape the everyday lives of people on the move: this lecture explores how the land and sea borders of Greece developed into lawlessness zone, where illegal acts are committed in plain sight, but there is no one to see. The talk will address recent developments also regarding the freedom of the press and the increasing criminalisation of solidarity in Greece.
Stavros Machulidis is a reporter and editor. He has worked for the Agence France-Presse and inside story, and has participated in cross-border investigations with Lighthouse Reports and Investigate Europe. He’s member of Reporters United. His reports have been published in European media. He was shortlisted for the European Press Prize ‘21 and won the IJ4EU Impact Award ‘22. In 2019 he was selected as a fellow for BIRN's Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence (BFJE). He has been trained in data journalism at Columbia University in New York on a fellowship.
The lecture series is organized by the Cluster "Migration, Borders, and Mobilities in, around, and across Europe" of teh Field of Excellence "Dimensions of Europeanization".
You may also join the lecture via stream: https://uni-graz.zoom.us/j/68966754250