As the refugee crisis is still our present and the European Union (EU) is having a more than controversial response to it, we, as a young green journal, want to express our opinion about it. If you want to propose solutions, react to the law that has just been voted by the EU, or if…
Tag: Refugees
Learning from the Past: a Personal Refugee Story
In the European context, it is quite easy to get caught up in the hysteria of refugee migration, especially when media outlets call it “the biggest migration since the Second World War.” These representations make it seem as if an invasion is happening, descending on a surprised, startled and unprepared Europe. However, the biggest surprise…
A Journey of Hope for the Victims of Wars
A Migrant’s Perspective Being a migrant – specifically being a refugee – is when a person or people move from one place to another to escape danger and look for a better life. From the beginning until today, migration has always been a habit for humans. It will stay that way as dictated by human nature…
Holocaust Remembrance Day
As we know “History is the best teacher with worst pupils”. On 27th of January we should remind the planet, how we as a human beings can be mistaken if we are following issues based on hate and fears. We all remember what happened with Jewish minority in Europe during second world war, but as…
Refugees’ crisis: Berkasovo / Bapska border crossing
Human Rights monitoring 28. – 30. 10. 2015 I have spent 3 days on Serbian-Croatian border in Berkasovo (SR) as a volunteer involved in the grass root, self-organized and self-named “Czech Team”. During that time there were more than 100 volunteers working and an absolute majority were from the Czech Rep. The main task of…
EDITORIAL – The Situation in Budapest
The Ecosprinter Editorial Board is taking part in the Congress of Young Europeans in Budapest, Hungary. Just a few blocks from our venue sits Budapest’s Keleti station, which has become a slum-like refugee camp. Two days ago, after tensions between asylum seekers and Hungarian police over the closure of the railway station, it was once…
Seeking Refuge, Seeking Freedom
By Joshua Miguel Makalintal (FYEG, Junge Grüne) Austrian law dictates that the country’s federal asylum agency has six months to finalize an asylum application. But in the alpine province of Tyrol, the operation remains idle and refugees are desperately waiting for any result that will determine their future. This has made them create the “Freedomseekers”…