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Police Reassert Authority Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
01:54 - 10:14 (08:20)
Volunteers noticed that local police have taken advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to reestablish their dominance and authority, making frequent check-ins and prosecution efforts for acts of kindness to the homeless.
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Two volunteers for Emergency Response Center International recount their efforts to help migrants on Lesbos during the European migrant crisis, and how their aid work became criminalized.
01:54 - 06:43 (04:49)
European migrant crisis
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Two volunteers for Emergency Response Center International recount their efforts to help migrants on Lesbos during the European migrant crisis, and how their aid work became criminalized.
ChapterPolice Reassert Authority Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
EpisodeThe Sunday Read: ‘They Came to Help Migrants. Now, Europe Has Turned on Them.’
PodcastThe Daily
As stability set in during the pandemic in Lesvos refugee camps, local police have taken the opportunity to control more of the daily life of refugees and volunteers; raids and interrogations have become more frequent as a result.
06:43 - 10:14 (03:30)
Lesvos Refugee Crisis
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As stability set in during the pandemic in Lesvos refugee camps, local police have taken the opportunity to control more of the daily life of refugees and volunteers; raids and interrogations have become more frequent as a result.