In this episode of VC Mytiline, I give you a comprehensive report the Supporting Migrants Across Borders Conference that took place end of October in Izmir, Turkey. The event was dynamic and made up of a very diverse group of people, who all contributed their different perspectives.

I was there on invitation of co-organizers Legal Center Lesbos to bring you this report. Over the three days of the conference I spoke to a large amount of people, attended workshops and listened to the various presentations in order to bring you the most comprehensive overview of the event I can manage.

I have made in depth podcasts on some of the topic’s that come up during this episode.

The struggle of lawyers in Turkey:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3N4HqILusgZ5y5axoLoFQa?si=315e8685bdff47e4

The situation of migrants in Izmir in October 2023:

Part 1: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5rNlA1uhYjdeh2wNNm50OK?si=c73e119e37134bdc

Part 2: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1iJ9WISpwMOwAKcqDTMF6h?si=7e6446d2d9424dfa

Arbitrary Incarceration of Migrants in Greece:

The Pylos Shipwreck:

Part 1: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4PT5vBDoiMDmrpVoGsMgaF?si=8d11886dc7a04296

Part 2: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Va5iOQiflPHbeBPYhEl4T?si=574cc1d0743743e4

The Pushback hearings at the European Court of Human Rights:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6wmN7glSgqBOJKr85yhBI0?si=f2c086241b93451b

More info about Legal Center Lesbos:

Home

Agora Association :

https://agoradernegi.org/about-us/

Music:

A Hawk and a Hacksaw – Turkish

Ehl-i Keyif – Hüzzam Sazsemai “Nargile“

Ehl-i Keyif – Kerimoğlu Zeybek

Outro recorded live by me, music by the Genis Merdiven Orkestra.