TRACING MOVEMENTS – THE FILMS

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Balkans, borders, Bulgaria, exilés, Greece

Tracing Movements is a collaborative project of audio–visual research, which documents the political resistance to European migration policies and border closure.

http://tracingmovements.tumblr.com/about

Seven documentaries were made, four of which are online:

http://tracingmovements.tumblr.com/

Two concern the Balkans. “Patra dead end” refers to the situation and struggles of exiles in the Greek port of Patras, where they try to embark on ferries to Italy hidden in or under trucks:

https://vimeo.com/113134788

The other borders of Turkey with Bulgaria and Greece, gateways in the European Union, places of control and detention, and challenges of resistance struggles:

https://vimeo.com/113109728

 

TURKEY: SINKING OF A BOAT OF EXILES AT THE EXIT OF THE BOSPHORE

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Balkans, borders, exilés, Turkey

Monday, November 3, a ship carrying about forty exiles was wrecked at the exit of the Bosphorus. At least 24 people died, including children. The ship was heading to Romania.

Strengthening land borders with Greece and Turkey (fences, patrols, refoulement of persons to Turkey) leads the exiles to turn to the Greek Islands of the Aegean Sea, or here in the Black Sea. The situation in Bulgaria is an effective deterrent for boats to avoid and go to Romania.

In French on Le Courrier des Balkans website :

http://balkans.courriers.info/article25918.html