@moiralavelle.bsky.social
Journalist based in Αθήνα. Covering migration, borders, politics, gender. Bylines @aljazeera.com, @thetimes.com, @the-independent.com, @npr.org, others. Previously @tovimagr.bsky.social.
Taner Balat was last seen in Orestiada 2 months ago, and his family has been searching for him since. Greek officials state there is no record of the 23-year old Turkish citizen anywhere in the country. But the family has video evidence.
W/ @vedatyeler.com
W/ @vedatyeler.com
Εθεάθη τελευταία φορά στην Ορεστιάδα πριν από δύο μήνες. Η οικογένειά του τον αναζητά από τότε. Οι ελληνικές αρχές δηλώνουν ότι δεν υπάρχει κανένα στοιχείο για τον 23χρονο σε ολόκληρη τη χώρα. Ωστόσο, η οικογένειά του διαθέτει αποδεικτικά βίντεο ● Η υπόθεση έφτασε και στο τουρκικό Κοινοβούλιο
Ποιοι εξαφάνισαν τον Τούρκο Τανέρ Μπαλάτ στον Εβρο;
Ο Τανέρ Μπαλάτ εθεάθη τελευταία φορά στην Ορεστιάδα πριν από δύο μήνες. Οι ελληνικές αρχές δηλώνουν ότι δεν υπάρχει κανένα στοιχείο για τον 23χρονο σε ολόκληρη τη χώρα. Ωστόσο, η οικογένειά του διαθέτ...
www.efsyn.gr
December 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Taner Balat was last seen in Orestiada 2 months ago, and his family has been searching for him since. Greek officials state there is no record of the 23-year old Turkish citizen anywhere in the country. But the family has video evidence.
W/ @vedatyeler.com
W/ @vedatyeler.com
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24 aid workers in Greece are being tried on trumped-up smuggling charges after they gave blankets and water to migrants.
Some have been in pretrial detention for months in a case highlighting the EU’s authoritarian clampdown on migrant rescue.
Some have been in pretrial detention for months in a case highlighting the EU’s authoritarian clampdown on migrant rescue.
Threatened With Jail for Offering Blankets to Migrants
Twenty-four aid workers in Greece are being tried on trumped-up smuggling charges after they gave blankets and water to migrants. Some have been in pretrial detention for months in a case highlighting the EU’s authoritarian clampdown on migrant rescue.
jacobin.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
24 aid workers in Greece are being tried on trumped-up smuggling charges after they gave blankets and water to migrants.
Some have been in pretrial detention for months in a case highlighting the EU’s authoritarian clampdown on migrant rescue.
Some have been in pretrial detention for months in a case highlighting the EU’s authoritarian clampdown on migrant rescue.
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Across Greece, fish farms are set to expand by 24 times their current acreage, supported by subsidies from the EU. Some Greeks are pushing back, arguing that aquaculture is damaging to the seagrass and the marine environment.
Greeks Challenge EU-Backed Fish Farms Amid Environmental Concerns - Inside Climate News
The country is one of the top producers of farmed fish in the EU, which has promoted aquaculture as an environmentally sustainable option for food security within the bloc.
insideclimatenews.org
November 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Across Greece, fish farms are set to expand by 24 times their current acreage, supported by subsidies from the EU. Some Greeks are pushing back, arguing that aquaculture is damaging to the seagrass and the marine environment.
Fish farms are expanding across Greece, backed by hundreds of millions in EU subsidies. But this green-economy priority is damaging to seagrass and marine environments.
I spoke with Greeks taking the expansion of these farms to court for @insideclimatenews.org
insideclimatenews.org/news/3011202...
I spoke with Greeks taking the expansion of these farms to court for @insideclimatenews.org
insideclimatenews.org/news/3011202...
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insideclimatenews.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Fish farms are expanding across Greece, backed by hundreds of millions in EU subsidies. But this green-economy priority is damaging to seagrass and marine environments.
I spoke with Greeks taking the expansion of these farms to court for @insideclimatenews.org
insideclimatenews.org/news/3011202...
I spoke with Greeks taking the expansion of these farms to court for @insideclimatenews.org
insideclimatenews.org/news/3011202...
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From US intervention in Iraq to Israel's war in Gaza, an American base in Greece has facilitated conflict for decades, writes @moiralavelle.bsky.social
In Greece, Demonstrators Want the US Military Out
From US intervention in Iraq to Israel's war in Gaza, an American base in Greece has facilitated conflict for decades.
inkstickmedia.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
From US intervention in Iraq to Israel's war in Gaza, an American base in Greece has facilitated conflict for decades, writes @moiralavelle.bsky.social
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From US intervention in Iraq to Israel's war in Gaza, an American base in Greece has facilitated conflict for decades.
inkstickmedia.com/in-greece-an...
inkstickmedia.com/in-greece-an...
In Greece, Anti-War Advocates Want the US Military Out
From US intervention in Iraq to Israel's war in Gaza, an American base in Greece has facilitated conflict for decades.
inkstickmedia.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
From US intervention in Iraq to Israel's war in Gaza, an American base in Greece has facilitated conflict for decades.
inkstickmedia.com/in-greece-an...
inkstickmedia.com/in-greece-an...
This past weekend thousands of Greeks protested the US military bases in Crete and their reported involvement in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.
There is a long history of opposition to American bases in the country.
My latest for @inkstickmedia.com:
inkstickmedia.com/in-greece-an...
There is a long history of opposition to American bases in the country.
My latest for @inkstickmedia.com:
inkstickmedia.com/in-greece-an...
In Greece, Anti-War Advocates Want the US Military Out
From US intervention in Iraq to Israel's war in Gaza, an American base in Greece has facilitated conflict for decades.
inkstickmedia.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
This past weekend thousands of Greeks protested the US military bases in Crete and their reported involvement in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.
There is a long history of opposition to American bases in the country.
My latest for @inkstickmedia.com:
inkstickmedia.com/in-greece-an...
There is a long history of opposition to American bases in the country.
My latest for @inkstickmedia.com:
inkstickmedia.com/in-greece-an...
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"The Greek ban on people arriving from North Africa from claiming #asylum is a policy as illegal and failed as its 2020 iteration for refugees arriving from Turkey."
Minos Mouzourakis, lawyer at RSA @jacobinmag.bsky.social
✍️@moiralavelle.bsky.social @vedatyeler.com
jacobin.com/2025/07/gree...
Minos Mouzourakis, lawyer at RSA @jacobinmag.bsky.social
✍️@moiralavelle.bsky.social @vedatyeler.com
jacobin.com/2025/07/gree...
Greece Is Shutting the Door to Refugees
Greece has declared a three-month halt to all asylum applications for migrants arriving from North Africa. The European Union is hardening its borders, even if it means trampling on its own laws.
jacobin.com
July 15, 2025 at 8:07 AM
"The Greek ban on people arriving from North Africa from claiming #asylum is a policy as illegal and failed as its 2020 iteration for refugees arriving from Turkey."
Minos Mouzourakis, lawyer at RSA @jacobinmag.bsky.social
✍️@moiralavelle.bsky.social @vedatyeler.com
jacobin.com/2025/07/gree...
Minos Mouzourakis, lawyer at RSA @jacobinmag.bsky.social
✍️@moiralavelle.bsky.social @vedatyeler.com
jacobin.com/2025/07/gree...
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«Η 🇬🇷 απαγόρευση υποβολής αιτήματος ασύλου από Β.Αφρική είναι μια πολιτική εξίσου παράνομη &αποτυχημένη με την αντίστοιχη απόπειρα του 2020 για #πρόσφυγες από Τουρκία.»
Μίνως Μουζουράκης, δικηγόρος στην RSA @jacobinmag.bsky.social
@moiralavelle.bsky.social @vedatyeler.com
jacobin.com/2025/07/gree...
Μίνως Μουζουράκης, δικηγόρος στην RSA @jacobinmag.bsky.social
@moiralavelle.bsky.social @vedatyeler.com
jacobin.com/2025/07/gree...
Greece Is Shutting the Door to Refugees
Greece has declared a three-month halt to all asylum applications for migrants arriving from North Africa. The European Union is hardening its borders, even if it means trampling on its own laws.
jacobin.com
July 15, 2025 at 8:14 AM
«Η 🇬🇷 απαγόρευση υποβολής αιτήματος ασύλου από Β.Αφρική είναι μια πολιτική εξίσου παράνομη &αποτυχημένη με την αντίστοιχη απόπειρα του 2020 για #πρόσφυγες από Τουρκία.»
Μίνως Μουζουράκης, δικηγόρος στην RSA @jacobinmag.bsky.social
@moiralavelle.bsky.social @vedatyeler.com
jacobin.com/2025/07/gree...
Μίνως Μουζουράκης, δικηγόρος στην RSA @jacobinmag.bsky.social
@moiralavelle.bsky.social @vedatyeler.com
jacobin.com/2025/07/gree...
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“We didn’t come here for fun; we had no choice,” Mahmud from Syria
“When I see young people arriving now, I understand them,” said Theodor, who fled 🇬🇷’s junta in the 70s
Odyseas: “No one is here to take your land or your money”
New piece w/ @moiralavelle.bsky.social
jacobin.com/2025/07/gree...
“When I see young people arriving now, I understand them,” said Theodor, who fled 🇬🇷’s junta in the 70s
Odyseas: “No one is here to take your land or your money”
New piece w/ @moiralavelle.bsky.social
jacobin.com/2025/07/gree...
July 15, 2025 at 6:48 AM
“We didn’t come here for fun; we had no choice,” Mahmud from Syria
“When I see young people arriving now, I understand them,” said Theodor, who fled 🇬🇷’s junta in the 70s
Odyseas: “No one is here to take your land or your money”
New piece w/ @moiralavelle.bsky.social
jacobin.com/2025/07/gree...
“When I see young people arriving now, I understand them,” said Theodor, who fled 🇬🇷’s junta in the 70s
Odyseas: “No one is here to take your land or your money”
New piece w/ @moiralavelle.bsky.social
jacobin.com/2025/07/gree...
Greece has announced it will suspend asylum for the next three months for people arriving form North Africa. It is another revelation that its government aims to reduce the protected right to asylum to smithereens.
Reporting with @vedatyeler.com
jacobin.com/2025/07/gree...
Reporting with @vedatyeler.com
jacobin.com/2025/07/gree...
Greece Is Shutting the Door to Refugees
Greece has declared a three-month halt to all asylum applications for migrants arriving from North Africa. The European Union is hardening its borders, even if it means trampling on its own laws.
jacobin.com
July 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Greece has announced it will suspend asylum for the next three months for people arriving form North Africa. It is another revelation that its government aims to reduce the protected right to asylum to smithereens.
Reporting with @vedatyeler.com
jacobin.com/2025/07/gree...
Reporting with @vedatyeler.com
jacobin.com/2025/07/gree...
EU proposes rule to send asylum-seekers to ‘safe’ third countries they’ve never been to:
www.tovima.com/world/eu-pro...
www.tovima.com/world/eu-pro...
EU Proposes Rule to Send Asylum-Seekers to 'Safe' Third Countries They've Never Been To
This will open avenues for the use of “return hubs” much like the one created in Albania at the impetus of a deal with Italy.
www.tovima.com
May 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
EU proposes rule to send asylum-seekers to ‘safe’ third countries they’ve never been to:
www.tovima.com/world/eu-pro...
www.tovima.com/world/eu-pro...
Wrote a bit about Greece’s surrogacy tourism industry, and the legal structure that makes it possible:
www.tovima.com/stories/gree...
www.tovima.com/stories/gree...
Greece’s Surrogacy Sector is Open for Tourists, or at Least Some of Them - tovima.com
These “surrogate matching” programs rely on the fallacy that there are hundreds of women happy to travel to Greece to engage themselves in the demanding process of surrogacy and pregnancy for sheer al...
www.tovima.com
May 19, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Wrote a bit about Greece’s surrogacy tourism industry, and the legal structure that makes it possible:
www.tovima.com/stories/gree...
www.tovima.com/stories/gree...
Why is Athens facing a housing crisis? Why do so many of the apartment buildings look alike? And what does "vertical segregation" mean in the context of the city?
In this podcast I spoke with Social Geography prof Thomas Maloutas about housing in Athens:
www.tovima.com/podcasts/exp...
In this podcast I spoke with Social Geography prof Thomas Maloutas about housing in Athens:
www.tovima.com/podcasts/exp...
Explaining Greece: Athens' Housing Crisis and History
In this episode we explore the history of housing in Athens, and look into how forces like Greece’s protracted economic crisis and short-term rental platforms like Airbnb have impacted the city's soci...
www.tovima.com
April 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Why is Athens facing a housing crisis? Why do so many of the apartment buildings look alike? And what does "vertical segregation" mean in the context of the city?
In this podcast I spoke with Social Geography prof Thomas Maloutas about housing in Athens:
www.tovima.com/podcasts/exp...
In this podcast I spoke with Social Geography prof Thomas Maloutas about housing in Athens:
www.tovima.com/podcasts/exp...
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The report from @bordercrim.bsky.social, @mobileinfoteam.bsky.social and BVMN can be found here: www.mobileinfoteam.org/police-stati...
April 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The report from @bordercrim.bsky.social, @mobileinfoteam.bsky.social and BVMN can be found here: www.mobileinfoteam.org/police-stati...
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"A report published by @bordercrim.bsky.social, a research team based at the University of Oxford, alleges that #Greece regularly uses prolonged #detention of #migrants in police station cells in violation of its own laws."
by @moiralavelle.bsky.social
www.tovima.com/society/repo...
by @moiralavelle.bsky.social
www.tovima.com/society/repo...
Report Alleges Systemic Illegal Detention of Migrants in GR Police Stations
A report by Border Criminologies alleges that Greece regularly uses prolonged detention of migrants in police station cells in violation of its own laws.
www.tovima.com
April 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"A report published by @bordercrim.bsky.social, a research team based at the University of Oxford, alleges that #Greece regularly uses prolonged #detention of #migrants in police station cells in violation of its own laws."
by @moiralavelle.bsky.social
www.tovima.com/society/repo...
by @moiralavelle.bsky.social
www.tovima.com/society/repo...
Wrote about the latest report published by @bordercrim.bsky.social, which alleges that Greece regularly uses prolonged detention of migrants in police station cells in violation of its own laws:
www.tovima.com/society/repo...
www.tovima.com/society/repo...
Report Alleges Systemic Illegal Detention of Migrants in GR Police Stations
A report by Border Criminologies alleges that Greece regularly uses prolonged detention of migrants in police station cells in violation of its own laws.
www.tovima.com
April 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Wrote about the latest report published by @bordercrim.bsky.social, which alleges that Greece regularly uses prolonged detention of migrants in police station cells in violation of its own laws:
www.tovima.com/society/repo...
www.tovima.com/society/repo...