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EU Arrivals - Angelos Giotopoulos

34 images Created 15 Feb 2015

An ongoing project from the immigration of people leaving their wore torn countries to make it into the EU for a better life, first stop, Greece. The story continues....

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  • Lightning strikes over the port of Mytilene, Lesvos.
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  • Illegal immigrants from Afghanistan are brought in for processing at the main Police headquarters in Mytilene, Lesvos.
    EU Arrivals02.jpg
  • The construction of the 12.5-kilometer barbed-wire fence along the land border with Turkey, which was met with skepticism at home as well as from many EU officials, has allegedly succeeded in blocking one of the most popular transit routes for migrants seeking to make their way to the west.
    EU Arrivals03.jpg
  • A scene in one of the local owned African market shops in a well known areas in Athens that has many immigrants living there, it is called Kato Patissia.
    EU Arrivals04.jpg
  • Immigrants wait for their papers to be processed to be able to live in Greece until they are able to gain poermanent residence.  They can wait up to a few weeks, sometimes months for these papers to be processed.
    EU Arrivals05.jpg
  • A road block 25km into the Greek/Turkish/Bulgarian border. Human trafficking is a common method for bringing in illegal immigrants. With these road blocks in place 24 hours a day, illegal immigrants are finding crossing into Greece is getting harder and harder. With statistics in 2012, from 130,000 illegal immigrants made it into Greece. After the new methods put in place this number has declined to 35,000 in 2013.
    EU Arrivals06.jpg
  • A scene in one of the local owned African restaurant in a well known areas in Athens that has many immigrants living there, it is called Kato Patissia.
    EU Arrivals07.jpg
  • An African immigrant sits in his friends shop to pass his time after have recently arrived to Greece and doesn't know what to do.
    EU Arrivals08.jpg
  • In April of 2013 about 30 migrant workers were injured in a shooting on a strawberry farm in Greece after requesting salaries that had not been paid.<br />
The migrants - mainly from Bangladesh - were shot at by at least one farm supervisor, in a Peloponnesian village in southern Greece. Image © Angelos Giotopoulos/Falcon Photo Agency.
    EU Arrivals09.jpg
  • Illegal immigrants are held in the main police headquarters in Lesvos until they are checked and processed.
    EU Arrivals10.jpg
  • Local Afghani's who have been living in Pamphila, a town 10 minutes out of the main city Mytilene pray in their home.
    EU Arrivals11.jpg
  • An illegal immigrant sits on the legde watching a game of football in one of the well known areas where immigrants have come together, Kato Patissia.
    EU Arrivals12.jpg
  • Greek commandos patrol the Evros river along the land border with Turkey, which was met with skepticism at home as well as from many EU officials. It has allegedly succeeded in blocking one of the most popular transit routes for migrants seeking to make their way to the west.
    EU Arrivals13.jpg
  • Immigrants wait to be processed. The paintings on the wall are not inviting for any immigrant arriving to Greece by sea.
    EU Arrivals14.jpg
  • In April of 2013 about 30 migrant workers were injured in a shooting on a strawberry farm in Greece after requesting salaries that had not been paid.<br />
The migrants - mainly from Bangladesh - were shot at by at least one farm supervisor, in a Peloponnesian village in southern Greece.
    EU Arrivals15.jpg
  • A immigrant poses for a portrait with his son in one of Athens' known immigrant neighbourhoods, Kato Patissia.
    EU Arrivals16.jpg
  • Arrival into the port of Mytilene, Lesvos.
    EU Arrivals17.jpg
  • In April of 2013 about 30 migrant workers were injured in a shooting on a strawberry farm in Greece after requesting salaries that had not been paid.<br />
The migrants - mainly from Bangladesh - were shot at by at least one farm supervisor, in a Peloponnesian village in southern Greece. I
    EU Arrivals18.jpg
  • Police officers stand guard at the 12.5-kilometer barbed-wire fence along the land border with Turkey, which was met with skepticism at home as well as from many EU officials. It has allegedly succeeded in blocking one of the most popular transit routes for migrants seeking to make their way to the west
    EU Arrivals19.jpg
  • A road block 25km into the Greek/Turkish/Bulgarian border. Human trafficking is a common method for bringing in illegal immigrants. With these road blocks in place 24 hours a day, illegal immigrants are finding crossing into Greece is getting harder and harder. With statistics in 2012, from 130,000 illegal immigrants made it into Greece. After the new methods put in place this number has declined to 35,000 in 2013.
    EU Arrivals20.jpg
  • Illegal immigrants from Afghanistan are brought in for processing at the main Police headquarters in Mytilene, Lesvos.
    EU Arrivals21.jpg
  • In April of 2013 about 30 migrant workers were injured in a shooting on a strawberry farm in Greece after requesting salaries that had not been paid.<br />
The migrants - mainly from Bangladesh - were shot at by at least one farm supervisor, in a Peloponnesian village in southern Greece.
    EU Arrivals22.jpg
  • A road block 25km into the Greek/Turkish/Bulgarian border. Human trafficking is a common method for bringing in illegal immigrants. With these road blocks in place 24 hours a day, illegal immigrants are finding crossing into Greece is getting harder and harder. With statistics in 2012, from 130,000 illegal immigrants made it into Greece. After the new methods put in place this number has declined to 35,000 in 2013.
    EU Arrivals23.jpg
  • The old train station in Orestiada was burnt down by illegal immigrants after using it as a shelter until they were processed and sent to Athens.
    EU Arrivals24.jpg
  • In April of 2013 about 30 migrant workers were injured in a shooting on a strawberry farm in Greece after requesting salaries that had not been paid.<br />
The migrants - mainly from Bangladesh - were shot at by at least one farm supervisor, in a Peloponnesian village in southern Greece.
    EU Arrivals25.jpg
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