You are invited to a special screening of the new documentary ‘How much further’, which assesses the current situation of asylum seekers in Greece in view of the economic crisis. This will be of specific interest to all Migration and Conflict students.
>>Next TUESDAY 3 Dec, 8-9pm, Winston Churchill Room<<
‘Filmed in Athens between October 2011 and February 2012, in the midst of social, political and economic turmoil, the documentary raises the voices of those who have fled Afghanistan, Somalia or Sudan hoping to find refuge in Europe. After months or even years on the road, they arrive in Greece, a country whose population is facing the full brunt of the economic crisis and where the asylum and reception systems are completely dysfunctional. Most people see no option but to take to the road again in the hope of reaching a country that can receive them and consider their claim for asylum. But, once they have entered Greece, it is extremely difficult if not impossible to leave the country given the European policies that legally bind them to Greece.’
The documentary has been produced by the European Council on Refugees and Exiles in cooperation with the Greek Forum of Refugees and the film maker Matthias Wiessler.