Simone Böcker:
Notizen aus dem toten Winkel Europas -
Im Dreiländereck zwischen Bulgarien, Türkei und Griechenland
Deutschlandfunk, 25.2.2012
Dirk Auer, Simone Böcker:
Tito Superstar -
Sehnsucht nach jugoslawischen Zeiten?
Südwestrundfunk, 7.5.2012,
8.30 Uhr
Migration
Refugee crisis in Igoumenitsa
Chrissi Wilkens
About 500 paperless immigrants and refugees are living in the mountains around the Greek port of Igoumenitsa. The police is arresting anyone who dares to enter the city.
Berliner Zeitung, 10.6.2011
Back to Bulgaria
Simone Böcker
The brain drain of young and qualified people is a serious problem for Bulgaria. But lately more and more Bulgarians are returning back after graduation or their first experience of working abroad - with entrepreneurial spirit and ideas of how things could change also in their home country: They are involved in social projects, collect old clothes, offer free guided tours or soup shops and yoga studios opening.
Deutschlandradio, 17.4.2011
The anger is growing
Chrissi Wilkens
The hunger strike by immigrants in Greece has attracted wide international attention. But not only migrants protest against the policies of the socialist government. Last week was the tenth general strike taking place within a year.
jungle world, 3.3.2011
Refugee crisis in the Evros region
Dirk Auer and Chrissi Wilkens
90 percent of all refugees and migrants who seek protection or simply a better life are entering Europe on the Turkish-Greek border - particularly in the region of Evros in northeastern Greece. The conditions in the local detention centers are catastrophic.
Deutschlandfunk, 15.2.2011
O Kosmos tou Ependiti (Pdf-Download)
Wrong country. The deportation of the Roma to Kosovo
Dirk Auer
From Kosovo is the largest group of refugees who have lived for years with a toleration status in Germany. Most of them are Roma. Uprooted from their lives in their german home towns, they end up from one day to the other in the muddy Roma settlements in Kosovo - without work and welfare, and often without passport. By the locals they are called "Germans" because they are simply different, they do not even know the language correctly and in their homes, even years after their deportation, they are still watching exclusively German television programs.
Deutschlandfunk, 1.2.2011
Endless Odyssey
Dirk Auer
Many of the deported Roma families from Germany leave Kosovo again soon. They go back to Germany illegally or move on to Montenegro or Serbia. A visit of a deported family, which is now stranded in Subotica.
Deutschlandfunk, 29.12.2010
Der Strom des Elends
Chrissi Wilkens
In den griechischen Flüchtlingslagern herrschen menschenunwürdige Bedingungen, so auch in den Auffanglagern am Grenzfluss Evros. 350 Menschen versuchen hier täglich nach Griechenland zu gelangen, ihre Aussichten auf Asyl sind gering.
Sonntagszeitung, 31.10.2010 (pdf)
Legal Vakuum
Dirk Auer
Up to four years so called "illegal migrants" had been detained in the detention centre "Busmantsi" in Sofia. After a decision of the European Court of Human Rights the period of detention is now limited. But the list of problems remains long.
Deutschlandfunk, 21.9.2010
Germany deports Roma - In Kosovo they are often left with nothing
Dirk Auer
Approximately 12,000 Roma are to be deported to Kosovo. Especially for the young people who were grown up in Germany, or even born, deportation is often a traumatic shock.
Deutschlandfunk, 20.9.2010
Alone in Europe - Minor Refugees in Greece
Dirk Auer and Chrissi Wilkens
Greece has become the main gate to Europe for tens of thousands of people seeking protection. Among them are many minor refugees from Afghanistan or Iraq. There is neither a functioning asylum system in Greece nor social support. Most refugees are living homeless on the street - and finally try to smuggle themselves on a truck to take them via Italy to Western Europe .
Deutschlandfunk, 28.8.2010
Europe is closing the borders. On patrol with Frontex in the Aegean Sea
Dirk Auer and Chrissi Wilkens
The EU border agency Frontex has strengthened its controls in the Aegean Sea. As a result, in this region, the refugee numbers have fallen dramatically.
Deutschlandfunk, 27.8.2010
The cemetery of the Illegal
Chrissi Wilkens
Each year tens of thousands of refugees from Iraq, Afghanistan or Somalia flee over the river Evros on the Turkish-Greek border to Europe. Some drown, their bodies are buried in mass graves.
Die Presse, 25.8.2010
"A thoroughly inhuman action"
Simone Böcker
In case of emergency the Western European call for tolerance is not a lot - to this conviction, some Bulgarian commentators came after the deportation of Bulgarian Roma from France.
Deutschlandfunk, 19.8.2010
jungle world, 35/2010
Bust in Athens
Chrissi Wilkens
Greece offers migrants nothing but a temporary permission to be exploited. The economy is benefiting enormously from their labor.
jungle world, 11.3.2010
Flüchtlingsdrama: Dantes Inferno auf Lesbos
Chrissi Wilkens
Das Pagani-Internierungslager ist doppelt überfüllt. Die Insassen reagieren fast täglich mit Feuer-Revolten. Mit Schikanen und Gewalt versucht die Polizei sie einzuschüchtern.
Salzburger Nachrichten, 30.10.2009
An office in the Balkans – this is a virtual office with desks throughout Southeastern Europe. On our website, you’ll find information about our reports, features and projects in and about the region.
| Dirk Auer: Alltag im Niemandsland. Zankapfel Nordkosovo Deutschlandfunk, 28.1.2012 |
| Simone Böcker u. Chrissi Wilkens: Der Hafen von Piräus. Chinesische Investoren planen das "Rotterdam des Südens" Deutschlandfunk, 9.7.2011 |
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| Dirk Auer u. Chrissi Wilkens: Allein nach Europa. Minderjährige Flüchtlinge in Griechenland Deutschlandfunk, 28.8.2010 |
| Simone Böcker: Exodus. Die Vertreibung der bulgarischen Türken vor 20 Jahren Südwestrundfunk, 29.12.2009 |
| Dirk Auer u. Simone Böcker: Tauziehen um Mazedonien. Zum Namensstreit zwischen FYROM und Griechenland Deutschlandfunk, 22.8.2009 |
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| Simone Böcker: Mutra - Die Fratze. Organisierte Kriminalität in Bulgarien Deutschlandfunk, 24.1.2009 |
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Dirk Auer u. Boris Kanzleiter: Sehnsucht nach Normalität. Serbien und das schwere Erbe des Krieges Dirk Auer u. Simone Böcker: Jugend, Freundschaft, Hoffnung. Vom Leben in Sofias Plattenbauten Dirk Auer u. Boris Kanzleiter: Die "Faust Gottes" vor dem UN-Tribunal. Freiheitskampf und organisierte Kriminalität im Kosovo Dirk Auer u. Boris Kanzleiter: Vergessene Opfer. Die Vertreibung der Roma aus dem Kosovo |
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"Kein Wort stand in den Geschichts- büchern", darin: Dirk Auer über ein vergessenes KZ und Simone Böcker über die zweischneidige Geschichte der Rettung der bulgarischen Juden. Download |
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Sonderheft der Flüchtlingsräte (2010) zu Antiziganismus, darin: Dirk Auer: Vertreibung, Blei und Straflosigkeit. Der Krieg und die Tragödie der Roma im Kosovo |
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Ausstelungskatalog "Blick zurück nach vorn". Ein Fotoprojekt mit abgeschobenen Jugendlichen aus Deutschland |
