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Two months after the explosions that ravaged its capital, Lebanon is mired in a political crisis depriving the population of much-needed aid. Camille Chédid, Chair of the Association d’Entraide Professionnelle, based in Beirut, and Claude Audi, a Board Member, talk to us openly and honestly about this tragedy on 4th August 2020.
The fire which ravaged the Moria camp in Lesbos, Greece, is the inevitable and predictable result of inhumane European migration policies which impose confinement and restrict the movement of tens of thousands of people. This intolerable situation cannot continue for one more day: Emmaus International is calling for the immediate evacuation of Moria and the welcoming of survivors by the different towns ready to receive them.
Last June, the French President, Emmanuel Macron, stated at the Citizens' Climate Convention that he would oppose the trade agreement between the European Union and the Mercosur countries. But in July, the European Union celebrated the conclusion of negotiations on this agreement. Emmaus International is a joint signatory, along with around thirty associations and NGOs, to an open letter calling for this agreement to be scrapped, given that its impact on ecosystems and human rights would be disastrous.