Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

A photo of kindness on a Lesbos beach hid a deeper story

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par Marilena Anastasopoulou, Assistant Professor, School of History, University College Dublin

At the height of the 2015 refugee crisis, a moment of human kindness captured the world’s attention. A young Syrian mother, newly landed by small boat on a beach in Greece, was struggling to feed her child when Militsa (Emilia) Kamvisi, who was then 83, offered to help. The two friends Kamvisi had been sitting with on a nearby bench – Maritsa Mavrapidou and Efstratia Mavrapidou, 85 and 89 respectively – joined in.

A photographer recorded the scene and the…

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