Centre cultural obert

Last year, a total of 3,231 people lost their lives or went missing in the sea while traveling from the north of Africa to Europe, according to UNHCR. Does the Greek government really care about this data? The country hasn’t changed any measures to host asylum seekers properly. Yet it receives millions of European funds every year destined to host refugees.

Over the last two years, Open Cultural Center has had the chance to take part in Emerging Communities, a project that aims to empower community-led initiatives to address social, political, economic, and environmental issues. Now that the project is ending, we take the opportunity to look back and reflect on the lessons learned.

As part of the European project “Ukraine Now”, which shines a light on the situation of people fleeing the conflict in Ukraine, we met up with Irina & Viktor from Donetsk to talk about their journey to Barcelona and their current situation in Catalonia.