Asylum seekers in Greece, remembering Palestinian revolutionary Ghassan Kanafani

16/07/2024 58 min
Asylum seekers in Greece, remembering Palestinian revolutionary Ghassan Kanafani

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Episode Synopsis

The Mediterranean Sea has become a huge cemetery for many thousands of migrants and asylum seekers who have been risking their lives trying to cross it in search of a better future.

This week, we speak with Athens based independent journalist Moira Lavelle about the state of refugees and asylum seekers trying to reach Greece-

Later in the program, we remember Palestinian revolutionary and novelist Ghassan Kanafani- He was killed in Beirut by the Israeli Mossad spy agency on 8 July 1972. He was 36 years old.

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