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HATE HURTS
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14 imagesHate Hurts projects investigates and exposes violence from European governments’ own security forces against refugees and asylum seekers . The ongoing project spans four year, reporting from the Balkan region, mostly along borders areas. In the quest to investigate the enormity and the structure surrounding the violence inflicted on refugees, the project exposes visual and audio recording accounts. "Even where access has been very difficult, I entered centres where securities had denied me access, in squatted building, abandoned premises, in uncharted areas and in forests along the borders of Hungary, Croatia and Serbia. Often, in very limited time, I met with refugees and recorded their visible scars, their photographs of wounds and aftermaths episodes of destruction of possessions (such as mobiles, tents, clothes, shoes). I created a dedicated website where these accounts are uploaded as well as material that refugees send to me to publish."- Cinzia says. The accounts recorded are horrendous: dogs unleashed to bite, bones broken, knees smashed with electric batons, knives, skin being pulled ‘like a Kosher’. The project also exposes the violence of indefinite limbo conditions on refugees' emotional and psychological well-being. The scale of physical violence and the psychological harm is not abating, rather recent accounts in Bosnia Hercegovina point to heightened cruelty from Croatia police. The scale of violence is so widespread, that women and children have also been indiscriminately subjected to. The Hate Hurts project brings to light the existing and systematic ongoing violence to campaign for it to stop.
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16 imagesHate Hurts projects investigates and exposes structural violence against refugees and asylum seekers from European governments’ own security forces. I began this project in Greece in 2015 and since then, I have travelled back and forth in the Balkan region, mostly along borders areas. In my quest to investigate the enormity and the structurality of the violence inflicted on refugees, I have been recording accounts even where access has been very difficult. I entered centers where securities had denied me access, been in squatted building, abandoned premises and in uncharted areas, in forests along the borders of Hungary, Croatia and Serbia. My reporting has taken place in the form of audio recording, photographs and videos. Often in very limited time, I met with refugees and recorded their visible scars, their photographs of wounds and aftermaths episodes of destruction of possessions (such as mobiles, tents, clothes, shoes). I have created a dedicated website where these accounts are uploaded as well as material that refugees send to me to publish. The accounts that I have recorded are horrendous: dogs unleashed to bite, bones broken, knees smashed with electric batons, knives, skin being pulled ‘like a Kosher’. Humiliation is another tactic adopted by border police; being left naked in the cold winter weather to walk to the nearest village. And also emotional and psychological trauma caused by indefinite detention and limbo conditions. The effects of these on emotional well being is tangible. The scale of physical violence and the psychological harm is not abating, rather recent accounts that I took in Bosnia Hercegovina point to heightened cruelty, and this time from Croatia police. The scale of violence is so widespread, that women and children have being also undiscriminately subjected to. I am working on the Hate Hurts project to bring to light the existing ongoing violence and this must stop. I am also bringing to attention how violence is systematic and linked to political nationalistic and populist gains strongly gaining ground in Europe. Collectively we need to be aware of the danger of this.
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39 imagesHate Hurts projects investigates and exposes structural violence against refugees and asylum seekers from European governments’ own security forces. I began this project in Greece in 2015 and since then, I have travelled back and forth in the Balkan region, mostly along borders areas. In my quest to investigate the enormity and the structurality of the violence inflicted on refugees, I have been recording accounts even where access has been very difficult. I entered centers where securities had denied me access, been in squatted building, abandoned premises and in uncharted areas, in forests along the borders of Hungary, Croatia and Serbia. My reporting has taken place in the form of audio recording, photographs and videos. Often in very limited time, I met with refugees and recorded their visible scars, their photographs of wounds and aftermaths episodes of destruction of possessions (such as mobiles, tents, clothes, shoes). I have created a dedicated website where these accounts are uploaded as well as material that refugees send to me to publish. The accounts that I have recorded are horrendous: dogs unleashed to bite, bones broken, knees smashed with electric batons, knives, skin being pulled ‘like a Kosher’. Humiliation is another tactic adopted by border police; being left naked in the cold winter weather to walk to the nearest village. And also emotional and psychological trauma caused by indefinite detention and limbo conditions. The effects of these on emotional well being is tangible. The scale of physical violence and the psychological harm is not abating, rather recent accounts that I took in Bosnia Hercegovina point to heightened cruelty, and this time from Croatia police. The scale of violence is so widespread, that women and children have being also undiscriminately subjected to. I am working on the Hate Hurts project to bring to light the existing ongoing violence and this must stop. I am also bringing to attention how violence is systematic and linked to political nationalistic and populist gains strongly gaining ground in Europe. Collectively we need to be aware of the danger of this.
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106 imagesSince 2015, I have chronicled the personal costs of psychological and physical violence against refugees and asylum seekers. Working across Europe, in Greece, Italy, Hungary, Iceland and Serbia, I have documented the psychological harm that refugees suffer as they wait for their status to be cleared and endure the impenetrability of bureaucracy, detention and physical violence. Refugees and asylum seekers face violence from the moment they try to cross one of Europe's borders, when they wait for formal protection. The EU's continuous failure to handle the flow of refugees has only increased violence, push-backs (illegal practice of forcibly sending back asylum seekers once they cross a border) and abusive practices by organised criminals, those with links to the far right and institutional violence, most often carried out by European government’s own security forces. Hate Hurts The scale and the repercussion are still under-reported, while unscrupulous media reporting and the use of these for political gain have created further misery for refugees and migrants. Portrayed as job snatchers, invaders and terrorists, they are systematically kept away from a normal life in a web of impenetrable bureaucracy, prejudice and racism, part of a large mechanism of control. With ‘Hate Hurts’ I am highlighting the negative impact of racism, prejudice and violence on the lives of refugees and migrants in Europe. By exposing these crimes, whether silent of viciously marked on the bodies of the victims, I am hoping that awareness will help to prevent and stop them. .
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19 imagesThe numbers of people seeking refuge in Iceland is unprecedented. As most countries in Europe, Iceland has taken in a number of refugees. There have also been a great number of refugees that have been refused asylum in Norway and turned to Iceland for asylum. Among these, are refugees that have escaped their countries fearing for their lives being Christians. Seeking support and safe space to practice their faith, they turned to Toshiki Toma Minister for immigrants in Iceland.
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41 imagesFrom Greece, I made my way to the South of Italy. The majority of refugees and asylum seekers have made their journey from Libya to Sicily, where those that are registered are sent to various centres in Italy. Violence takes many forms and through this project I am hoping to shed a light at how institutions and governments policies alike are inflicting psychological violence. When refugees come into our shores have already experienced displacement, violence and trauma. They need safety and security, yet they often encounter bureaucratic walls, violent policies that detain, force them to live in a limbo for months on end and deny them of psychological, physical support. I spent some time at the Centro Astalli Sud and Rodopa in Battipaglia where refugees, mostly from Africa have been transferred from Sicily. I learned of the painful ordeals of an existence in fear of being killed in conflict, wars, extreme poverty and hunger. For many, there was no way out but to flee. Fleeing conflicts and extreme poverty, many have endured torture, segregation in Libya and a constant fear for their lives; “Anybody could use a gun in Libya. It is lawless, they could kill us and not be prosecuted. Even children are carrying a gun.” Today, they are left dealing with their psychological scars. The physical torture may go away but the emotional toll needs a different care.
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