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Charlotte Lloyd and Marcel Clària

Charlotte Lloyd and Marcel Clària

They are currently volunteering at Open Cultural Center (OCC), which was established in 2016 at Idomeni refugee camp, at the height of the refugee crisis in Europe, and is now active in Northern Greece and Barcelona.

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The reality of the refugee crisis during a global pandemic

In 2020, health concerns and sanitary conditions only increased the need for assistance at a time when NGOs were facing severe financial instability.

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Across the European Union (EU), the legitimacy of civil society organisations is being increasingly questioned, at a moment when democracy needs them the most. 

The 2nd Prison Volunteer Meeting, held on April 18 in Barcelona, ​​put on the table a collective urgency: to stop looking at prison only from the perspective of punishment and start talking about dignity, reintegration and social responsibility.

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