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ARCHIVE: Lesbos, Greece – 30 September 2015
1. Migrants waving their hands in the air and chanting upon reading Lesbos
2. Various of children being carried to shore
3. Couple embracing upon arriving in Lesbos
4. Various of people walking along shore
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Undisclosed location, Europe – 12 June 2025
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Margaritis Schinas, former Vice President of the European Commission:
“Despite of this historic and unprecedented crisis, we made it. Europe made it. And Greece made it as well. I’m saying this because, you know, I have always resisted the intellectual appeal of pessimism. I’m an incurable optimist. And even in these very difficult moments, I had no doubts that we would be shaken, threatened, as it happened, but in the end of the day, common sense and common action prevailed. We can discuss a bit later, but I think the Lesbos crisis of 2015 was in a way the birth certificate of the European migration and asylum policy.”
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ARCHIVE: Lesbos, Greece – 21 March 2016
5. Various drone shots of discarded life vests left on the island
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Undisclosed location, Europe – 12 June 2025
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Margaritis Schinas, former Vice President of the European Commission:
“We now have either a partnership agreements, or, de-facto agreements, with practically all countries of origin and transit into Europe. Turkey, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Morocco, Western Africa. So, for the first time these countries understand that they have a lot to gain by working with us then working against us on migration. That’s also something that we didn’t have in 2015 or before. More positivity: Frontex is no longer a secretariat in Warsaw working the phone to find equipment and means and people. Now this is the biggest EU agency with 10,000 border coast guards by 2017, their own equipment, their own uniforms, they are carrying guns. They have helicopters. It’s the embryo of the EU federal coast guard, as they have in the U.S. So, I’m saying all this to make the point that they are turning the page. But I also see the point that for many Europeans and many observers like yourself, who have seen, witnessed Europe’s inability to sort migration out, this toxicity persists, to a certain extent."
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ARCHIVE: Lesbos, Greece – 30 September 2015
7. Various of migrants being rescued and brought to shore
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Geneva – 13 June 2025
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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Philippe Leclerc, head of UNHCR Europe:
“What was striking was the extraordinary solidarity of the people who were rescuing these individuals. At sea, the fishermen, on the islands, the old grandmothers that we remember feeding the children, it was extraordinary. And also the hundreds of young Europeans coming from all over Europe to support these Syrians, and these Greeks, hosting these large populations. So, it was, if I want to remember one thing in 2015, it was of course the extraordinary number of arrivals. But it was this extraordinary generosity and solidarity of people, who were themselves, heavily affected by a financial crisis.”
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ARCHIVE: Lesbos, Greece – 2 October 2015
9. Various of migrants being helped up a hill and walking after arriving on a rocky shore
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Geneva – 13 June 2025
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10. SOUNDBITE (English) Philippe Leclerc, head of UNHCR Europe:
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ARCHIVE: Lesbos, Greece – 1 December 2015
10. Various of migrants disembarking
11. Boat at sea
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