ust as we shared news of squats and solidarity camps being evicted in Lesvos and Chios, we hear about the opening of another massive migrant squat in Athens. Account taken from moving-europe.org.
Abandoned hotel squatted for 400 refugees
In the morning of April 22nd, activists and refugees joined action to squat an abandoned hotel in the northern center of Athens. The “Hotel Plaza” is supposed to host up to 400 refugees, and hopefully in the upcoming week, they will be able to receive further room requests. Since the occupants have entered the building, the weekend has been a busy one: The rooms have been aired and cleaned, the kitchen cleaned and prepared for cooking, weeds and trash removed from the front entrance, the first meals cooked, assemblies held and plans made.
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