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Aid groups transformed the life jackets abandoned by refugees into a massive peace sign
5 Januari 2016 12:14
Brilio.net/en - A huge and bright orange peace sign appeared on a hill of the Greek Island of Lesbos on New Years Day. The giant symbol was made of a mountain of discarded lifejackets used by refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq when crossing the Mediterranean.
Hundreds of humanitarian volunteers from Greenpeace and Mdecins Sans Frontiresare the people who are responsible for the 10 meters side-to-side peace message. They used around 3,000 lifejackets to send a message of hope for 2016 and also to honour refugees who died trying to cross the Mediterranean.
Carl Court
The island of Lesbos is the first European arrival points where more than 500,000 people arrived on the island in 2015 alone after crossing the Aegean Sea. Most of them are refugees fleeing war and violence in Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq, leaving the life jackets they used near the village of Molyvos in Greece, Greenpeace said.
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Florian Schulz / Greenpeace
You may also check the video below.
100 volunteers, 3000 life jackets. One message.On the first day of the new year, more than 100 volunteers from Greenpeace, MSF and other organisations used 3000 discarded refugee life jackets to form one simple message to the world.Peace and #safepassage to all in 2016
Posted by Greenpeace International on Sunday, January 3, 2016
