Spanish volunteer lifeguards guide a boat of migrants and refugees to land on the Greek island of Lesvos. As many migrants and refugees arrived in Europe in October 2015 as in the whole of 2014.
Greece/Turkey 2010-2020.
Getting smuggled to Greece means crossing water. Whether it be the Aegean Sea or the Evros river, the majority or migrants and refugees need to cross water in order to reach Greece, and therefore, the European Union.
2015 brought huge changes to the status quo of pervious years with the number of irregular entries in October 2015 alone, almost matching the figure for the whole of 2014.
Islands in the Aegean, villages in Thrace and the backstreets of Athens all felt the affects of global inequality, conflicts, politics and climate change.
This series shot in Lesvos, Kos, Patras, Athens, Thrace's Evros region bordering Turkey, Edirne, and Van, Turkey, shows a small part of the arrivals, the attempted escapes, the hiding, the waiting and sometimes the death of people crossing water to reach Greece and the European Union.
An Afghan migrant attempting to travel to Italy scales a security fence at the international port in Patras, Greece. Once in the international port, migrants attempt to smuggle themselves in or under lorries traveling to EU cities.
Approximately 400 migrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran, who have been caught by the Turkish Jandarma and security services, await processing at a checkpoint near the town of Çaldiran, close to Turkey's eastern border with Iran. Around 300 of these people
A woman from Afghanistan sits on a bench in the port of Molyvos, Lesvos island, Greece after being rescued by the Hellenic Coast Guard. She was rescued from a rubber dinghy which had engine trouble and left her stranded between Turkey and Greece. Suffering from hypothermia and having witnessed the death of several travel companions, her face is expressionless.
The reception of the long closed Hotel Captain Elias on the Greek island of Kos. Hundreds of migrants sleep in the hotel's few rooms, reception, terrace and outside in the grounds around the swimming pool. The Greek island of Kos has become a major arrival point for thousands of irregular migrants seeking to reach the EU from nearby Turkey.
An Algerian man scales the fence surrounding the international port in Patras, Greece. From here ferries travel frequently to Italy and further afield.
The Evros river which forms the natural border between Greece (near side) and the Republic of Turkey (far side). The river is a major crossing point for migrants attempting to enter the European Union illegally.
An Afghan migrant hides himself behind a palm tree, from a Greek border patrol car in the grounds of the international port of Patras, Greece.
A female asylum seeker cooking on an open fire in the makeshift settlement next to the official Moria refugee camp site. Scattered amongst the olive groves, around 1500 people live in tents and shelters in this unofficial site. March 2018
A Sudanese (L) and an Eritrean migrant (R) walk towards a police station near the Greek town of Tychero, after smuggling themselves across the Evros river from Turkey earlier in the morning.
A Pakistani migrant uses a public telephone as a Greek police car passes in the port area of Alexandropolis, north-eastern Greece, 2011
Partas, Greece. A migrant from Afghanistan look out to sea. 2010
A failed attempt to climb and hide under a lorry headed to Italy from the Greek port city of Patras, 2010
Graffiti on the wall of a car park along what is known as "the runway," where migrants chase trucks boarding ships to Italy in the Greek port city of Patras, a major transit hub for migrants.
A migrant from Afghanistan sits in Patras, a major hub for those wishing to travel to Italy illegally by boat.
The graves of migrants that fell victim to the Evros river whilst attempting to cross from Turkey to Greece. The identities of those buried here are unknown. Graves are unmarked and sometimes hold multiple bodies.2010, Sidiro, Greece