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The Military Camps of Thessaloniki

From July 2016 until mid 2017 RBB were involved in providing humanitarian aid to thousands of people who were living in the military camps of Thessaliniki. Some of the main camps RBB supported were called Softex Camp, Vaichori Camp, Alexyl Derveni and Oraikastoro Camp...

The Streets Project: Thessaloniki

One of the other key projects RBB supported in Thessaloniki was known as ‘The Streets Project.’ After the closure of Idomeni camp there was at that time around 500 people who were homeless out on the streets of Thessaloniki. They were people who...

Idomeni Camp: Greece-Macedonia Border

Idomeni Camp was a large, unofficial, camp settlement on the Greek- Macedonia Border, where since 2014, displaced people from Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and other countries of the Middle East, have crowded into, in order to cross the Greek borders and enter the...

Poland, Lithuania,Belarus Border

When Ruhi and Lorenzo Leonardi travelled to the Poland, Lithuania and Belarus border in November 2021, they described it as a ‘border crisis zone like no other’. Ruhi goes on to say: ‘It seemed like a warzone, with tanks, checkpoints, and military...

Bosnia and Herzegovina

We, at RBB often receive distress calls from people on the move in Bosnia & Herzegovina and we work remotely to connect them with local support services.  In October 2019, Ruhi, with volunteer Natalie Kling, travelled to Bosnia & Herzegovina and across the...

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