Voices from the Inside of Pagani Detention Centre, Lesvos, Greece

This video shows the inhumane conditions in one room in Pagani Detention Centre. In this one space live about 160 obviously young refugees, some of them have been there for over 100 days. Pagani has a capacity for 280 people, but right now, over 800 people, amongst them 300 minors, are crammed into the facility. They share one toilet in each room. Access to basic necessities is very restricted, medical aid is totally insufficient.

On 18 August 2009, 160 minors started a hunger strike to fight for their immediate freedom. We supported their hunger strike today with a solidarity demonstration at the site and in the city of Mytiline. All detained refugees were shouting "freedom, freedom".

The demonstration took place five days before the opening of the noborder camp in Lesvos 2009. The situation of refugees in Greece in particular and the conditions at the european external border in general will be the focus of the camp. There will be further actions during the week. Follow us at http://lesvos09.antira.info or on our twitter-feed at http://twitter.com/noborderlesvos