The following persons contributed to this report: Katherine Booth (FIDH), Shadia El Dardiry (EMHRN), Laura Grant (Consultant on migration and human rights, FIDH), Caroline Intrand (CIRÉ-Migreurop), Anitta Kynsilehto (EMHRN), Regina Mantanika (researcher associated with Migreurop), Marie Martin (Migreurop), Claire Rodier (Migreurop), Louise Tassin (researcher associated with Migreurop), Eva Ottavy (Migreurop). Cartography: Olivier Clochard Photographs: Louise Tassin and Eva Ottavy Layout and design: Alterpage Acknowledgements: We are grateful to all those who agreed to be interviewed by the delegation. Thanks to our member and partner organisations and those met during the mission in Turkey (Helsinki Citizen Assembly-Refugee Advocacy Support Program (HCA-RASP), Human Rights Association (IHD) and Mülteci der) and in Greece (the Hellenic League for Human Rights, the Greek Council for Refugees (GCR), the Village of All Together, etc.). This investigation was facilitated by the support of Members of the European Parliament, Ms. Cornelia Ernst, Ms. Hélène Flautre and Ms. Marie-Christine Vergiat and their assistants; as well as Members of the Greek Parliament, Mr. Afroditi Stampouli and Mr. Giannis Zerdelis, their assistants and the Mytilene Municipal Council. Finally, we sincerely thank all those migrants who agreed to share the reality of their situations with our delegation and who consented to the publication of their testimonies in this report. This report was published with the support of the Danish International Development Agency (Danida), the Comité Contre la Faim et pour le Développement (CCFD-terre solidaire), the European Programme for Integration and Migration (EPIM) – a collaborative initiative of the Network of European Foundations (NEF) – and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). The sole responsibility for the content lies with the author(s) and the content may not necessarily reflect the positions of NEF, EPIM, CCFD-terre solidaire, Danida or Sida. Photo: greek coast guard vessel returning to Mytilene port (Lesvos Island, Greece) after spending the night patrolling the sea (October 2013)