PAPILLONS D’EIDOMENE, 2018
Color photograph with text on paper
50 x 50 cm
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Papillons d’Eidomene
Butterflies of unknown origin found at Idomeni camp after Greek riot police cleared migrants from the site in May 2016.
Humans and butterflies migrate.
Butterflies fly. Humans flee.
The Idomeni camp was the largest transit camp in Greece at the Macedonian border. Between 12 and 14,000 people, including at least 4,000 children, lived at Idomeni camp in squalid conditions for months, hoping to be allowed to continue on their journey toward Northern or Western Europe.
Migration is movement for a range of purposes, but probably most frequently occurs in connection with resources. These include food, shelter and generally a safe habitat.
Refugees are humans who are forced to migrate, they leave their homes because of persecution, war, or violence. They have a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group.