Stuck Between A Rock And A Hard Place - Humanity House

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19.06.17 t/m 31.12.17

Stuck Between A Rock And A Hard Place

The journey started encouragingly for the refugees who in early 2016 bravely set off from Turkey to Greece. From those who went before them, they knew you could reach Germany within two weeks once you safely reached the other shore. But that was 2015. For refugees, however, 2016 would be a year of standstill.

The border with Macedonia was closed, leaving tens of thousands of refugees stranded in Greece. Camps were hastily set up, although things only really started to happen after the army got involved. At first, the stranded refugees hoped they could leave soon. They thought they could survive a few days or even weeks in a tent, despite all the complaints about the food and sexual intimidation. But the weeks turned into months… How can you turn a tent into a home using limited resources?
In 2016 photographer Ilvy Njiokiktjien visited the Katsikas tented camp in Greece. With the help of relief organization Oxfam, she documented the lives of the families in their tents.


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Opening times

  • 10:00 - 17:00
  • 12:00 - 17:00

About the makers

Ilvy Njiokiktjien works as an independent photographer and multimedia journalist in many places around the world, especially in Africa. As a news and documentary photographer, she focuses on current events and social problems. Her work has received numerous accolades and has appeared in NRC Handelsblad, Der Spiegel, Telegraph Magazine, the New York Times and l’Espresso. In 2013 she was appointed the first Photographer Laureate in the Netherlands.