Dear Diary, this is MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS INTERNATIONAL

In the first DOVE entry "on the road", recorded on a balcony in Thessaloniki, Jakob talks to Ash, one of the field coordinators for "Medical Volunteers International". The NGO from Germany provides "people on the move" - in other words refugees - with medical assistance on site.

This conversation with Ash was very thought provoking and hopefully provides you Dovies with insights about the European asylum system. Ash and Jakob talk about the politics behind said system, why not all volunteering necessarily needs to be good and about the importance of being open-minded.

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SHOWNOTES

- The Sponsor of this Podcast-Episode is DR. WALTER. Find out everything you need to know about my insurance, the PROTRIP insurance, here: https://www.dr-walter.com/en/products/products-a-z/protrip.html

- Everything else you need to know about MVI can be found here: https://medical-volunteers.org/.
MVI also appreciates your donations: https://medical-volunteers.org/donate-now/

- MVI also cooperates with the International Organization for Immigration (IOM): https://www.iom.int/

- Gloria Wekker is a professor for social and cultural anthropology at the University of Utrecht who specialized in  Gender Studies, Sexuality Studies, African American Studies, en Caribbean Studies. FInd out more about her publications here: https://www.uu.nl/staff/GDWekker/Publications

- The Border Violence Monitoring Network regularly reports on human rights violations along the so-called "Balkan Route": https://www.borderviolence.eu/_

- Mobile Info Team aspires to support individuals caught in an inefficient and complex European asylum system: https://www.mobileinfoteam.org/mitadvocacy

- Indigo Volunteers is a platform that aims to directly connect volunteers with humanitarian organisations: https://www.indigovolunteers.org/