Dionysios Arvanitakis from Kos, who became a pan-european symbol for solidarity and assistance to refugees
“Europe is the baker on the island of Kos, which gives bread to the hungry refugees”, stated the president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, a few months ago, an appeal to the European Union “for courageous and decisive actions” in addressing the worst refugee crisis since the second World War.
The baker of the Kos is a simple man, who gives daily lessons of humanity, even in the upper echelons of the European Union And is now one of two national winners of the European Citizen 2016, along with two more non-governmental organisations.
In the hall of the European Parliament Office in Greece, which became the award ceremony, meps and journalists, had the opportunity to see up close and admire the humanity of Dionysis Arvanitakis, who became a pan-european symbol for solidarity and aid to refugees with the offer of large amounts of free bread from the family business to the refugees.
The baker from Kos, immigrant, and that in the first years of his life in Australia, he saw with his eyes, and he felt the skin of, the difficulties faced when seeking his fortune in foreign lands.
The appeal to the president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, to provide more money for the immigration did not go unnoticed. Meps Dimitris Papadimoulis, Maria Spyraki, Manolis, Gaea, Miltos Kyrkos, who were present showed that they are ready to carry the message of Dionysis Arvanitakis:
– “Mr. Planes need to see us differently. Especially here in Kos, we have people who all they offer. Not just me. And others, too many of them. One waters, the other food, no matter what has everyone.
But we want to say to mr. Planes that need the money. Not enough only the ones that we offer.
Should mr. Planes to contribute to this. There’s something πιτσιÏικάκια who is barefoot, the other has no pants. You have to see. 
Apart from Dionysis Arvanitakis, were awarded the organisation of the “Movement for Coexistence and Communication in the Aegean” that has been active in addressing the refugee and migration crisis, providing counseling and promoting the understanding of the problems of migrants, thus tackling racist and xenophobic tendencies, and the organization “Positive Voice” that operates in the field of prevention of the spread of HIV and to tackle the problems experienced by the hiv-positive.
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The call in the Planes from the baker of refugees
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