Cersei, Arya and Davos are currently hundreds of miles apart in Westeros, but the actors who play the conflicted characters are using their “Game of Thrones” fame to urge European leaders to provide more aid for the thousands of Syrian and Afghan refugees coming in from across the Mediterranean Sea.
Actors Liam Cunningham, Maisie Williams and Lena Headey have traveled to Greece to meet with refugees on behalf of the International Rescue Committee. They discussed the recent agreement the European Union made with Turkey that allows Greece to return refugees to Turkey on the grounds that it is a “safe third nation.”
The agreement has been criticized by human rights groups like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, who claim that Turkey is not providing refugees with the jobs and services they need and are not upholding refugee law.
Photos from @Maisie_Williams,@IAMLenaHeadey & @liamcunningham1‘s visit to the Kara Tepe Refugee Camp(Lesvos,Greece) pic.twitter.com/tyarCmGT2U
— Ghost (@Albino_Direwolf) June 29, 2016
“These smart, hardworking people want to go home,” Headey said in a statement. “They’re stuck. And they’re unbelievably sad. Understandably. We can do better for them. We must do better for them.”
“This is not an earthquake, this is not a tidal wave. This is a man-made crisis,” Cunningham continued. “57,000 stranded in Greece. Refugee camps in Europe? Is this truly the standard EU leaders want to set as the way to respond to the global refugee crisis?”
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Journey continues. @Maisie_Williams @IAMLenaHeadey & @LiamCunningham1 on visiting Lesbos w/ IRC. #RealmToTheRescuehttps://t.co/XLvkW9hzBQ
— IRC Intl Rescue Comm (@theIRC) June 30, 2016
