A Greek citizen, Thanasis was driving in his car in 2014 when he first heard about migrant children, who survived a shipwreck, being pushed back into the sea by coastguards. He says he felt “a calling” and signed up as a volunteer to do sea rescue work in Lesbos. Nearly a decade on, he says “it is dangerous work, but we have to do what is right.”

Living as Neighbours podcast: Marianna – Podlasie
Marianna, a psychologist and anthropologist, moved from Warsaw with her family to a house in the forest on the Polish-Belarussian border. In 2021 she began