Two Greek nominees among the five pre-selected by the European Economic and Social Committee for the 2016 Civil Society Migration Prize to reward inspiring and successful examples of human solidarity.

When Greek Australian Konstantinos Barkoukis visited the Greek peninsula of Halkidiki last summer, he experienced firsthand what most people already know − a Greece in crisis. Unlike most, instead of pointing fingers and condemning behaviours, the Adelaide-born IT professional decided to delve into the issues of his homeland and actually do something about it.

It's only been a year since Greek Australian producer Nicolaos Demourtzidis introduced his feature-length film Istoria to the world, and his work has just been bestowed with a Hollywood International Independent Documentary Award (2016) in the Foreign Documentary Feature Category.