Greece

The notorious Amygdaleza camp for migrants and refugees opened up again by the very government that criticized its existence. Alternative Public Order Minister Nikos Toskas inaugurated its "new" settlement for 300 refugees. In an effort to disconnect the link with the Amygdaleza...

The evacuation of the Amygdaleza migrant detention center continues at a rate of 30 migrants per day. The migrants go through an evaluation committee and they are given temporary permits to stay in Greece. The migrants are transported from Amygdaleza...

Greek authorities have started evacuating the Amygdaleza migrant detention center last Friday, saying they have released 100 migrants by Tuesday, while 980 remain in the premises. Deputy Citizen Protection Minister Giannis Panousis had pledged to close down the Amygdaleza facility within 100 days, citing...

A large wildfire broke out in Stamata, East Attica on Tuesday afternoon, and residents have been evacuated.

In a report released on Thursday, Human Rights Watch said that unaccompanied migrant children in Greece are living under deplorable conditions while being kept for prolonged detention periods that is in direct violation of international and Greek law. The 27-page report...

Hundreds of refugees with their young children have moved in Victoria Square, central Athens. The majority of refugees are Syrians waiting patiently for their chance to make the long journey towards the northern European countries. A major issue has...

With about 1,000 refugees and illegal migrants entering Greece each day, the Greek government celebrates the establishment of a 500-capacity facility and calls it a model of hospitality. According to UNHCR figures, 21,000 refugees from Syria and migrants from Africa...

It would have been a news report: A few hundred more refugees and illegal migrants were set loose in downtown Athens. The story would read that after their boats sank in the Aegean Sea and were rescued by the Greek...

The operation to evacuate and shut down the Amygdaleza migrant detention center in Greece continues with very little success. The vulnerable groups that should have been removed first are still in while the migrants who have been released are finding shelter...

A little over a month in the Maximos Mansion and it seems that the Greek government officials are in constant competition with each other over who is going to sound more leftist, more "for the people," who commiserates more,...

Greece’s Deputy Migration Policy Minister Tasia Christodoulopoulou, in an interview with Athens-Macedonian News Agency, declared that her first bill to be tabled in the Greek Parliament will be the one regarding granting citizenship to second generation migrants. As she said, the bill is...

It was decided on Wednesday, February 18, that Greek authorities gradually start releasing migrants from Amygdaleza detention center, northwest of Athens. The mass release will start next Tuesday, just days after the center was criticized by Doctors of the...

Greek Alternate Minister for Civil Protection Yiannis Panousis said on Saturday he was "ashamed as a human being" after seeing the foreigners' detention center in Amygdaleza, north of Athens, Greece, where a Pakistani national, 28, hanged himself late on...

Greece's newly appointed Alternate Minister of Migration Policy Tasia Christodoulopoulou introduced the Ministry's initiative policies regarding migration. Among others, the program includes granting Greek citizenship to second generation migrants who were born and raised in Greece, as well as...

The death of Pakistani illegal immigrant Mohamed Asfak sparked the hunger strike of hundreds of detainees at the Amygdaleza detention center on Monday. Asfak had been suffering from respiratory problems for months. However, he was not hospitalized until his condition...