Greece

    Greece’s Deputy Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas has faced boos and jeers from residents of Chios, angry over violent confrontations taking place at refugee centers on the Aegean island. Villagers from Chalkios and other towns held a protest at the island’s...

The Lesvos municipal council demands that Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas fulfills his commitments; while the Chios municipality prepares to proceed with legal actions against him over the migrant issue. More than 8,000 refugees and migrants are stranded in the...

The rocket war of Chios has been taking place on the Greek island for more than 200 hundred years. One of the most beautiful Easter spectacles in Greece is also a dangerous one, and many locals are opposed to the "war"...

A video showing the abuse of a three-year boy in the Souda camp on Chios island has been posted in social meadia, instigating an investigation by the UNHCR and Greek authorities. The video shows a child abused by a man who...

Chios Mayor Manolis Vournous is threatening Deputy Migration Minister Yannis Mouzalas with a lawsuit unless he makes sure that the VIAL refugee registration center does not turn into a detention center. Vournous calls on the Greek government to assume responsibility...

The Greek island of Oinousses sent a clear message to Turkey on Friday, after Turkish media claimed that the island was "occupied" by Greeks, by displaying a giant Greek flag along the side of the island. The controversy began when...

There is one dead, at least eight wounded and major damages to houses after Monday morning's 6.1-magnitude earthquake that occurred in a marine area between Lesvos and Chios. A 45-year-old woman that was trapped in ruins on Lesvos was pulled...

Only migrants and refugees who are likely to be granted asylum can be moved from the islands to Greece's mainland, said government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos. The statement came after violent riots broke out on Chios island, where part of the...

Migration in crisis-stricken Greece is an issue of concern which has been recurrently coming to the forefront in different guises. The last few months, however, the flow of undocumented immigrants has eluded all limits and Greek coast guard officials do not know how...