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Greek Authorities' Struggle to Identify Dead Evros Migrants
The worsening humanitarian situation on Greece's land border with Turkey, is drawing international media attention.
As the local authorities also face the challenge of identifying the bodies they recover from the frontier river, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has already...
Greece
Greece's Determined Defense of Evros Border Forces Migrants Away
Greek authorities believe that Turkey has started to evacuate the migrants sent to the border in the northeastern Evros region to try to cross over into Europe.
Shortly after midnight on Thursday, migrants who have been camping out on the...
Greece
New Clashes Erupt in Evros; Migrants Throw Petrol Bombs Over to Greek Side
Fresh clashes erupted at the Greek-Turkish border in Evros on Wednesday evening, when migrants set fires, threw Molotov cocktails over to the Greek side and tried once again to pull the border fence down.
Greek and combined European forces which...
Greece
Bulgaria Floods Evros River to Prevent Migrants Storming Greek Borders
At the request of Greece, Bulgaria opened an Evros River dam located on its territory on Monday in order to cause intentional flooding and make it more difficult for migrants amassed at the Greek-Turkish border to cross the river,...
Greece
Three Young Sisters Among Missing Migrants in Greece's Evros
Greek police said on Saturday four migrants, including three girls, are missing after an inflatable boat they used to cross the Evros River from Turkey into Greece capsized.
Police found eight Iraqi migrants — five adults, two boys and a...
Greece
Five Migrants Dead, Two Missing in Greece's Evros
Turkish rescue teams discovered the bodies of five migrants near the banks of river Evros, where they tried to cross the border into Greece.
According to local news site e-evros.gr, they were part of a group of 11 who attempted to...
Greece
Ten Thousand Migrants Crossed Greece's Evros Border in 2018
More than 10,000 refugees and migrants have crossed into Greece illegally through the Greece-Turkey border at Evros in the first half of 2018, with Doctors Without Borders (MSF) sending extra staff to meet their medical needs.
So far, the number...
Greece
Greek Crews Search for 15 Missing Migrants Near Evros
Greek emergency services are searching for a group of migrants on Wednesday who are reported missing near the Evros River that marks the Greek-Turkish border.
Reports say that at least 15 people are in the group that tried to cross...
Greece
Rescue Team Saves 18 Migrants from Rushing Waters in Evros, Northern Greece
A total of 18 migrants, including five children, were rescued on Monday in the rushing waters of a torrent in Itea Feres in Evros, northern Greece, as the van carrying them fell in a torrent.
The migrant smuggler; who was...
Greece
Two People, Possibly Migrants, Killed When Hit by Train in Evros
Greek authorities say two people believed to be migrants who crossed the border from Turkey illegally have been killed, after being hit by a passenger train in northeastern Greece.
Police said Monday the two men were hit in the Evros...
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Sixty-nine Trapped Migrants on Evros River Islet Rescued
An operation to rescue 69 undocumented migrants that were trapped on an islet in Evros river, was completed successfully on Saturday. Greek Police were informed on Thursday that a group of people were trapped on an islet and their...
Greece
Greek Police Rescue Seven Irregular Migrants Trapped on Islet in Evros
A police and emergency rescue unit (EMAK) succeeded in extricating seven irregular migrants from an islet in the Evros River in northern Greece where they had been abandoned by a migrant trafficker.
Authorities used two boats to transport the migrants...
Greece
25 Immigrants Trapped in Evros River Rescued
A major rescue operation took place earlier today at the Evros river, on the Greek-Turkish border in the region of Thrace, where there has been flooding recently, as 25 immigrants were trapped on one of the river islets' embankment. The operation...
Crime
Fewer Illegal Immigrants Cross The Evros
An ongoing government sweep to round up illegal immigrants, Operation Xenios Zeus, has also deterred them from trying to enter Greece across the Evros River on the Turkish border, Greek police said.
The influx in the region has been reduced...
Greece
Greek Police Rescue 11 Immigrants From Swollen Evros River
Authorities say they have rescued 11 immigrants stranded in the middle of a flood-swollen river after they tried to illegally enter Greece from Turkey. A police statement Monday said the 11 Algerian men were taken to a hospital where one...