Greece
Greece
Mother of Syrian Boy Suffering from Cancer Hopes Family Will Be Reunited Soon
The mother of the Syrian boy who is suffering from cancer and is in urgent need of a bone marrow transplant said on Monday she’s hopeful she will be allowed to go to Germany along with the rest of...
Greece
Charlie Hebdo Overdoes Itself with Death of Little Syrian Boy Aylan
When satire is used as a vehicle for spreading hate and to inflame public opinion, the case can be made that it no longer reflects an expression of free speech but rather a political tool that, more than anything...
Greece
2-Year-Old Syrian Boy Found Wandering Alone at the Greek Borders
A 2-year-old boy from Syria was found wandering on his own at the borders of Evros-Greece. It is unknown how he ended up there or how he got lost from his parents but for the time being he has...
Crime
Child Abusing Syrian Refugee Gets 5 Years in Prison in Greece
A 32-year-old Syrian asylum seeker who was arrested on Wednesday for abusing his three-year-old son at the Souda refugee camp on Chios island was sentenced on Friday to five years imprisonment.
The incident took place on Monday, when the man...
Greece
UNHCR Investigates Syrian for Child Abuse Video in Chios Refugee Camp
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...
Greece
Fire at Oraiokastro Migrant Camp Injures Three Syrian Refugees
A fire broke out from unknown circumstances around 4:45 am on Wednesday morning at the migrant camp in Oraiokastro in northern Greece.
Three Syrian refuges, two children and their mother, were injured when their tent caught fire. The eight-year old...
Greece
Greek Authorities Searching for Siblings of 7-year-old Syrian Cancer Patient
Greece’s government body that manages the refugee crisis has been mobilized after it emerged that the family of a 7-year-old Syrian boy who is hospitalized in Germany and urgently needs a bone marrow transplant may be among the thousands...
Greece
Four-Year-Old Syrian Girl Drowns Off Turkish Coast
A four-year-old Syrian girl drowned off the coast of Turkey during her family’s effort to reach Greece, the Anadolu Agency reports.
The unidentified girl was found at a beach in the city of Cesme after the boat she was on sank. A Turkish search...
Greece
New Tragedy in Refugee Crisis: Two-Month-Old Syrian Child Drowns by Agathonisi Island
Following the death of Aylan Kurdi, another child has passed away during his family's effort to migrate to Europe.
A two month Syrian boy was declared dead on the island of Samos on Saturday after the boat that was transporting him and his family...
Greece
Tension Breaks in Athens, Syrian Refugees Refuse to Leave
Tension broke this morning in downtown Athens' Syntagma Square, since the Syrian refugees that have been camped at the square, protesting for the last 20 days, are refusing to let the state transfer women and children to accommodation centers.
The refugees...
Greece
Greece: A Refugee Paralympic Dream (video)
Over the past two years 13-year-old Syrian boy Najib, has been confined to a wheelchair. Coming to terms with his injury as well as his life in exile, had exhausted his confidence in the future.
Now, however, as a refugee in...
Greece
Acclaimed Actress Vanessa Redgrave Presents her Film on Refugee Crisis at Athens Film Festival
Acclaimed British actress Vanessa Redgrave, presented her documentary film "Sea Sorrow", which is about child refugees in the European migrant crisis, at a special screening in Athens, on Friday evening.
The film is part of the 23rd Athens International Film...
Diaspora
The Incredible Stories of Thousands of Greek Orphans Taken Abroad
Tens of thousands of ethnically-Greek orphans -- or, more often, children who were simply without fathers, due to war or other causes -- were taken abroad
Greece
Six Ways to Preserve Greek Sovereignty and Human Rights
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By Dr. Carl Mirra*
If the root causes of Erdogan’s “opening the gates” are not addressed, a short-term problem may intensify into a long term crisis. Let’s hope that doesn’t mean war.
Much of the world recognizes that Greece has not...
Diplomacy
Greek PM Vows to Keep Border Tightly Closed as Erdogan Refuses Meeting
Greece will allow no one to illegally cross onto its territory, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis vowed on Tuesday as he toured Alexandroupolis and other border towns in Evros, close to the Turkish border.
"Our morale is high and we are...