immigrants
Diplomacy
Bulgarian Defense Minister Calls on NATO to Prevent Immigration to Greece
Bulgarian Defense Minister Krasimir Karakachanov wants to protect the European Union’s external borders with arms, he said in an interview published Thursday.
Karakachanov told German newspaper Die Welt that he wants NATO or EU forces in Greece and Italy to stop...
Education
Parents in Larissa Object to Refugee Children Attending Greek School
There is a deep divide between the school faculty and some parents at the 26th Larissa Primary School regarding integrating refugee children into classes.
Sources report that while the principal and teachers are making the best of the situation to...
Economy
Safety Concerns Rise as Businesses Closing in Athens Center Leaves Immigrants Unemployed
According to recent data released by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the city center of Athens has seen an increase in businesses closing due to the economic crisis facing Greece over the past several years.
The report breaks down...
Greece
Dead Refugees Dragged From Sea off Lesbos, Including Children
Four dead were dragged from the sea region, east of the airport of Lesbos, after an inflatable dinghy carrying refugees and immigrants capsized on Wednesday morning. A young girl, aged four, a young boy, a woman and a man...
Art
Greek Island of Lesvos: Peace Symbol Made from Refugee Life Jackets
Volunteers from various non-governmental organizations located on the Greek island of Lesvos sent their own New Year message in a unique fashion. They collected more than 2,500 life jackets left behind by the refugees arriving on the island in...
Greece
Refugee Crisis: Lesvos is Filling Up With Migrants; Frontex Staff on Holiday
Today hundreds of North African immigrants in Lesvos are being registered. In the middle of last week it was decided that immigrants such as these should not be granted the monthly permit which allows them to stay in Greece...
Greece
Greek NGO 'Agkalia' Awarded for 'Outstanding' Work with Refugees
The jury of the Council of Europe awarded the 2016 Raoul Wallenberg Prize to ‘Agkalia’, a Greek NGO operating on the island of Lesvos, for “outstanding achievements in providing frontline assistance to thousands of refugees irrespective of their origin...
Greece
Seven Children Among 13 Drowned in Another Migrant Tragedy off Greek Islet
Thirteen migrants drowned, with seven children among them, in yet another maritime tragedy off Greek islet of Farmakonisi.
Greek coastguard officials said that the incident took place earlier on Wednesday as a rescue mission saved another 15 people, 13 men...
Greece
Greek PM Sees Positive Outcome of European Union Summit for Greece
The two-day European Union leader's summit concluded on Friday evening with the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras expressing his satisfaction with the summit's events.
“These were two days with positive decisions for our country. Within a difficult field and I would say within negative European...
Greece
Tsipras and Merkel Discuss Refugee Hotspots and Frontex
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday, on the sidelines of the European Summit held in Brussels.
The meeting focused on Frontex and migrant hotspot issues and Tsipras briefed Merkel on the progress of the works at...