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German Magazine: Moria Refugee Centre "Shame of Europe"

"The shame of Europe" is the broad description Spiegel magazine gives for the Moria refugee registration and hospitality centre in Moria, on the island of Lesvos. Greek authorities have banned reporters from entering the camp, but as the magazine's reporter...

North Aegean Islands on Strike to Protest VAT Hike, Migrant Overflow

The islands of Chios, Samos and Kos on Wednesday followed Lesvos in a general strike in order to protest the value added tax (VAT) hike and the handling of the migrant influx. The islands that host migrant registration and hospitality centres...

Bodies of Family Fleeing Persecution Found on Lesvos, Turkish Media Says

Turkish media reported that the bodies of three children discovered at a beach on the Greek island of Lesvos earlier in November, belong to family that drowned while attempting to flee persecution in Turkey. The grim discovery on November 11...

Angry Migrants Vandalize Facilities at Moria Camp in Lesvos (photos)

The offices of Moria refugee processing center on Lesvos suffered extensive damage on Sunday night, as a result of migrants rioting. According to reports, the migrants had been complaining about overcrowding at the centre, and their complaints turned to anger as...

Riot Breaks Out in Migrant Camp on Lesvos Island

  Greek Police were called in the early hours of Monday morning, to quell a riot that broke out at the Moria refugee processing center on Lesvos. Reports suggested the riot was mostly restricted to the area of the massively overcrowded...

Lesvos Island Calls Strike Against EU Refugee Policies

Authorities on the island of Lesvos have called a strike and are urging residents to take part in anti-government protests, to press for a change in European Union policy of containment of refugees and migrants on Greece’s islands. In a...

IOM Report: Over 1,500 Refugees Reached the Greek Islands in November

Μigrant and refugee flows to Lesvos and other Greek islands in the northeastern Aegean remained high in November, based on the latest figures released by the UN Migration Agency IOM, on Tuesday.  According to the IOM data, more than 1,500 migrants...

Bodies of Three Children Found at a Lesvos Beach

Greek authorities are trying to solve the puzzle over the gruesome find of three bodies of young children discovered in Lesvos over the last few days. A body belonging to a 12-13 year old girl was discovered on Thursday near...

Lesvos and Chios Municipalities Turn Against Deputy Migration Minister

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...

Migrant Inflow to Greece on the Rise

In the past 24 hours, Chios saw 252 migrants arriving, a Frontex ship rescued 49 migrants off Lesvos, while the Hellenic Coast Guard rescued 15 people off Kalolimnos islet. According to the national coordinating body for refugees, 2,324 migrants and refugees...