Lesvos

Two fishermen of Greece's Lesvos island, who rescued hundreds of refugees in 2015 and 2016, will be granted prize money by the co-winners of the "Olof Palme Prize". The prize money will be used to repair the fishermen's boats that were destroyed in the...

The first 40 refugees and migrants – all men - boarded the navy ship sent from Athens to Lesvos to house people living in the camp in Moria, where living conditions have deteriorated after the intense snowfall of the...

Skala Sikamnias is among the top destinations for 2017, according to travel magazine AFAR. Skala Sikamnias is a small fishing village on the island of Lesvos, Greece. It garnered attention for the hundreds of thousands of refugees from the Middle...

The ministry of migration was caught unprepared by the freezing weather, Greek Alternate Defense Minister Dimitris Vitsas said on Wednesday, talking to Real FM radio station on the living conditions facing refugees in the camp of Moria in Lesvos,...

Greek Navy battleship "Lesvos" is to sail to Lesvos island on Tuesday night to host refugees and migrants from the overflowing camps that are suffering from the heavy snowfall. The ship is to arrive on Lesvos on Wednesday and will...

Several refugees and migrants left the camp in Moria, Lesvos, and set up their tents in a ruined Ottoman castle in Mytilene, in a desperate effort to escape the bitter cold and heavy snowfall which has affected the island...

Footage from a migrant camp hit by snowfall on the island of Lesvos has led the European Commission to describe the situation of migrants in Greece as "untenable." The video, posted by a volunteer worker on Youtube shows migrants living...

Despite statements by Greek Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas on Thursday, there are still migrants living in outdoor tents in the snow with no heating on the island of Lesvos according to sources in contact with Greek Reporter. Just two...

In October 2015 Syrian Lawyer Mahmoud Alkuder was making the treacherous journey across the Aegean to reach Greece in hopes of seeking asylum in the European Union when the vessel that he and some 60 people were on ran out...

Asylum applications in Greece skyrocketed 593 percent in November compared to the 2015 monthly average, according to figures released by the Greek Asylum Service on Thursday. Despite the fact that migrant arrivals in Greece have dropped since the European Union-Turkey...