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1,029 Refugees Arrive at Northern Aegean Islands in April

A total of 1,029 refugees and migrants arrived at the islands of the northern Aegean in April. 281 on Lesvos, 505 on Chios and 243 on Samos. 8,546 persons are registered in organized facilities. Αmong them 2,990 on Lesvos (3,277...

Number of Stranded Migrants and Refugees on Lesvos Falls Under 3,000 for the First Time

The number of migrants and refugees stranded on the island of Lesvos dropped for the first time to under 3,000 according police figures. On Friday, 2,999 migrants and refugees were recorded on the island of Lesvos from 5,591 that...

Frontex Chief Meets With Top Greek Officials on Migrant Smuggling

Frontex chief Fabrice Leggeri is meeting today (Thursday) with top Greek officials to discuss the issue of migrant smuggling in the Aegean. Leggeri is meeting with Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas, Shipping Minister Panayiotis Kouroublis, Citizen Protection Minister Nikos Toskas and...

Report Says Inhumane Conditions Must be Improved at 'Hotspots' in Greece, Italy

According to a new report from the European Court of Auditors, the EU's "hotspots" for irregular migrants in Greece and Italy has assisted in improving the registration process significantly, but more needs to be done since thousands of migrants...

Mouzalas Signs Agreement With UNHCR for Refugees to Live in Homes on Crete

An agreement to house and host refugees on Crete in the coming days was signed by Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas, the UNHCR and local authorities in Heraklion on Tuesday. The program to house asylum seekers in 125 apartments in Crete...

European Commission: Migrant Camps in Greece and Italy Overwhelmed

European Commission auditors say that migrant registration centers in Greece and Italy are overcrowded and urgently require more experts, particularly to help children, says an Associated Press report. The auditors say that two more registration centers are needed to process...

Amnesty International Condemns Living Conditions in Migrant Camps in Greece

Amnesty International has condemned the living conditions of one thousand refugees and migrants camping at former Athens airport at Elliniko. According to the organization, women and underage girls are at a constant risk of sexual and verbal abuse, making it all...

Tragedy off Lesvos: Sixteen Migrants Drown in Open Sea

Tragedy struck at dawn on Monday morning as a boat carrying migrants sunk north of Mithymna, between Greece and Turkey, under unclear conditions. Initially, five migrants were found dead in the open sea near Lesvos, but that number has now...

EU-Turkey Migrant Deal: Greece Returns 60 Rejected Asylum Seekers to Turkey

In agreement with the EU-Turkey migrant deal, 60 rejected asylum seekers in Greece have been returned to Turkey. According to dailysabah.com, the 60 migrants had snuck into Greece from Turkey in efforts to try to get to other European countries. There...

Migrants Leaping onto Freight Trains in Hopes of Crossing Greece-FYROM Border

An increasing amount of migrants are attempting to leave Greece by hiding in freight trains that leave the country for other EU-border states such as FYROM, Reuters has reported. Moroccan, Tunisian and Algerian migrants have been living in "old rusting"...