Piraeus

The FYROM authorities responded with teargas and flashbang grenades to an effort of a small refugee group who tried to open a part of the fence that is along the refugee camp in Idomeni, ANA MPA reports. Several moments later,...

An informative leaflet in order to persuade refugees and migrants to leave Piraeus port and Idomeni and transfer to accommodation spaces is going to be distributed as of Monday. The Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy in collaboration with the...

Greek authorities say that thousands of migrants and refugees who are camped at Piraeus port have two weeks notice to move to hot-spots and accommodation centers voluntarily; if not, they will be expelled by force. The warning was issued on...

Piraeus port will be decongested from the bulk of refugees and migrants by the end of the week and it will be emptied by Easter, Alternate Defense Minister Dimitris Vitsas said in an interview with private TV channel Mega...

The Chios and Piraeus ports are experiencing a "tense" situation as refugees and migrants keep being stranded. The "escape" of Chios hot-spot After the clashes that occurred on Thursday night at the BIAL hot-spot in Chios, hundreds of refugees and migrants left...

The construction of new hosting areas aiming at decongesting Idomeni and Piraeus port was discussed at Friday's meeting of the Refugees and Migration Policy Government's Council chaired by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the Maximos mansion. According to sources, top...

51,393 refugees and migrants were on Greek territory on Thursday while 377 new arrivals were recorded by 8 am. According to the Refugee Crisis Management Coordination Body figures, 28,451 of the refugees are in northern Greece among them 11,324 at...

Now that borders with Greece are closing one after another, and as more refugees and migrants are being trapped in the country despite the fact that the EU-Turkey agreement has become effective for several days now, one "business sector"...

British actress and activist Vanessa Redgrave on Wednesday visited the refugees that are temporarily hosted at Pireaus port. Redgrave spoke with refugees and migrants and listened closely to their problems. Most of them said they want to go to Europe...

The inflow of refugees and migrants to the port of Piraeus, Greece, has been reduced since the two ferries "Ariadni" and "blue star 1" docked earlier in the morning on Tuesday carrying no refugee from the islands of Aegean...