refugees

Hollywood star and UN Special Envoy for Refugee Issues, Angelina Jolie-Pitt commenced her tour to the refugee and migrant hotspots in Attiki and Piraeus this morning. Jolie was welcomed and surrounded instantly upon her arrival with refugees, migrants and journalists...

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s President Gjorge Ivanov said that Greece is not being cooperative on the refugee crisis after about 1,500 migrants entered his country illegally on Monday. The migrants were detained by FYROM authorities and were sent back...

American actress Angelina Jolie, who acts as UNHCR's Goodwill Ambassador, arrived in Athens, Greece, earlier on Wednesday. Jolie is currently visiting refugees hosted at Piraeus port and is planning to visit other areas in Athens where refugees are hosted. The American...

The European Commission is to ask Greece and Cyprus to make concessions to Turkey in order for Europe to come to an agreement on the refugee flow issue, Reuters says. According to the report, the Commission will present three proposals...

The situation at the refugee camp in Idomeni was "tragic and unacceptable," European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos said after a visit to the makeshift camp near Greece's border on Tuesday, accompanied by Greece's Alternate...

The conditions in Idomeni are a slap on civilized Europe's face, stated main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis who visited on Tuesday the refugees camp in Idomeni and made a plea to the government, even at the...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appealed to refugees to leave the Greece-FYROM border and move to hospitality centers because the Balkan route will not reopen. With 12,000 refugees and migrants gathered at Idomeni -- in the neutral zone between Greece...

The Greek government is rushing to complete the evaluation of the bailout program in order to receive the crucial loan tranche and start talks on debt restructuring. The differences between creditors and the Greek side must be resolved as soon...

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie will visit Lesbos island on Tuesday night as a UN Special Envoy for Refugee Issues. According to reports, Jolie will visit refugee and migrant hotspots and camps in Moria, Cara Tepe, Skala Sikamineas and the Mytilene...

The Greek photo reporters and NGO organization members who were arrested on Monday for following the refugees and migrants that crossed the FYROM borders illegally, were released early Tuesday morning. The twelve Greeks were arrested by the authorities of Skopje...