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Humanitarian Crisis in Idomeni Is a European Issue, According to PM Tsipras

"The Greek state despite the economic difficulties has managed to increase the hosting and accommodation possibilities for refugees, we are constructing approximately 10,000 positions this week and this is something that no non-governmental organization can do" noted Prime Minister...

Europe Beefs Up Border Controls to Stem Migrant Inflow

European states raise fences, close borders and bring military forces to protect their borders from the massive refugee and migrant inflow. On Thursday, about 200 Austrian soldiers and police officers conducted a joint operation on Austria's border with Slovenia in...

Mouzalas: Greece Asked EU to Activate Relocation, Readmission of Refugees

European Union interior ministers discussed the implementation of the EU-Turkey action plan during their meeting in Brussels on Thursday, Greek Alternate Minister for Migration Policy Yiannis Mouzalas after the meeting. The minister said his EU counterparts also finally discussed after...

Bulgarian Civilian Turns Border Patrolman; Arrests Refugees

A Bulgarian man who lives close to the Turkish border has been patrolling the area on his spare time in order to stop migrants who enter his country illegally and boasts 25 arrests. Dinko Valev patrols the border riding his...

Phone Contact Between PM Tsipras and Russian President Putin

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Thursday had phone contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin. They discussed the regional developments, the refugees issue as well as the economic and energy relations between the two countries with particular focus on the conflict...

Ai Weiwei Returns to Champion Refugees' Cause at Idomeni; 'This is like a Second War,' Syrian Woman Says

Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was at the side of the refugees in Greece once again on Thursday, this time at the tiny village of Idomeni on Greece's northern border with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and...

Greek Elderly Couple Open their Home to Refugees [video]

As more than twelve thousand refugees are trapped in the neutral zone between Greece and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia under substandard conditions, an elderly Greek couple of nearby Idomeni village opened their home to offer the hapless people...

42,000 Migrants Stranded in Greece, More Arrive from Turkey

The number of refugees and migrants stranded in Greece has reached 42,000 while more arrive from Turkey daily, according to Greek authorities. Head of the Coordinating Committee for the Management of the Refugee Crisis Giorgos Kyritsis said on Thursday morning on...

Migrant Situation in Greece Is Unsustainable Says German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Having already slammed several countries in the Balkans for shutting their borders on the thousands of refugees trying to head west, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday during a pre-election campaign in Rhineland-Palatinate that “Greece will not make it”...

Turkey Will Not Take Back Migrants Already on Greek Islands

Turkey has said it will not take back migrants already on Greek islands as part of the deal proposed to European Union leaders at Monday's European Union summit. Ankara's EU affairs minister Volkan Bozkir said on Thursday that the refugees...