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Hypocrisies and Cruelties on the Frontier of Fortress Europe

By CHRIS JONES* and SOFIANE AIT CHALALET* Reading the mainstream press this past month, by any standards the reactions and commentaries on the latest slaughter of the innocents in the Mediterranean and Aegean has been especially sick. Even the self proclaimed...

Greece's Asylum Service 'Objectively Unable' to Meet Demands with Present Staff

Greece's asylum service said in an announcement that present staffing levels made it "objectively difficult to serve all applicants," in spite of making every possible effort to reduce waiting times. The announcement was issued in response to a protest rally...

Greek Interior Minister: They Want to Turn Greece into a Mass Transit Theater of Syrian Refugees

Greek Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis appeared highly critical of the northern European countries' migration policy, accusing them of turning Greece "into a theater of mass transit for hundreds of thousands of refugees from Syria." As the debate over Greece's moves...

Syrian Migrants Smuggler Convicted to 145 Years for Farmakonisi Tragedy

A 21-year-old Syrian national was found guilty of the naval tragedy that took place about a year ago, in January 2014, off the coast of Farmakonisi, Greece, where 12 migrants lost their lives. The man reportedly refused to accept that he...

Syrian Refugees Removed from Syntagma Square

The Syrian refugees who had camped in across the Greek Parliament at Syntagma Square in protest, were removed from the spot in a joint effort between the Municipality of Athens and the Greek Police. The refugees had been at the...

Syrian Refugees of Syntagma Square to be Housed by Athens Municipality

Fruitful was finally the meeting held earlier today between the Greek Interior Ministry's Secretary General, Angelos Syrigos, Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis and the representatives of the Syrian refugees who have been in a sitting protest for more than 20 days in Syntagma...

40 Syrian Refugees from Athens' Syntagma Square Apply for Political Asylum

Syrian refugees who have camped at Syntagma Square across the Parliament in downtown Athens, Greece , since November 20 demanding EU travel documents, have begun applying for political asylum, Secretary General of Population and Social Cohesion Angelos Syrigos said on...

Tension Breaks in Athens, Syrian Refugees Refuse to Leave

Tension broke this morning in downtown Athens' Syntagma Square, since the Syrian refugees that have been camped at the square, protesting for the last 20 days, are refusing to let the state transfer women and children to accommodation centers. The refugees...

Syrian Refugees Continue Protest in Athens

Syrian refugees have been protesting in Syntagma square in downtown Athens, Greece, for 20 days. Despite the bad weather, they remain firm on their demands and refuse to leave. They have set up makeshift tents in order to protect...

Greek MP Goes on Hunger Strike in Support of Syrian Refugees

SYRIZA MP Yiannis Michelogiannakis camped with protesting Syrian refugees outside the Greek Parliament and went on hunger strike in support of their petition to move to other countries and reunite with their relatives. Michelogiannakis said he decided to take action after he...