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Erdogan Threatens to Open Gates for Syrian Refugees if EU Does Not Give Support to Turkey

Turkey will let Syrian refugees on its territory leave for Europe if the West does not give more financial support to Ankara and does not support its plans to create a security zone in Syria where refugees could be...

Syrian Refugees Start Hunger Strike in Athens Demanding Transfer to Germany

A group of mainly Syrian women and children who have been stranded in Greece, pitched tents opposite parliament in Athens on Wednesday, protesting against delays in reuniting with relatives in Germany. Some of the refugees; who say they have been in...

Twelve Syrian Refugees in Moria Enter Third Day of Hunger Strike Over Asylum Delays

Twelve Syrian refugees living in Moria’s identification center on Lesvos were on a hunger strike for the third day on Sunday, protesting the slow pace of asylum procedures. The men, of Kurdish descent, were sitting outside the asylum services offices,...

Greece Returns 5 Syrian Refugees to Turkey

Greece returned on Thursday five Syrian refugees to Adana, Turkey, under the EU-Turkey agreement. The scheduled return of another 13 refugees from Mytilene to the port of Dikili, Turkey, was postponed for February 10 due to technical problems from the...

Fire at Oraiokastro Migrant Camp Injures Three Syrian Refugees

A fire broke out from unknown circumstances around 4:45 am on Wednesday morning at the migrant camp in Oraiokastro in northern Greece. Three Syrian refuges, two children and their mother, were injured when their tent caught fire. The eight-year old...

EU Council Urges Greece to Reconsider Turkey as Safe for Syrian Refugees

There is much frustration in Greece over the new EU-Turkey migration deal. The European Council on Justice and Home Affairs has stepped in to try to coax Greece into changing its stance on sending back Syrian refugees to Turkey. Council representatives are pressing...

9,000 Syrian Refugees Arrived in Athens in 5 Days

Around 11:00 am on Monday morning, August 24, Greek ferry "Eleftherios Venizelos" arrived at the port of Piraeus carrying some 2,500 people, mostly Syrian nationals from the Greek island of Lesvos, where the situation has gotten out of control. Adult migrants got a 50-euro...

Greek Hotels in Thessaloniki Filled With Syrian Refugees

Syrian refugees have flooded numerous hotels in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, according to Greek newspaper "Ethnos." Refugees that can afford to stay at hotels, book one or two nights as a layover in their trip to central or northern Europe. The...

New Wave of Syrian Refugees in Greek Islands

Eighty-seven refugees, mainly of Syrian origin, disembarked on the Greek island of Amorgos on Thursday morning. After local authorities were informed about the presence of illegal immigrants on the island, they quickly rushed to provide their assistance. Among the immigrants were several children, as...

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...

Greek Govt to Supply Syrian Refugees With Travel Documents

The Greek government's decision to provide Syrian refugees with travel documents as soon as possible in order to be able to travel to any European country they want, announced government spokesperson Gavriil Sakellaridis after a biministerial meeting held earlier today under...

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...