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Afghan Migrants in Greece Protest for Better Treatment
Dozens of Afghan migrants and supporting activist groups marched in Athens on Tuesday demanding better treatment, and a stop to deportation back to Turkey of those who are not granted asylum.
Men, women and children carrying placards demanded equal rights...
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FYROM Seals Off Its Borders to Afghan Migrants
The government of FYROM has sealed off its southern borders to Greece to Afghan migrants, allowing only Iraqis and Syrians to get through.
FYROM government officials said they were forced to take this decision because of similar restrictions by their...
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Greek Police Arrest 15 Afghan Migrants Boarding Private Planes to Italy
Greek police have arrested 15 Afghan immigrants as they were about to board two private planes to Italy. The arrests in the northeastern Greek city of Kavala occurred on Friday evening, according to a police announcement on Saturday.
Six suspected...
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34 Migrants Held Captive by Afghan Gang in Greece
The Greek police freed 34 migrants including men, women and children, who were being kept captive in a flat in Athens, Greece, by an Afghan gang. The gang members were described as extortionists who were “preying” on migrants who had just...
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Dutch Journalist who Caused Stir over Migrants “Bullied” Out of Greece
Dutch journalist Ingeborg Beugel, who caused a stir after questioning Greek PM Mitsotakis on migrant pushbacks last week, stated on Wednesday that she has left Greece after allegedly facing attacks and bullying.
The Dutch journalist, who has lived in Greece...
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Greece to Send 250 Migrants Back to Bangladesh and Pakistan
Greece is currently talking to officials from Pakistan and Bangladesh in the hopes of arranging a way for migrants from the two countries to return home after a cargo ship they were traveling on docked at Kos Port on...
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Hundreds of Migrants Buried at Greek-Turkish Border Cemetery
The bodies of many unidentified migrants have lain for years in a small cemetery, just a few kilometers from the Turkish border. The migrants' bodies were buried in the cemetery in Sidiro, a small Greek village near the Turkish...
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Number of Refugees, Migrants on Lesvos Now Under 5,000
The number of refugees and migrants on Lesvos is now less than 5,000, according to figures released by the Greek Ministry of Migration
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More Migrants Leaving than Arriving in Greece, Minister Says
More migrants are now leaving Greece than arriving, said Migration Minister Mitarakis, who said that the influx of migrants has dropped off.
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243 Migrants at Kara Tepe Camp Test Positive for Coronavirus
After testing all of the thousands of migrants who have now been resettled at the new Kara Tepe camp on Lesvos after being burned out of their former shelter at Moria, 243 of them have been found positive for...
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Lesvos: 9,000 Refugees and Migrants Moved to New Camp
After a series of fires destroyed the Moria camp on Lesvos Island, home to over 12,000 migrants and refugees, the Greek government built a new emergency camp near Kara Tepe, where 9,000 refugees are now housed.
The thousands of migrants...
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Migrants Demanding to Leave Greece's Lesvos Clash with Police
Groups of migrants clashed with Greek police on Saturday near the migrant camp of Moria on the island of Lesvos which was razed to the ground by a succession of fires earlier this week.
The clashes occurred when some angry...
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Seventy-three Migrants in Damaged Boat Rescued Off Greece's Western Coast
Greek authorities announced that a damaged boat filled with 73 migrants and two alleged migrant smugglers was rescued off the coast of the island of Zakynthos on Saturday, after the vessel sent out a distress signal.
The migrants, with 23...
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Afghan Woman Stabbed to Death in Greece's Moria Migrant Camp
An Afghan woman died at the Moria migrant camp on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos on Saturday, after reportedly being stabbed by another woman.
According to the Athens-Macedonia News Agency, the 23-year-old was rushed to the camp’s medical center,...
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Afghan Migrant Kills Teenager in Moria Camp on Lesvos Island
A 16-year-old Afghan teenager was stabbed and killed early Wednesday morning by a 20-year-old Afghan man a short distance from the north gate of the Moria Reception and Identification Centre (RIC) on the Greek island of Lesvos.
The 16-year-old was...