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Medics Accuse Greece of Cruel Migrant Detention Conditions

Doctors Without Borders released a report Tuesday criticizing the Greek state for the detention conditions of immigrants, including young children and asylum seekers, without access to medical care. The report accuses Greece of causing "unnecessary suffering" adding that many immigrants not carrying the...

Greece Plans Detention Sites for Illegal Migrants

Greek authorities say they plan to build detention centers to house 30,000 illegal immigrants by 2014. Public Order Minister Michalis Chrysohoidis said on Monday that 30 facilities — officially named "closed hospitality centers" — would be created from unused military...

Greek President Sakellaropoulou Commemorates Struggle Against Junta

President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou attended an event held on Friday for the heroes of the anti-dictatorship struggle, which was held in the former detention centres of a Greek military police interrogation unit that operated during the...

UNICEF: 1,800 Refugee Children in Greece Lack Proper Care

Two-thirds of the nearly 3,000 unaccompanied refugee and migrant children currently in Greece, are not receiving proper shelter and care, UNICEF warns. “Children stranded without families should have proper shelter, care and protection, and there are solutions that could make...

Council of Europe Blasts Greece Over Conditions in Migrant Hot Spots

A report by a Council of Europe committee, has criticized Greece over the conditions prevailing in a number of temporary detention centers for migrants, and asylum seekers. A report by European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or...

Amnesty International: "Refugees detained in dire conditions in Greece"

By Amnesty International Thousands of refugees and migrants are being held arbitrarily in appalling conditions amid growing uncertainty, fear and despair over their fate under the new EU-Turkey refugee deal, Amnesty International said, after obtaining access to two highly restricted...

Refugees From Syria Get Polio Vaccines in Greece

Health authorities in Greece are on high alert due to the increased risk of polio infection from refugees from the East who pass the country’s borders. The disease is found in more and more immigrants and refugees who come from...

Greece to Crack Down on Hate Crimes

Reeling from an onslaught of assaults against immigrants - including by extremist group MPs - Athens is proposing to toughen penalties against hate crimes to include a minimum three-year prison sentence. Greece’s current guidelines do not have specific penalties for...

IRIN Report: Greece – “Not A Heaven for Immigrants”

Human rights groups have condemned recent police crackdowns in Greece on undocumented migrants, inhumane detention conditions, and hate crimes committed with impunity. The Greek authorities began a crackdown on irregular migrants in the capital, Athens, in early August, when the...

Greece Considers Floating Jails to Crackdown Illegal Immigrants

Greek officials say they are considering the use of floating prisons to detain asylum seekers.  This is the latest measure being considered in a crackdown on illegal immigration. Public Order Minister Christos Papoutsis said Wednesday that floating prisons are being considered...

Greece Now Trying to Help Refugees

Viewed as a hostile place for immigrants as the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party grew in popularity, Greece is working with outside organizations and NGOs in an attempt to manage an overwhelming crush of refugees. Nearly 1.15 million immigrants are in...