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Coronavirus: Greece Reports 264 New Cases – 2 Minors in ICU

Greece's National Health Organization (EODY) reported 264 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday; 31 people are currently in ICU with two minors among them. Twenty-nine of the new cases were detected following checks at the country's gateways. The total number of...

US Sends $2.9 Million To Assist Greek Islands, Unaccompanied Minors

Incoming aid form the United States will aim to improve the living conditions of unaccompanied minors who are migrants to Greece, and to assist the Greek islands as they seek to contain the spread of the coronavirus. The U.S. government...

Nearly 5,000 Unaccompanied Minors Currently in Greece, NGOs Say

Some 4,962 unaccompanied minors currently live in Greece, the National Center of Social Solidarity reported on Wednesday, while only one in four are accommodated in humane conditions. The organizations said at a presentation that the main problems these children face...

Greek Police Remove Minors From "Joker" Screenings at Athens Cinemas

Greek police removed minors from two cinemas screening the blockbuster movie "Joker" over the weekend. The newly-released film has an "R," or Restricted, rating for its violence and disturbing content. According to a spokesman for the Greek police, the interventions followed...

Greek Former MP, Diplomat and Educator Found Guilty of Sexual Abuse of Minors

A Greek court handed down a 28-month suspended sentence on Tuesday to Nikos Georgiadis a former conservative MP, diplomat and vice president of the American College of Greece, who was found guilty of the sexual abuse of minors in...

Reports of Physical and Sexual Harassment of Minors on the Rise in Greece

The Hellenic Society of Forensic Medicine and Piraeus Forensic Service presented the findings of a survey on Monday regarding the incidence of physical and sexual harassment in Greece. According to the survey's findings, there has been an increase in the...

Greek Police Arrest Underage Gang Who were Robbing Minors

Hellenic Police (ELAS) have dismantled a gang of minors, who were robbing other minors in the Athens subway. Police officers of the DIAS unit arrested three Greek nationals - with two minors among them - and a 23-year-old Afghan national...

Migrants Help Rescue 3 People in Drowning Car on Lesvos, 2 Minors Drown

Two teenagers drowned while another three people were rescued by migrants and fishermen, as their car plunged off a quay at the Mytilene Port on Lesvos, early on Monday. The car swerved and fell off a quay at 3:30 am...

Doctors of the World Urge Separate Accommodation for Unaccompanied Minors

  The Greek division of Doctors of the World (MdM-Greece) urged the government and other involved groups to put an end to the matter of unaccompanied minors being held at Moria's detention camp at Lesvos (Mytilene). A press release by...

Fights in Migrant Camp in Greece Leave Five Minors Injured

Violent fights between ethnic groups of minors broke out at the Moria migrant registration center on Lesvos, leaving five underage migrants injured. About 3,500 refugees and migrants are at the 2,000-capacity registration center, including many women and children. The mix...

Police Brutality Shown to Unaccompanied Refugee Minors in Greece

Doctors Without Borders have reported violence at the Reception and Identification Center of Morias at Lesbos. The case came to light when 12 Pakistani minors visited the medical center on June 24, accompanied by the center's chief for an...

IOM Report on Unaccompanied Minors: Heart-Wrenching Case Studies

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) published a report in Greece, titled Addressing the Needs of Unaccompanied Minors", based on interviews with 1,206 child migrants traveling alone in Greece. 508 of those interviewed said they would not want to...

52 Year-Old Man Arrested for Abusing Two Minors

Two underage girls from the Greek island Rhodes spoke to the Greek police and accused a 52 year-old man of sexually harassing them. The man was arrested on Wednesday late in the afternoon on the accusations of felony and illegal...

Golden Dawn Recruits Minors

Controversial photographs found in the possession of Golden Dawn MPs have caused major reactions, after disclosure by Counter Terrorism police. The police found the images on the personal computers and USB drives of a number of MPs. Despite their...