Greece

Officials of the Greek government, including prime minister Alexis Tsipras and various ministers, convened on Friday to discuss the refugee crisis the country is dealing with. "Greece is in a crisis within a crisis," Tsipras said upon his arrival to the...

The Greek island of Lesvos, located just a few miles from Turkey, is experiencing a massive influx of refugees and immigrants, and signs of a tense atmosphere are becoming apparent. A video by lesvosnews on Wednesday allegedly shows immigrants and refugees fighting over a...

The number of refugees and migrants on Lesvos is now less than 5,000, according to figures released by the Greek Ministry of Migration

A search and rescue attempt is currently underway off the Greek island of Lesvos after three women were reported to have fallen off a migrant boat as it neared the island early on Friday. The Greek Coast Guard launched the...

The Greek island of Tilos in the Dodecanese archipelago has recently opened its arms to welcome refugee children and their families in a gesture highlighting the Greek philoxenia. Eleven young students from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Syria, Palestine, and...

Thousands of refugees and migrants continue to gather at Greece's border with Turkey in Evros, following Ankara's decision to stop preventing migrants from marching towards the EU. On Saturday morning, tensions rose as groups of refugees and migrants tried to...

The German newspaper Handelsblatt published a front-page interview today with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who spoke to interviewers about Greece's economy, migration, and how it has exited the financial crisis. Mitsotakis used tough language to describe the current refugee and...

Official data on the numbers of new arrivals of refugees and migrants on the islands of the Northern Aegean in Greece was made public on Friday, November 1. A staggering 6,868 new migrant arrivals were recorded in the region of...

The Greek cabinet decided on Monday to go ahead with two ambitious programs which aim to ease the burden on the Eastern Aegean islands due to the increased influx of refugees and migrants who are coming to Greece through...

According to a plan of Greece's Ministry of Citizens' Protection, up to ten thousand migrants, including economic refugees and asylum seekers, are expected to be transferred in the near future from the Eastern Aegean islands to the Greek mainland. This is...

The transportation of more than 300 refugees and illegal immigrants who arrived from Turkey to the small island of Symi began this week. All the individuals will be moved to already-established migrant camps across Greece. Following repeated complaints from Symi mayor Eleftherios...

It takes a great deal of dedication and stamina to run a newspaper, no matter who you are -- but this is especially true if you are an Afghan woman living in Greece, after having to flee your country...

Greek actors and migrants from different countries presented a theater play from inside shop windows in the Piraeus Port area on Thursday, aiming to raise awareness of the continuing refugee, migrant issue. Organized by the Municipal Theater of Piraeus, in...

A special Sunday school in Athens which has spent the last 14 years teaching more than 6,000 refugees and migrants Greek, English, computer literacy and other essential skills needs urgent help to find new premises. The Immigrants' Sunday School in Kolonos...

Because of war and having to flee their home, many refugee children have spent years without education. For many of them, learning centres aided by Finn Church Aid are the only chance they get to study in Greece. The youngest...