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Violent Clashes Erupt in VIAL Migrant Camp on Chios Island

Holy Saturday was marked by violent events on the island of Chios, and more specifically inside and around the VIAL refugee and migrant camp. The clashes began when a 47-year old Iraqi woman was declared dead, after a few days of...

EU Court Slams Eastern States While Migrant Crisis in Greece and Italy Escalates

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...

Official Data: 795 New Migrants Land on Greek Shores in Less Than Two Days

According to official data from the Greek Ministry of Citizen's Protection, a total of 795 new migrants and refugees arrived on Greek shores on Tuesday, October 29 and Wednesday, October 30, until 12 o'clock noon, local time. Nearly all the...

Clashes Erupt Between Migrants on Greece's Samos Island (video)

Serious clashes between Afghan migrants and Syrian refugees erupted late at night on Monday and during the early hours of Tuesday in a camp near Vathy, on the island of Samos. A large fire also broke out in the camp...

Rioting Breaks Out at Greece's Moria Camp After Migrant Dies in Fire

Greek riot police clashed with angry migrants at the Moria Reception Center on Lesvos on Sunday after one woman died in a fire at the infamous camp. A child which was initially thought to have been also killed, is injured...

One Dead After Large Fire Breaks Out in Refugee Camp of Moria on Lesvos

A mother and her child died on Sunday afternoon after a large fire broke out in the Moria camp on Greece's island of Lesvos. According to initial information, the fire broke out in one of the containers where refugees and...

Governor of Moria Migrant Camp on Greece's Lesvos Island Resigns, Citing Fatigue

The governor of the overcrowded Moria migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesvos handed in his resignation on Wednesday, citing fatigue. Yannis Balbakakis told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (AMNA) that he is leaving his post with his head held...

Iraqi Migrant Injured in Thessaloniki's Diavata Camp (Video)

In a brawl incident that involved nearly 60 migrants at the Diavata reception facility for refugees and migrants in Greece's Central Macedonia, a 32-year-old Iraqi migrant was injured, according to the local authorities. The victim was hurt by a sharp...

District of North Aegean Threatens to Close Down Refugee Camp in Greece's Lesvos

The District of North Aegean published a press release stating that the Greek government has a deadline of 30 days to fix the numerous issues that Moria Refugee Camp faces on the island of Lesvos. If the Greek authorities fail...

Refugees Enter Municipal Meeting Holding Snakes and Scorpions

Refugees holding snakes and scorpions barged into the hall where a meeting was being held by the Municipality of Larissa, capital and the largest city of Thessaly. The goal of the protestors was to show the wretched conditions at...