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500 Children from Ukraine Enjoy Summer in Greece

More than five hundred children ages six to fifteen from Ukraine spent time at summer camps across Greece to temporarily forget the horrors of war. The last batch of children came from the city of Bucha near Kyiv, which has...

Greek Police Suspends 4 Officers for Beating Helpless Refugees on Lesvos

The Greek Police announced on Friday night that they suspended three border guards and one police officer on the island of Lesvos, following the publication of a video, which showed them beating helpless refugees and migrants on the Eastern...

Greece Adopts Emergency Measures to Prevent Coronavirus Outbreak in Migrant Camps

The Greek Ministry of Migration and Asylum announced on Tuesday morning a series of new emergency measures to contain a potential coronavirus outbreak inside the country's reception and identification centers, as well as its refugee and migrant camps. All new...

Athens Announces Requisition of Land, Establishment of Enclosed Migrant Camps

Stelios Petsas, the spokesperson of the Greek government, announced on Monday that the current administration will issue a Legislative Act today by which the state will be able to proceed with the requisition of public and private properties where new...

2,152 New Migrants Arrive on Greek Shores in First Two Weeks of November

An additional 2,152 migrants and refugees arrived on the shores of Greece from November 1 to November 14, 2019, according to official data. More specifically, and according to the announcement made by the North Aegean Police Directorate General, the island...