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Greek Student Wins Student Academy Award for her Documentary '4.1 Miles'

Daphne Matziaraki, a Greek student at Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism has won a Student Academy Award for her film 4.1 Miles. Daphne is one of 17 students who were awarded as winners at the 43rd Student Academy Awards competition after...

Greek Volunteers Awarded UN Refugee Award, Nansen Prize

UNHCR announced on Tuesday that the Hellenic Rescue Team (HRT) made up of some 2,000 volunteers will share the annual Nansen prize for saving thousands of refugees with Efi Latsoudi, a human rights activist on the Greek island of...

Migrants Rescued from Fire at Refugee Camp in Thessaloniki

Authorities in Thessaloniki are investigating the cause of a fire that broke out Saturday at a migrant reception center near the Thessaloniki Port Authority. Twelve firefighters along with members of the Greek Coast Guard joined forces to rescue some dozens...

70 Migrants Rescued off Southwest Tip of Peloponnese, While 185 Migrants Arrive in Lesvos in Past 24 Hours

On Friday morning the Greek coast guard picked up a boat carrying some 70 migrants near the southwest of the Peloponnese region of Greece, the AP reports. The boat ran ashore the uninhabited isle of Sapientza at the southwestern tip of...

Cotton Mill Turned into Migrant Center in Thiva as Cretan Officials Raise Concerns over Construction of 4 New Migrant Camps

According to Greek officials, the government is planning to use a former cotton mill near the city of Thiva in central Greece to house some 1,000 migrants. The government plans to transfer the majority of the migrants currently living at...

Greece Rescues 59 Migrants Near Kos, While Turkey Intercepts Boat to Lesvos

According to the AP, Greece's Coast Guard has rescued 59 migrants attempting to cross the Aegean Sea from Turkey to enter Greece in an inflatable plastic dinghy in rough seas. The migrants were apparently trying to reach the Greek island...

Refugee Hotspots in Greece Rapidly Nearing Capacity, Authorities Warn

As 34 more migrants reached the shores of the Greek Island of Lesvos on Monday, the hot spots for migrants are rapidly approaching capacity, official data from the reception centers reveals. With some 57,000 refugees currently living in Greece in...

Anti-authoritarians Disrupt Service at Orthodox Church of Gregory Palamas in Thessaloniki

According to the AP, a group of protesters said to be anarchists burst into and disrupted mass at the Greek Orthodox Church of Gregory Palamas this Sunday. The city's archbishop who was at another church at the time of the...

Lesvos: Locals Struggle to Survive as Tourism Suffers from Refugee Crisis

As more than 500,000 migrants have taken refuge in Europe in 2016 alone, it is no wonder that hotspot areas for entry into the EU are being hit the hardest with a drastic decline in tourism, causing locals to...

Majority of Makeshift Migrant Centers in Greece to be Replaced By Facilities with Running Water and Electricity

According to government plans, around three-quarters of Greece's migrant reception centers will be closed by September. The plan is to allow the 56,000 refugees who have reached Greece's shores and found themselves unable to travel on to other destinations due...