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Greece
Thousands Flee Fire at Notorious Greek Migrant Camp of Moria
Thousands of migrants fled the overcrowded camp at Moria, on the Greek island of Lesvos, after multiple fires gutted much of the site early on Wednesday.
The severely-overcrowded camp, home to more than 12,000 migrants and refugees, was under COVID-19...
Greece
Greece's Moria Migrant Camp Quarantined After First Covid Case Detected
Greek health authorities placed the overcrowded migrant camp of Moria, on the island of Lesvos, in quarantine for 14 days beginning Wednesday, after they detected the first case of coronavirus there.
Authorities say the positive sample was taken from a...
Greece
Afghan Migrant Kills Teenager in Moria Camp on Lesvos Island
A 16-year-old Afghan teenager was stabbed and killed early Wednesday morning by a 20-year-old Afghan man a short distance from the north gate of the Moria Reception and Identification Centre (RIC) on the Greek island of Lesvos.
The 16-year-old was...
Greece
EU to Offer €2000 to Migrants on Greek Islands to Return to Their Countries
The European Union's Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson announced from Athens on Thursday that Brussels will offer €2,000 ($2,250) to every migrant currently living on the Eastern Aegean Greek islands to return to his or her country of origin.
Those...
Economy
European Investment Bank Offers €200M to Support Infrastructure in Evros, North Aegean
The European Investment Bank will offer 200 million euros to Greece for the support of infrastructure works due to the recent migration-related developments on the islands of the northeastern Aegean and in Evros, it was made public on Friday.
Greek...
Greece
Athens Issues NAVTEX from Lesvos to Samos to Limit Refugee, Migrant Passages
Greek authorities recently issued a Navigational Telex (NAVTEX), legally blocking off a large maritime area around the islands of Lesvos, Chios and Samos in the Eastern Aegean Sea.
The apparent reason for this move is to limit, to the greatest...
Greece
Greek Islanders Create Blockades, Vow to Stop New Migrant Centers
Residents of Greece's three eastern Aegean islands which have been under the hottest spotlight during the migration crisis began putting up blockades on Monday to stop the government's plans to establish new migrant and refugee detention centers.
The protesters, from...
Greece
First Baby Born in 2020 on Greece's Lesvos was Born Into a Refugee Family
The first baby to be born in 2020 on Greece's island of Lesvos was a boy from a family of Iraqi refugees.
The boy was born in the early hours of January 1 and weighs 2.8 kilograms.
According to local daily...
Greece
Greece Adopts "Robust" Measures to Deal With Migrant Spike
The Greek government on Saturday announced a new "robust" migration policy that, it says, will address the increase of migration flows to the Aegean islands over the last months.
At a meeting of the Government Council for Foreign Affairs and...
Greece
Greek PM Convenes Security Council Over Migrant Spike
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis convened on Saturday a meeting of his top security officials as fears grow that the number of migrants crossing from Turkey is getting out of control.
The session of the government council on foreign affairs...