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Refugees and Migrants Seek for Asylum Right Before they are Returned to Turkey

Tomorrow's refugee and migrant refoulments from Chios island towards Turkey are up "in the air," as 166 people requested for asylum, which sets back the procedure at least one month. According to ANA-MPA, in Lesvos island, out of the 3,021...

Pope Francis to Visit Lesvos Next Week

Pope Francis intends to visit the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos on April 15, in order to draw attention to the plight of refugees and sensitize European and international public opinion to the issue. The Church of Greece on...

Turkey Receives the First Deported Migrants from Greece

The first deported migrants from Greece arrived at Dikili in western Turkey on Monday, the first day of the implementation of the relocation agreement between Ankara and the European Union. A total of 202 migrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh...

Arrivals of Unaccompanied Refugee Children Rising, Greek Coast Guard Staff Report

The number of unaccompanied refugee children arriving in Greece from the shores of Turkey spiked in the first quarter of 2016, according to figures presented on Tuesday by the head of the Hellenic Coast Guard's personnel union federation (POEPLS)...

Turkish Coastguard Stops Boats Full of Migrants Heading For Greece

The Turkish coastguard on Sunday stopped five boats carrying dozens of illegal migrants heading for the Greek island of Lesvos, according to an AFP report. A coastguard vessel spotted the boats about four miles off the shore of Dikili town...

More Than 50,000 Refugees and Migrants Currently in Greece

According to the latest count released by the Greek authorities on Monday March 21, the total of refugees and migrants that are currently in Greece has exceeded 50,000 people for the first time since the beginning of the crisis. The...

From Ataturk to Venizelos

MYTILENE, Greece – Crossing the Bosporus from Istanbul to Athens with a university colleague – one the daughter of Turkish immigrants, the other the daughter of Greeks – transported us through a poignant wormhole of parallels between the 20th...

Migrants Entering Greece from Turkey Receive New Classification

As of Sunday March 20th, any migrant that enters Greece via Turkey will be classified as "irregular", according to the latest EU-Turkey Summit and the deal that was sealed in order to manage the refugee and migrant crisis. Since yesterday,...

46,207 Refugees and Migrants in Total All Over Greece

The total number of refugees and migrants that are currently in Greece is 46,207 people, according to a summary of the refugee flows that was published by the Ministry of Immigration Policy on Friday morning. Regarding the islands of Eastern...

Chines Artist Puts on a Performance in Idomeni for a Young Aspiring Syrian Pianist

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, who had announced plans earlier in the year to create a memorial on the Greek island of Lesbos for the plight of refugees, many of whom have lost their lives trying to reach Europe, made...