refugee crisis

The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) issued a statement on Friday regarding the living conditions of migrants in camps in Thessaloniki, in northern Greece. The statement notes that ''newly-arrived asylum seekers in mainland Greece live in a makeshift...

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović has released a harsh report about the harsh reality and the lack of social support that most unaccompanied migrant children are experiencing in Greece's so-called migrant hotspots. The Commissioner recorded her...

Greece's Supreme Court Public Prosecutor, Xeni Dimitriou, ordered the start of a preliminary investigation into press reports about the alleged mismanagement of funds given to Greece by the European Union to cope with the refugee and migration crisis on...

In an interview with the Greek Radio Station Real FM, Greece's Minister for Migration Policy Dimitris Vitsas said that Migration flows during summer 2018 almost doubled compared to the same period in 2017. ''This has created a big problem in...

Nineteen Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) have appealed to the EU and Greek authorities demanding the immediate improvement of conditions in Greece’s Refugee Camps and Hot Spots. The NGO that support refugees and migrants throughout the world claim in their joint announcement...

  People who have been forced to leave their countries and make a new life in Greece are the focus of a new art project running in Athens. Face Forward …into my home is at the EMST Temporary Exhibition Space in the...

The Greek government has announced the nomination of Migrant Policy Minister Yannis Mouzalas as EU Human Rights commissioner, a nomination with "high symbolism", it notes. According to the Foreign Ministry announcement, the Greek government considers this nomination highly symbolic, at...

Europe needs to prepare for more attacks by Islamic fundamentalists and new types of attacks, warns the chair of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, Francois Heisbourg, who is visiting Athens at the invitation of local think tank...

"Italy and Greece have paid a very high price" due to the migration crisis, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Thursday, following a meeting with his Italian counterpart, Paolo Gentiloni, on the island of Corfu. The Greek leader reiterated...

A significant increase in the number of migrants and refugees that arrived in the northern Aegean islands from Friday to Monday morning was recorded by the Greek authorities. According to police figures, a total of 493 people arrived till Monday...